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Criterion II

Faculty

Exhibit A: All faculty are recruited, appointed and promoted according to the institution’s non-discrimination policy, in a process that actively fosters diversity and inclusiveness in the faculty. Provide evidence that the policy and process have been implemented.

Exhibit B: All faculty carry out their responsibilities with respect for diversity and variations among students and colleagues. Include any examples of how this is done. De-identified personal communications may be a source of documentation.

Exhibit C: Core faculty are certified, as applicable, by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), or another appropriate certifying body for faculty who are not CNMs or CMs. Provide a folder for each core faculty member who taught in the SER time frame, organized by faculty’s last name.

Core Faculty

Clinical Faculty

Exhibit D: Core faculty have education credentials appropriate to the level at which they teach and meet the academic institution’s requirements for faculty. For all core faculty, include evidence of completion of the highest earned academic degree, as listed in the table, in each faculty folder.

Exhibit E: Core faculty have preparation for teaching commensurate with the teaching assignment, e.g. face-to-face, hybrid, and distance delivery. For all core faculty, include evidence of teacher preparation in each faculty folder. Possible sources of evidence for teaching preparation: • transcript showing education course/s • copy of certificate from continuing education course or workshop • experiential, from CVs

Exhibit F: Instruction, supervision, and evaluation of students in didactic courses containing ACNM Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice are the responsibility primarily of core faculty. Possible sources of evidence for this criterion: • syllabi • committee minutes • emails or other communication • faculty calendars This criterion is about didactic learning. Include in narrative and exhibits those who taught the classroom/online portions of all courses with Core Competency content in the SER time frame. They may be CNMs/CMs or nurse practitioners, or other school faculty.

Exhibit G: Core faculty are responsible for development and/or implementation and evaluation of the curriculum. Provide the materials cited Some possible sources that confirm faculty responsibility: • position descriptions • faculty handbook • curriculum committee minutes • midwifery faculty meeting minutes • graduate faculty meeting minutes

Exhibit H: Core faculty participate in selection, advisement, evaluation, and advancement of students. Provide the materials cited. Possible sources of evidence: • admissions committee meeting minutes • graded exams and feedback on papers/presentations • notes from student advisory sessions Any applicant/student materials must be de-identified.

Exhibit I: Core faculty participate in recruitment, selection, and promotion of faculty. Provide the materials cited. Sources may include those listed in II.G. plus: • search committee meeting minutes (candidate de-identified) ©2019 May (Revised August 2020) Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) 18 Criterion II: Faculty Instructions for Elaboration in the SER Instructions for Documentation in the Exhibits • promotion & tenure committee minutes (candidate/s deidentified) • de-identified interview rating forms

Exhibit B.4: Provide evidence that each faculty member will have competence commensurate with the teaching assignment.

Exhibit J: Core faculty participate in orientation of core and clinical faculty. Provide the materials cited. Possible sources of evidence: • agenda or schedule for new core faculty orientation • reports of clinical site visits • preceptor orientation agenda handouts • letters/emails to clinical faculty regarding student expectations and curriculum details

Exhibit K: Core faculty participate in development and/or implementation of a mechanism for student evaluation of faculty, courses, and midwifery program effectiveness. Provide the materials cited. Sources for exhibits may include those listed in II.G. plus: • minutes of faculty retreats • students’ de-identified exit interviews Do not include core faculty’s evaluations by students, or evidence of the entire process for student evaluation.

Exhibit L: Core faculty participate in ongoing development and annual evaluation of the midwifery program’s resources, facilities, and services. Provide the materials cited. Possible examples for exhibits: • clinical site visit reports • students’ exit interviews, deidentified• minutes of faculty retreats • formal or informal interviews with graduates and employers

Exhibit M: Core faculty participate on or have input into councils and committees of the academic unit. Clinical faculty participate or have input as appropriate. Include examples of how faculty meet these expectations, such as activities/ schedules/workload. Provide committee meeting minutes that document the presence of the faculty member/s cited in the SER elaboration.

Exhibit N: Core faculty continue professional development and participate in scholarly activities. Include examples of how faculty meet these expectations, such as activities/ schedules/workload. Examples of professional development could include: • completion of degrees, certificates, or courses • academic promotion • teaching or other awards • grant proposals Examples of faculty scholarly activities could include: • publications – articles & textbooks • conference abstracts • posters • software • blogs

Exhibit O: Core faculty maintain clinical expertise as required. Include examples of how faculty meet these expectations, such as activities/schedules/workload. Provide evidence of how faculty maintain clinical expertise as cited in the SER. Examples of ways to document faculty clinical practice activities: • letter confirming clinical privileges from facility/practice • peer evaluations from practice • URL for practice website listing faculty name

Exhibit P: Core faculty participate in professional service. Include examples of how faculty meet these expectations, such as activities/ schedules/workload. Provide specific evidence of faculty professional service cited in the SER, if available, especially CNM/CM faculty. Examples of ways to document professional service: • letters of thanks • programs or agendas for events • photos or social media posts

Exhibit Q: Academic freedom is a faculty right clearly defined, made available in policy, and applied consistently to all core faculty. Provide access to source document/s. Possible sources of documentation may include: faculty handbooks; union contracts

Exhibit R: The academic unit publishes and employs defined criteria for periodic evaluation that are applied consistently to all core faculty. Provide access to source document/s.

Exhibit S: The academic unit publishes and employs processes for promotion, tenure, merit recognition and termination that are applied consistently to all core faculty. Provide access to source document/s.

Exhibit T: Core faculty have channels within the institution for receipt and consideration of grievances related to their employment. Provide access to source document/s.

Exhibit U: Provide an electronic or paper folder for each clinical faculty who precepted students in the SER time frame. These folders must contain: 1) a current CV or resume 2) evidence of certification, as applicable For clinical faculty who are midwives, provide evidence of AMCB or NARM certification. This can be a copy of the certificate or of the individual’s certification information from the relevant website. Include other certification if appropriate to the individual’s teaching role, e.g. WHNP or FNP. For clinical faculty who are not midwives, provide evidence of specialty certification as applicable. Evidence of current licensure is acceptable as evidence of certification if AMCB or specialty certification is the only route to licensure in that legal jurisdiction. If the individual’s licensure is used to document certification, place a copy of the license or website verification of licensure for each licensee in their folder. In addition, place one copy of the portion of the licensing law that requires AMCB or specialty certification for licensure in a location easily accessible to the site visitors. 100% of these faculty folders must be present and complete in the exhibits for site visitors to review.

Exhibit V: Clinical faculty are responsible for the instruction, supervision, and evaluation of students in clinical learning. Possible sources of evidence for this criterion: • student clinical schedules • de-identified student evaluations

Exhibit C.3.d: Orientation of faculty to curriculum, documents and expectations.

Exhibit C.3.e: Development and/or implementation of a mechanism for student evaluation of teachers, courses and midwifery program effectiveness.

Exhibit C.3.f: Ongoing development and annual evaluation of the proposed midwifery program’s resources, facilities, and services.

Exhibit C.3.g.2: Faculty continue professional advancement within the academic unit.

Exhibit C.3.g.3: Faculty maintain clinical expertise.

Exhibit C.3.g.5: Faculty participate in community service.