Human Resources : Appointments & Offers of Employment
Faculty Appointments
The Virginia Community College Faculty Appointment policy can be accessed at the VCCS website: http://www.vccs.edu/Portals/0/ContentAreas/PolicyManual/Sct3.pdf. Sections of the policy are noted below:
- 3.4.0.0 Appointment Policy definitions
- 3.4.0.1 Eligibility
- 3.4.0.2 Sequence of Appointments
- 3.4.0.3 Leave of Absence and their effects on appointments
- 3.4.0.4 College Procedure
- 3.4.0.5 General Provisions
- 3.4.0.6 Time Frames
- 3.4.1 Appointment Proposal and Rank and Salary Proposal Forms
Restricted Faculty Appointments
The Virginia Community College Faculty Appointment policy can be accessed at the VCCS website: http://www.vccs.edu/Portals/0/ContentAreas/PolicyManual/Sct3.pdf. Sections of the policy are noted below:
- 3.4.2 Restricted Faculty Appointments
Adjunct Faculty Appointments
Initial appointment of adjunct faculty is governed by the VCCS-29 Form (Minimum Criteria for Each Faculty Rank). The form provides minimum academic related professional and teaching criteria for each academic rank. The adjunct ranks of Adjunct I, II, III, IV, V are equivalent to the full-time ranks of Assistant Instructor, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor respectively. Refer to TEACHING FACULTY CREDENTIALLING POLICY, Appendix E for details. Offers of employment to include salary come from the appropriate Division Dean.
Classified Staff Appointments
The initial offer of employment to classified staff is by means of a Letter of Agreement prepared by the Human Resource/Payroll Office at the request of the College President. Salary is determined by specific factors noted on the Pay Practices Chart.
Wage (1500 Hour) Appointments
The initial offer of employment for wage (1500 hour) employees is by means of the Authorization for Temporary Hourly Employment which can be obtained from the Human Resource/Payroll Office.

