Palm Beach State College Board Policy

Title: Instructional Personnel Availability to Students

Policy Number: 6Hx-18-5.92

Legal Authority: 6A-14.091 FAC; 1001.64 FS

Date Adopted/Amended: Adopted 9/8/2009

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Full Time Faculty

Each full-time faculty shall be scheduled to a minimum of twenty-five hours per week for classroom contact hours and office hours. These hours must be publicly posted using the standard template as available through Academic Affairs. Full-time faculty shall be available to students during the posted office hours.

Part-Time Faculty

Part-time faculty are to be available to students during class contact hours and via Palm Beach State College email. Part-time faculty are expected to respond promptly to student emails, normally within 24 hours on business days (Monday through Friday).  On college closed days, weekends or holidays, the part-time faculty member is expected to respond to student emails on the next business day.