Instructor Credential

First Steps of IRM - Faculty Credentials and Loading of the Instructor to the Class

(See Section B of this manual (Faculty Credentials) for complete details and credentialing criteria by disciplines.)

The first step in the IRM process is for the potential instructor to apply to the College. Once Human Resources has received the appropriate documentation and/or approval, HR completes the new employee paperwork and enters the instructor into PantherNet’s Personnel/Payroll system. If approved by the VPAA and Deans, Academic Services staff is then able to add the instructor to the IRM system and credential him/her for teaching. Only after this process is completed can the instructor be assigned to a class.

When classes are entered into the system and the department wants to assign an instructor to teach a class, the PantherNet system checks to see if the instructor is credentialed to teach the class. If the instructor is properly credentialed, and the class is assigned, the course information is automatically added to the instructor’s schedule. Each department is responsible for the accuracy of its instructors’ credentials.

After the class assignment is made, it is the responsibility of the department to make any necessary adjustments to the instructor’s load (points).