Important Resources
Below are links to important documents and websites:
Hiring Standards Procedures: this document explains the committee's procedures for conducting business, including evaluating equivalency requests and approving or modifying local standards.
Equivalency Request Form: an equivalency form must be completed for all applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications and require equivalency. To request the form, please contact Jennifer Miller, Human Resources Technician I.
List of Local Standards: a list of Cerritos College disciplines that have local standards is available on Human Resources' website.
Minimum Qualifications - Statewide Standards
List of statewide minimum qualifications for disciplines that do not use local standards.
Statewide standards are generally updated on an annual or biannual basis.
Equivalence to the Minimum Qualifications (2020)
ASCCC's recommendations regarding the determination of equivalencies.
Career Technical Education Faculty Minimum Qualifications Toolkit
Report of the CTE Faculty Minimum Qualifications Work Group, with special considerations
for evaluating equivalency for CTE disciplines.
Minimum Qualifications - Disciplines List Review
Every two years the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges conducts a review
of the Disciplines List, which establishes the minimum qualifications for the faculty
of California community colleges. Details outlining the proposal process, time line,
review, and adoption can be found at the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges site.
No Single Course Equivalencies
The Chancellor's Office has determined that community college districts are not authorized
to establish a single course equivalency as a substitute for meeting minimum qualifications
in a discipline.
State Academic Senate Site
Official site of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.
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