7. Faculty Credentials

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All faculty are expected to have academic credentials and professional experience appropriate to University-level teaching.  Education for faculty should yield credit appropriate to the individual’s next highest degree.  Continuing education credit may be pursued in addition to academic credit or in place of such credit when the course is necessary for continued certification and/or licensure.

Copies of updated credentials, certificates, and/or licenses are to be submitted to the Office of Academic Administration.  Faculty are to submit the following documents:

• Official transcripts for all post-secondary degrees received from each of the institution(s). Transcripts are not required from institutions that have transferred credits to the degree granting institution. If a graduate-level degree is non-relevant to the instructor’s teaching requirement, exceptions may be recommended by the Department Chair for approval by the Provost.
  • Applicants who have attended college outside the United States will be required to submit a foreign credential evaluation for that coursework. AdventHealth University will accept evaluations from the following credential evaluation companies:
    1. World Education Services (WES). www.wes.org
    2. Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE). www.ece.org
    3. Academic Evaluation Services, Inc. https://aes-edu.org
  • Applicants are responsible for the cost of these reports and will need to follow the instructions provided by the individual credential evaluation company. Please note that documents in a foreign language must be translated into English by a separate translation company and submitted with official transcripts to the credential evaluation company.
  • Evaluations received from any other transcript evaluation companies will not be considered to fulfill admission requirements and will not be retained in the applicant’s file.
  • Any expenses involved in obtaining official transcripts are the responsibility of the employee

• Current Curriculum Vitae identifying employment with AHU and yearly in May thereafter. (See Appendix B )

• Current certification and/or licensure in the professional field when such certification and/or licensure are appropriate.
• Where professional certification and/or licensure, either state or national are required, the full cost of such fee is reimbursable to the faculty member. Additionally, when such credentials are attained subsequent to their appointment, faculty members may request reimbursement for the cost of credentialing examinations following successful completion and with approval from the Provost. The responsibility for determining the need for licensure and/or certification rests with the Department Chair.