Regulations Governing Accreditation of Teacher Qualifications at Junior Colleges and Institutions of Higher Education Article 30

This English translation was last updated on 2022-08-17, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-08-30. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

An institution shall formulate professional development goals for its teachers and plan a diversified teacher promotion system and incorporate these into the institution’s internal rules.An institution shall include the following matters in the institution’s internal rules and publicly announce them for the purpose of processing the teacher accreditation review:1. Focus on the teaching, research, services, and student advising of the teacher applying for the accreditation and formulate clearly defined rules governing review procedures and methods, criteria for reviews and passing, the principle of avoiding conflicts of interest, handling of matters raising doubts, and appeal and remedy mechanisms. The institution may set separate benchmarks for teaching, research, service and student advising, taking into account the differences between full-time, non-established project and part-time teachers.2. Establish external review procedures and methods that meet the professional assessment standards, criteria for reviews and passing, principles for selecting external scholars and experts to be reviewers and avoiding conflicts of interest, and the mechanism for handling doubtful external opinions.3. Notification of accreditation review results, storage of various documents and information, and public storage and use of works submitted for review.For full-time and non-establishment project teachers who do not have the proposed teaching certificate, the institution shall, within three months of their appointment, apply to the Ministry for teacher accreditation review in accordance with the previous institution’s internal rules. Unless there is a reason that cannot be attributed to the teacher, if a teacher is not submitted for an accreditation review at the end of the term, they shall not be re-appointed after the termination of the contract; if they are unqualified of the accreditation review, their appointment shall be revoked immediately.
中文原文 專科以上學校教師資格審定辦法第30條
學校應訂定教師專業發展目標,規劃教師多元升等制度,並納入校內章則。
學校為辦理教師資格審查,應將下列事項納入校內章則並公告:
一、針對送審教師之教學、研究、服務及輔導,訂定明確之審查程序與方式、審查與合格基準、迴避原則、疑義處理及申訴救濟等規定;學校得考量編制內專任、編制外專案及兼任教師之差異,將教學、研究、服務及輔導成績合格基準分別明定。
二、建立符合專業審查之外審程序與方式、審查與合格基準、外審學者專家遴聘與迴避原則及外審意見有疑義之處理機制。
三、審查結果通知、各類文書與資料保管、送審著作公開保管利用之規定。
學校聘任未具擬任等級教師證書之編制內專任及編制外專案教師,應於到職三個月內依前項校內章則報請本部辦理教師資格審查,除有不可歸責於教師之事由外,屆期不送審者,聘約期滿後,不得再聘;送審不合格者,應即撤銷其聘任。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.