Local Selected Procedures Agreement

Local Selected Procedures Agreement 1995-1999
Abbreviated Contents
Introductory Letter

CONTENTS

1. COMMITTEES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL PROCEDURES
    1.1 Department Level
                Department Personnel Advisory Committee 1
                Student Input Committees 1
    1.2 College/School Level
                College/School Personnel Advisory Committee 2
                College/School Research Committee 2
    1.3 University-Wide Committees
                Election Procedures for University-Wide Faculty Committees 3
                University Faculty Review Board 3
                University Professional Staff Review Board 6
                Allocations Committee 8
                University Promotions Committee 8
                Sabbatical Review Committee 9
                Overview Committee 9
                Career Development Committee 9
                Professional Staff Professional Development Peer Review Committee 9
                Meet and Confer Committee 10
                University Distinguished Scholar Committee 10
                University Research Committee 11
                University Distinguished Teacher Program 11
                University Distinguished Teacher Committee 12
                College/School Distinguished Teacher Committee 12
    1.4 Faculty Scholarship Incentive Program (FSIP) 13
    1.5 New Faculty Mentor Program 19

2. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PERSONNEL ACTIONS
    2.1 Fulfillment of Objectives 20
    2.2 Developing Departmental Procedures 20
    2.3 Protection Clause 20
    2.4 Recommendation Forms 20
    2.5 Provisions for Student Input into Faculty Personnel Decisions 21
    2.6 Implementation Dates 22

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3. APPOINTMENT AND RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES
    3.1-3.13 State Contract Provisions 24
    3.14 Local Guidelines for Appointment, Retention, and Tenure of Teaching Faculty 27
            Procedures and Recommendation—Department Level 27
            Procedures and Recommendation—Dean’s Level 28
            Recommendations—VPAA 28
            President’s Recommendation 29
    3.15 Citation of Departmental or Institutional Needs 29
   3.16 Grievance and Appeal Procedures—State Contract Provisions 29
   3.17 Right to Resign 29

4. PROMOTION PROCEDURE
    4.1 State Contract Provisions 30
   4.2 Local Review and Recommendation Procedures 31
        4.2.1 Contents of Promotion Application 31
        4.2.2 Routing of Promotion Applications 31
            Routing of Applications for College/School Promotions 32
            Routing of University Promotions 32
            Routing of Special Contributions Promotion Applications 32
        4.2.3 College/School or University Promotions 34
            Application 34
            Procedures and Recommendations—Department Level 34
            College/School Decision on Ranking Procedures 35
            Procedures and Recommendations—College/School Level 36
    4.2.4 Special Contributions Promotions 37
            Application 37
            Procedures and Recommendations—Department and College/School Level 38
    4.2.5 Promotions Reviewed by the UPC 39
    4.2.6 Allocation of Promotion Slots 40
    4.2.7 Grievance Procedure 40
    4.2.8 Consultation on Weights Applied to Promotion Criteria 40
    4.2.9 Growth Promotions for Librarians 40
    4.2.10 Additional Promotions 42
            Increasing the List 42
            Promotion of Tenured Instructors and Non-tenured
            Instructors Ineligible for Automatic Promotion 42
            Automatic Promotion of Non-tenured Instructors 42
    4.2.11 Reappointments to Higher Title for Part-Time Faculty 43
    4.2.12 Distinguished Professor Program 44

5. SABBATICAL LEAVES
5.1-5.3 State Contract Provisions 48
5.4 Local Application and Review Procedures 49

6. FACULTY RETRAINING PROGRAM 50

7. MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS FOR FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL
STAFF (NON-FACULTY)
   7.1 Reference to State Contract Provisions 51
   7.2 Eligibility for Multi-Year Contracts 51
    7.3 Length of Multi-Year Contract 51
    7.4 Review for a Multi-Year Contract 51
    7.5 Evaluation Process 51
    7.6 Evaluation Procedures 52
    7.7 Definition of Immediate Supervisor 53
    7.8 Appeal 53
    7.9 Statute Governing Multi-Year Contracts—18A:60-6 53
    7.10 Professional Staff Reclassifications 53

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8. PROFESSIONAL STAFF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE
(NON-FACULTY)
   8.1 Reference to State Contract Provisions 54
    8.2 Eligibility 54
    8.3 Professional Development Peer Review Committee 55
    8.4 Function 55
    8.5 Criteria for Review of Personal Development Leave Applications 56
    8.6 Application and Committee Review Procedures 56
    8.7 Administrative Review 57
    8.8 Terms of Personal Development Leaves 58
    8.9 Report 58
    8.10 Commitment of Professional Staff Members Receiving a
            Personal Development Leave 58
    8.11 Staff Training for Professional Development 58
    8.12 Professional Staff Leadership Development Program 59
    8.13 Non-Limited Titles (NL) 61

9. CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
   9.1 Preamble and Reference to State Contract Provisions 63
   9.2 Committees Required to Implement the Program 63
    9.3 Local Assessment Procedures and Quotation of the State Contract
            Preamble to the Career Development Program 66

10. DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSONS
   10.1 Method of Election and Appointment—State Contract Provision 70
    10.2 Development of Criteria for Selection—State Contract Provision 70
    10.3 Composition of Search Committee—State Contract Provision 70
    10.4 Acting Department Chairpersons—State Contract Provision 70
   10.5 Local Election Procedures 71
    10.6 Election Date 71
    10.7 Midterm Evaluation of Department Chairpersons 71
    10.8 Deputy Department Chairperson 71

11. FACULTY RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    11.1 Office Hours for Student Consultation 72
    11.2 Community Activities 72
    11.3 Faculty Travel Provisions 72
    11.4 Organizational Chart 72
    11.5 Public Notices 72
    11.6 Internal Governance 72
    11.7 Parking 72
    11.8 Faculty Affiliation—Voting Rights 72
    11.9 Salary Rate Notification 73
    11.10 Exit Procedure 73
    11.11 Summer Session Course Cancellation Notification 73
    11.12 Departmental Procedures and Policies 73
    11.13 Definition of Seniority 74
    11.14 Assignment of Nonteaching Duties 74
    11.15 Extensions of Leaves of Absence Without Pay 74
    11.16 Official Files 74
   11.17 Safe Conditions—State Contract Provision 74
   11.18 Facilities Committee—State Contract Provision 75
   11.19 Joint Appointments 75

12. SAVINGS CLAUSE 79
13. MAINTENANCE OF AGREEMENT 80

14. APPENDIX I: QUALIFICATION FOR RANK AND EQUIVALENCIES
   14.1 Qualification for Rank: Faculty—State Contract Provisions 80
   14.2 Local Provisions for Establishment of Equivalencies 81
    14.3 Grandfather Clauses for Degree Requirements 81
    14.4 Qualifications for Rank—Librarians 82
    14.5 Calendar for Equivalency Applications 82

15. APPENDIX II: CRITERIA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR
      REAPPOINTMENT, TENURE AND PROMOTION 83
    15.1 Teaching 83
    15.2 Scholarship of Pedagogy 84
    15.3 Scholarship of Discovery, Integration, or Aesthetic Creation 84
    15.4 Scholarship of Application 84
    15.5 Weights to be Assigned to Criteria 85

16. APPENDIX III: CRITERIA FOR SABBATICAL LEAVES 86
17. APPENDIX IV: CRITERIA FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 86
18. LOCAL LETTER OF AGREEMENT I—FACULTY RETRAINING PROGRAM 86
19. LOCAL LETTER OF AGREEMENT II—WORKPLACE COMMITTEE 88

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