Name that Section - Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts

Name that Section: Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts

district. Title 5 provides a non-mandatory and non-inclusive list of the types of activities a

district may engage in to demonstrate institutional commitment. They are provided in the

regulations as a guide only.

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ii. Implementation

There are many creative and proactive strategies that districts may implement to foster workforce

diversity. Several are identified in the

Model Plan

itself, as well as in relevant Title 5 section.

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In addition, we offer the following guidance:

Use Component 14 to identify key elements of a successful hiring procedure . . . but do not

include those procedures. Districts should think of EEO Plans generally, and Component 14

specifically, as a roadmap for their separate, but harmonized hiring procedures. We, therefore,

recommend that Component 14 identify a district’s expectations as to what will be addressed in

the hiring procedures. By way of example, we would recommend that district EEO Plans state

that hiring procedures will incorporate the following elements to ensure that all lawful measures

to further equal employment opportunity are being pursued:



Practices and procedures to ensure that the application process is accessible

to all;



Procedures for auditing and updating job descriptions and job qualifications,

including procedures for identifying and eliminating dated or otherwise non-

job related criteria that act as barriers to traditionally excluded groups;



Procedures for examining curriculum to maximize a global perspective in all

disciplines;



Procedures for creating or updating job qualifications for positions designed

to reflect a more global perspective;

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Recruitment strategies designed to maximize the diversity of applicant pools

and qualified applicant pools;



Protocols for screening and hiring committees to follow with respect to

screening, interviewing and evaluating candidates;



Procedures, guidelines, and suggestions for how to evaluate candidates’

sensitivity to the diversity of community college students in a manner that is

specific to the position;



Training programs for all screening and hiring committee participants;

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Retention strategies; and

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Procedures for monitoring and reporting progress.