Hiring Justification Form

Every full and part-time faculty member teaching courses for credit must have completed at least 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline and hold at least a master's degree, or hold the minimum of a master's degree with a major in the discipline. Graduate faculty must meet additional requirements, detailed online at http://www.jmu.edu/grad/faculty/faculty_application.shtml. In exceptional cases, outstanding professional experience and demonstrated contributions to the teaching discipline may be presented in lieu of formal academic preparation. Such cases must be justified by the hiring academic unit and approved by the dean. For more information on faculty hiring procedures refer to Policy 2101.

Name of Person Being Hired:	Employee PeopleSoft ID #:

Hiring Academic Unit:

Date form is being completed:	Date employment to begin:

Highest Degree Attained:

Course(s) Being Taught:

Documents attached to PAR:

Official Transcript of Highest Degree

An official transcript, Hiring Justification or Emergency Hire Form must be submitted for each faculty member who teaches a credit-course to comply with SACSCOC faculty credentialing.

Transcript(s) attached

Transcript(s) not attached

Transcript(s) will be submitted to Human Resources (within 60 days; 180 days for foreign transcript).

Transcript(s) have already submitted to Human Resources.

No transcripts are being submitted as part of the Hiring Justification.

Emergency Hire Form Attached – Transcript(s) must be submitted to Human Resources (within 60 days; 180 days for foreign transcript).

Justification

When determining acceptable qualifications of faculty, primary consideration should go to the highest earned degree in the discipline. The institution should also consider competence, effectiveness, and capacity, including, as appropriate, undergraduate and graduate degrees, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes.

Include a narrative which provides a justification in support of the candidate.

Academic Unit Head’s Signature	Date
Dean’s Signature	Date

Please return Hiring Justification Form with PAR form to:

For HR Use Only	Date Received
Date Entered Into PS
Human Resources

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Questions: Contact Human Resources 540-568-3825 or humanresources@jmu.edu