A.          Academic Qualification and Professional Experience

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

The majority of the Core Faculty under the BA Political Science Program possess the qualifications required by the Policies, Standards, and Guidelines for BS Business Administration (CMO. 51, series of 2017).

The table and charts below summarize the educational qualifications, business and industry experience, professional licenses, and other information about the program's core faculty in the past three years.

Publication and Copyrighting of Articles and Creative Works

A.         Recruitment, Selection and Orientation

   The institution has an effective recruitment and selection system of the most qualified faculty members. The system includes interviews, demonstration teaching, and psychological and aptitude tests.

   The selection process is inclusive and participative, including the VP for Academic Affairs, the Deans, the Human Resource Management Officer, and the Campus Directors.

   Newly hired faculty members undergo university and campus orientation regarding the VMGO, the Campus Thrusts, and the University Policies.

A Human Resource Development Plan is embodied in the Human Resource Development Plan of the University. This plan aims to objectively and efficiently recruit and select faculty members.

The recruitment and selection system considers the academic qualification of the applicant as well as personal qualities, communication skills, teaching skills, and physical and medical fitness. The professional experience relevant to the field and technical and special skills are also given weight during the selection process.

C.         Faculty Adequacy and Loading System

The Program currently has three (3) Full Time Faculty and one (1) lecturer. The teaching load is based on the specialization of the faculty. In case of need for an appropriate graduate degree, additional qualifications such as relevant industry experience and business experience are considered. In some instances where circumstances won't allow, faculty are given three to four courses per semester to facilitate the time for lesson preparation, checking of papers, consultation with students, and other matters related to instruction, research, and extension.

The PSU Faculty Manual provides that faculty should be given a maximum of three preparations. In exceptional cases where three preparations are impossible, the fourth preparation will be compensated with increased working hours equivalent.

The program is religiously observing the above provisions as reflected in the summary of loading presented below:

Figure 4 summarizes the number of faculty preparation vs. PSG for BAPS vs. PSU Faculty Manual thresholds over the last four semesters. It can be seen from the trend that the Program is well within the threshold provided by the PSG for BAPS. Against the PSU Faculty Manual threshold, the program has been a little above. However, it can be observed from the trend that there is an increasing averages. The class size in particular is exceeding the threshold. In fact, during the recent semester, the actual average number of faculty preparation is already within the thresholds of both the PSG and the PSU Faculty Manual.

F.          Professional Performance and Scholarly Works

There is an objective performance evaluation system of the Faculty Performance in Instruction which is their function. A standard faculty evaluation form is used to rate the teaching skills of the faculty. An Individual Performance Commitment and Review form is also being submitted by the faculty and rated by the immediate superior. Furthermore, a teaching efficiency evaluation is also being administered to the faculty, students, superiors and peer to evaluate the performance of faculty members.

Faculty Classroom Observation Form

The faculty are involved in the dissemination of knowledge, innovations and technologies in national and international fora. Presented are the list of faculties who have disseminated research in different fora:

G.         Salaries, Fringe Benefits and Incentives

The scale of salary faculty follows the DBM Salary Standardization Schemes as well the current issuances of the competent agencies. The faculty members are also granted different privileges as embodied in the Faculty Manual such as tuition and grant-in aid to faculty and their children (K, 2, 2.1-2.3); loyalty benefits (K,3); maternity and paternity benefits (K, 4); leave benefits such as sabbatical leave (K, 5, 5.1); study or research leave (K,5, 5.2); vacation leave (K, 5, 5.3); sick leave (K, 5, 5.4); rehabilitation leave (K, 5, 5.5); military service leave (K, 5, 5.6); secondment or special detail leave (K, 5, 5.7); and special leave (K, 5, 5.8). Benefits such as retirement (K, 6); faculty development benefits (K, 7); research incentives (K, 8); disability benefits (K, 9); and death benefits (K, 10).

Faculty members are also maintaining harmonious relationship with different stakeholders like the parents through the Parents Teachers Council, LGU, alumni, community and the industry partners. The faculty also ensures harmonious relationship with other campuses and other schools.