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Part 2 - Academic Manual

CHAPTER 1
THE FACULTY MEMBER

1.1. Rationale
The faculty member is the prime mover in the academe. In order to become a truly effective
and dynamic educational force towards making IFSU an ACE - Academic Centers of Excellence - faculty
members must work with the administration under an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect, establish
a friendly and collaborative relations with each other, direct their immediate attention to the student,
and interact and link with the community. To be effective and efficient, faculty members should be
aware of their duties and responsibilities, university policies on recruitment, selection, appointment and
promotion of faculty members, faculty workload, benefits, incentives, privileges and awards, and should
know and be able to implement academic processes and administrative procedures in the academe.
Towards these ends, this Academic Manual of IFSU is promulgated.

1.2. Faculty Responsibilities
1.2.1. General
Every faculty member of IFSU must strive to possess the ideal qualities of a good
teacher. A good teacher is:
1.2.1.1. Competent: He knows his subject matter thoroughly and is interested in his profession.
He is a true scholar and never stops studying and learning. He is willing and ready to
handle new subjects when called upon and shows openness for intellectual growth.
1.2.1.2. Kind. He is humane and sociable and is willing to attend to students’ needs even

outside of class hours. He is polite, tolerant and mature. He is intellectually honest and
humble; willing to admit his own shortcomings and errors. He is enthusiastic, and
possesses a good sense of humor. He is neat in appearance and orderly in habit.
1.2.1.3. Creative . He is resourceful and uses various methods of teaching and adapting them to
the subject matter and to his students. He uses varied audio-visual materials and
illustrations.

1.2.1.4. Efficient and diligent. He is expected to be competent. He gives clear, varied and
reasonable assignment that will develop the critical and creative thinking of the
students. He is able to show relationship of class work and subjects to daily life. He
speaks clearly and he has no annoying mannerisms.

1.2.1.5. Objective. He gives valid tests and grades accurately and fairly. He returns papers
promptly, discuss them with the class and gives adequate time for review. He
encourages the students to participate in class work and to express their ideas freely
and gives them a chance to think for themselves.

1.2.1.6. Student-centered. He knows the students individually. He keeps the course work
adjusted to learning capacities and comprehension of his students. He constantly
analyzes errors, does remedial teaching, and individualizes his instructions. He keeps
students well informed of their academic standing.
1.2.1.7. God-Fearing individual. He/she must be a spiritual being and faithful to God. He/she

assimilate the teaching of God before or after the lesson.

1.2.2. Specific
1.2.2.1. Instruction
Instruction focuses on the process of facilitating the acquisition of
knowledge and skills to develop the analytical and creative faculties of learners. It also
includes other specific tasks, such as student consultation, academic advising, and all
other initiatives that facilitate the process of learning. Every faculty member is
expected to:
1.2.2.1.1. Identify learners’ needs;
1.2.2.1.2. Prepare and follow a course syllabus based on the needs identified;

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