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Policy on Adjunct Faculty Qualifications

In accordance with the Department of Higher Education (DHE) guidelines, high school instructors shall meet the same standards as for faculty teaching at the University. Therefore, high school instructors teaching Advanced Credit Program courses typically shall have a master's degree in the discipline of the course being taught or a related master's degree and, in addition, have 18 graduate hours in the discipline they are teaching.

The selection criteria for high school instructors of dual credit courses will be the same as those of on-campus faculty in the same discipline. Dual credit instructors are approved by the vice chancellor for academic affairs at UMSL.

Advanced Credit Program classes at the high school will be visited at least once per year by University of Missouri-St. Louis liaisons/representatives. Advanced Credit instructors and classes in the high school will be observed through methods similar to those used to assess their campus-based counterparts. The classroom visit is a primary expectation for the faculty liaisons, and it will not be waived.