9.2.1.2.4 Each member of the bargaining unit is eligible to vote for the CDC memberrepresenting his or her constituency.

               9.2.1.2.5 The Committee will meet by December 15 to elect its chairperson, and prepare itscall for proposals. The chairperson may not succeed himself/herself. The chairperson willassume office immediately and serve for one year or until succeeded. A vice-chair willalso be elected. The chairperson will be responsible for all administrative details of theprogram, including but not limited to those contained herein, until his or her successortakes office.

            9.2.1.3 Sequenceof Committee Actions

               9.2.1.3.1 Prior to the beginning of the second semester, the chairperson will call forproposals for career development funding for the first part of the next academic year andthe summer preceding it. This includes Summer proposals, Fall proposals, and full-yearproposals beginning in the Fall. The proposals must be returned by March 1 to thechairperson of the Committee. The forms for submission of proposals will be sent to eachfaculty member and eligible non-teaching professional.

               9.2.1.3.2 The Committee will develop and use a systematic procedure for evaluatingproposals and making its recommendations. Priority will be given to proposals supported byrecommendations of the Departmental Assessment Committees.

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               9.2.1.3.3 The Committee will prepare a list of recommended projects from the proposalssubmitted for Summer, Fall and full-year funding. The list will be submitted to thePresident or her or his designee by April 15.

               9.2.1.3.4 Administrative action on these recommendations will be completed by May 15 forprojects scheduled for the coming Summer, and by May 15 or within 10 working days afterthe amount of the appropriation for this purpose is known by the University for Fall andfull-year proposals.

               9.2.1.3.5 The chairperson will, by May 15, call for proposals for funding in the Winterand Spring of the next academic year. These proposals should be submitted to thechairperson by October 1.

               9.2.1.3.6 The Committee will prepare a list of recommended projects from the proposalssubmitted for Winter and Spring funding. This list will be submitted to the President orher or his designee' by November 1.

               9.2.1.3.7 Administrative action on these proposals will be completed by December 1.

               9.2.1.3.8 Projects which begin in June and continue into July will be considered as Springprojects if there is more time spent in June than in July, and as Summer projectsotherwise.

         9.2.2 ASSESSMENTCOMMITTEES—FACULTY

            9.2.2.1 Structureof Departmental Assessment Committees

                 9.2.2.1.1 The committee charged with the assessment process must consist of three tenuredfaculty members, all of whom must occupy regular faculty lines.

                9.2.2.1.2 The department must elect two members and two alternates to the AssessmentCommittee to serve for all career development assessments within the department. Twoalternate members must be available to serve in the event that a regular member cannotserve. The election will take place at the December department meeting, beginning December1983 for the following year.

                9.2.2.1.3 The person being assessed will appoint one member of his or her AssessmentCommittee. This person may come from any academic department providing that, in theopinion of the assessee, the individual possesses the particular expertise needed to serveas an assessor in this area.

               9.2.2.1.4 If the elected members of the Departmental Assessment Committee challenge thecredentials of the selected member, they may appeal the right of that individual to serveon the Committee. This appeal will be to an ad hoc committee composed of the departmentalPAC chairperson, the department chairperson and the dean of the College/School of theindividual being assessed.

               9.2.2.1.5 Neither department chairperson nor a PAC chairperson may serve in the appealprocess if either is an interested party in the dispute.

               9.2.2.1.6 Department chairpersons or PAC chairpersons may not be elected as members oralternates of assessment committees, but they may serve as selected members.

               9.2.2.1.7 The following will be excluded from eligibility for membership on the AssessmentCommittee:

                   a) Faculty and Professional Staff being assessed;

                    b) Non-tenured faculty members and Professional Staff not on multiple yearcontracts;

                   c) Any applicant not being assessed who makes application to the Assessment Committee orthe CDC for                         careerdevelopment funding.

            9.2.2.2 Term ofOffice

            The DepartmentalAssessment Committee serves for one year.

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         9.2.3 ASSESSMENTCOMMITTEES—LIBRARY

        Procedures for this group are still innegotiations at the local level and will be submitted to the unit for approval when theyare completed.

        9.2.4 PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSESSMENTCOMMITTEE (PSAC)

            9.2.4.1 Composition

            The ProfessionalStaff Assessment Committee will be composed as follows:

               9.2.4.1.1 Three Professional Staff members in the negotiation unit with at least threeyears of service and not eligible for a multi-year reappointment during their term ofservice on the Committee.

               9.2.4.1.2 One Union observer and one observer for the administration (non-voting).

            9.2.4.2 Readers

            There will be two(2) Readers, in or out of the unit, selected by the Professional Staff member beingassessed on the basis of relevant expertise. The Readers will provide the PSAC with theirviews on appropriate developmental activities.

            9.2.4.3 Term

            Elected ProfessionalStaff members will serve for a one year term. No elected person may serve for more thanthree (3) consecutive years. To provide continuity, the Committee will, in years in whichno member is reelected, elect one member to serve one additional year without vote.

            9.2.4.4 Election

            The President'sdesignee will, with the assistance of one person designated by the Union, solicit namesfor the Committee and conduct a mail ballot election by the date specified in theAdministrative Calendar. Unit Professional Staff members are eligible to vote in thiselection.

            9.2.4.5 Procedures

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         9.3.1 SELF-ASSESSMENT STATEMENT

            9.3.1.1 The deanmust notify by no later than the October Department Meeting those persons who will beassessed in the current academic year.

            9.3.1.2 The personbeing assessed will provide a self-assessment statement to the Assessment Committee andsimultaneously to the department chairperson and the dean by February 8. The Committeewill have a conference with the person being assessed to discuss the material included inthe self-assessment, make a decision on the need for any additional information anddiscuss the nature of the final recommendation and report. The assessee will not berequired to change the self-assessment statement as a result of either meeting. If changesresult in the self-assessment statement from either conference, both the AssessmentCommittee and the dean will receive an identical revised statement. The dean will have aconference with the assessee only if the dean proposes changes in the assessment.

             9.3.1.3 Self-Assessment

            The self-assessmentwill include:

               9.3.1.3.1 An enumeration of the strengths and career development needs of the person beingassessed.

               9.3.1.3.2 Additional statements regarding the following areas:

                   Teaching, including the following two subtopics:

                        a) Professional Expertise (Content and Currency)
                       b) Pedagogical Approach (for example, organization and presentation of material;teacher/student interaction,                            etc.)

                   Scholarship of Pedagogy

                   Scholarship of Discovery, Integration, or Aesthetic Creation

                   Scholarship of Application

        9.3.2 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCESS

            9.3.2.1 Data onTeaching Effectiveness

            Indications ofteaching effectiveness must be provided by the assessee. These must include the results ofstudent questionnaires. The student questionnaires must be developed, administered,collected and tabulated in accordance with the local procedures outlined in the GeneralGuidelines for Personnel Actions, Section 2.5, Provisions for Student Input IntoFaculty Personnel Decisions, except that for assessment purposes, the questionnaires musthave been collected within any semester in the three years preceding the assessment.

            Indications ofteaching effectiveness may also include current or previous peer evaluations, coursematerials or syllabi, videotapes, or any other materials that the assessee might wish tosubmit. These additional materials are considered to be supplementary to theself-assessment statement and are not to be forwarded with the Assessment Committee'sreport unless this is requested by the person being assessed.

            9.3.2.2 Need forAdditional Information

            If the AssessmentCommittee is not able to make a recommendation because of insufficient informationregarding the teaching effectiveness submitted by the assessee, then the AssessmentCommittee will request additional information in the area(s) of concern; if sufficientinformation is still not provided, then one selected and one elected committee member willobserve the assessee in the classroom prior to preparing the initial draft of therecommendation.

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        9.3.3 PREPARATION OF THE ASSESSMENTREPORT

        The Assessment Committee is expected to meetwith the individual involved and prepare a final report as required by the State Contract.This report will be submitted to the individual, the department chairperson, dean and thePresident or her or his designee by February 22. The individual may submit a writtenresponse to the report to the President due by March 1.

        9.3.4 RESPONSE TIME

        The Assessment Committee must abide by thetime of notification provision of the protection clause as stated in the GeneralGuideline for Personnel Actions, Section 2.3 Protection Clause, of the SelectedProcedures Agreement.

        Simultaneous observation by more than onemember of the Assessment Committee must be approved by the person being assessed.

        9.3.5 PROTECTION CLAUSE

        In the event a person being assessed objectsto a regular member on the Committee, that person will be allowed to choose from theelected alternates.

        9.3.6 APPEAL PROCEDURE

        If the assessee objects to classroomobservations, this can be appealed to an ad hoc committee composed of the departmentchairperson, department PAC chairperson, and the dean of the College/School involved.

        9.3.7 ASSESSMENT OF FACULTY TEACHING INTWO DEPARTMENTS

            9.3.7.1 If a personhas an unequal teaching load between two departments, the assessment will be done in thedepartment where the person has the major teaching responsibility.

            In such cases, thedean of the College/School in which the individual has major teaching responsibility willparticipate in the assessment process.

            9.3.7.2 A facultymember in an evenly split load situation will select one of the two electedassessors from each of the two departments involved in the split load, in addition to thethird member of the committee who may be selected at large.

            9.3.7.3 To beconsidered under the evenly split load provision, a faculty member must have had a splitload for the last three semesters immediately preceding the evaluation.

            9.3.7.4 A facultymember with a load evenly split between two Colleges/Schools will select the dean of oneof the Colleges/Schools to participate in the assessment process.

        9.3.8 DEAN'S ROLE AS PRESIDENT’SDESIGNEE