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November 15, 2013 |
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Deadline for non-tenure track staffing requests and continuation of lecturer positions. |
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December 1, 2014 |
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Deadline for tenure track requests (if you are contemplating a tenure track request, please discuss your plans with the Provost/Dean of the Faculty prior to submission). |
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Regular meetings with chairs and directors will be held as follows. All meetings take place on Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm, in the Conference Center, and include lunch, unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013, Chairs/Directors Retreat/Dinner, 2:00-7:00 pm
September 18, 2013
October 16, 2013
November 13, 2013
December 4, 2013
Tuesday, January 21, 2014, Chairs/Directors/CAP Workshop, time TBD
January 29, 2014
February 12, 2014
March 26, 2014
April 9, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Dinner Meeting, 5:00-7:00 pm
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September 15, 2013 |
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Due in the Office of the Provost/Dean of the
Faculty. |
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October 15, 2013 |
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The Sabbatical/Leave
Without Pay Request Form with appended description of proposed leave project
for the academic year 2015-16 due in the Office of the Provost/Dean of the
Faculty. This form must be signed by the Chair and/or Director of the
Department/Program to indicate departmental approval of request and project before
it is returned to the Provost/Dean's Office. Authorization to individual (with
copy to Chair) will follow after appropriate review.
According to the Policy of Appointment, Reappointment,
Promotion, and Tenure at Smith College (IV.B.1.d.),
tenure-track faculty members requesting a one-semester or year sabbatical or leave of absence have the
option of counting the semester(s) away as part of the probationary period for
the tenure review. |
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Important Deadlines: |
November 15 |
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New Course Proposals for courses to be offered in Fall 2014 and January term 2015 |
March 15 |
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New Course Proposals for courses to be offered in Spring 2015 |
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Meeting Schedule: All meetings take place in Campus Center 204, unless otherwise noted
Fall 2013
Monday, August 26, 11:30-3:30 Retreat, with lunch
Wednesday, September 4, 4:10-5:40
Wednesday, September 25, 4:10-5:40
Friday, October 4, 1:30-3:00
Friday, October 25, 1:00-3:00 (Ford Hall 346)
Wednesday, November 6, 4:10-5:40
Friday, November 15, 1:30-3:00
Friday, November 22, 1:30-3:00
Monday, December 2, 4:10-5:40
Spring 2014
Friday, January 17, 2:00-4:00
Tuesday, January 21, CAP/Chairs/Directors Workshop, 12:00-5:00 pm, Conf Ctr
Wednesday, February 5, 4:10-6:00
Friday, February 21, 1:00-3:00
Wednesday, March 5, 4:10-6:00
Monday, March 10, 4:10-6:00
Friday, March 14, 1:00-3:00 (HOLD)
Friday, March 28, 1:00-3:00
Friday, April 4, 1:00-3:00
Friday, April 11, 1:00-3:00
Friday, April 25, 1:00-3:00
Wednesday, April 30, 4:10-6:00
Wednesday, May 7, 4:10-6:00
Wednesday, May 14, Dinner Meeting, current & newly elected members (time TBD)
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Application Deadlines:
Friday, August 16, 2013 (Fall 2013 requests)
Friday, September 13, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013 (Spring 2014 requests)
Friday, January 24, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014 (Fall 2014 requests)
Meeting Schedule, 12:00-1:00 pm
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Tuesday, December, 3, 2013
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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Requests for Funds: |
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September 9, 2013 |
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Fall semester Form 2 projects |
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November 4, 2013 |
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Spring semester Form 2 projects
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February 24, 2014 |
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All Fellowship and Grant applications for 2014-15:
Bradley, Conway, Dorius-Spofford, Gayley, Harnish, Historic Clothing Collection, Oppenheim, Picker, Rappaport, and Student-Faculty Summer Research
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March 24, 2014 |
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All summer Form 2 projects
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Requests for funds to attend professional meetings or conferences (Form 1 - Travel to Learned Societies) may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year (July 1 - June 30) after attending the meeting or conference.
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Meeting Schedule:
Forthcoming
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May 1, 2013 |
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In cases of tenure, the candidate and
the Department to provide the Committee on Tenure and Promotion by this date with the names and addresses
of outside evaluators to be solicited for comments. |
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June 1, 2013 |
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Departments to notify the Committee on Tenure
and Promotion of the names of possible candidates for promotion. The department and candidate
to send to the Office of the President the names and addresses of outside evaluators to be solicited
for comments. |
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September 3, 2013 |
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Candidates being considered
for tenure and/or promotion in
2013-2014 to provide two copies of dossier for the Committee on Tenure and
Promotion;eight copies of the curriculum vitae; eight copies of the record
of teaching form; and eight copies of statement on current scholarship and
teaching, and plans for the future. Candidates to provide four copies of dossier,
labeled for outside evaluators. Candidates to provide one copy of dossier for
department.
All materials to be sent to Hayley Spizz, Secretary to the Committee on
Tenure and Promotion (College Hall 206); dossier for Department to be sent by candidate directly to Chair
of Department. |
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December 8, 2013 |
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An individual being
considered for tenure and/or promotion in
2013-2014 to be notified by this date in writing by the Chair (with copy to
the Committee on Tenure and Promotion) of the departmental recommendation.
(IV.B.1.f.) |
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December 8, 2013 |
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Departmental recommendations concerning promotion and tenure due
to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion (in care of Hayley Spizz, College Hall 206) with copy to candidate. (III.A.1.b., III.A.1.c., III.A.2.a.; IV.B.2.g.)
Forms H2 and H3 also due at this time. |
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December 8, 2013 |
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Individual letters from senior members voting
in tenure cases due to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion (in care of Hayley Spizz, College Hall 206). Individual letters in promotion cases
in which the departmental vote is divided due to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion (care of Hayley Spizz, College Hall 206). (III.A.2.a.; IV.B.2.g.) |
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March 8, 2014 |
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Meeting of the Board
of Trustees at which recommendations for promotion and tenure will
be acted upon. Promotion and tenure to be
effective July 1, 2014. |
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June 1, 2014 |
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As a normal procedure, appointment at the rank
of Instructor shall not be continued beyond a period of three years. Departments shall be required to
recommend either a promotion to Assistant Professor or a one-year terminating appointment by May 1 of
the candidate's second year as Instructor, so that notification may reach the candidate by June 1 of
that year. (I.B.2.e.) |
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June 1, 2014 |
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Tenure recommendations to be communicated
by the Chair of the Committee on Tenure and Promotion to the individual and to the Department no later
than this date. (IV.B.4.b.) |
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May 2013 |
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Departmental Procedures Record for Reappointment
(Form H1) and guidelines distributed by the Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty. |
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November 1, 2013 |
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Form H1 due in the Office of the Provost/Dean
of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment requiring December 15th notification These
are a) individuals serving in the second year of an initial two-year full-time appointment or
in a second one-year full-time appointment (I.B.2.c.),
and b) individuals on a second or subsequent part-time appointment of two or three years (VI.A.3.e.). |
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December 15, 2013 |
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Form H1 due in the Office of the Provost/Dean
of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment requiring January 15th notification.
These are individuals on an initial one-year full-time appointment. (I.B.2.c.). |
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March 1, 2014 |
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Form H1 due in the Office of the Provost/Dean
of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment requiring April 1st notification.
These are individuals serving on a second or subsequent one-year part-time appointment,or in
the second year of an initial two-year part-time appointment. (VI.A.3.e.) |
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May 1, 2014 |
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Form H1 due in the Office of the Provost/Dean
of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment requiring June 1st notification.
These are individuals who at the end of their current full-time appointment will have served
at the college for more than two years. (I.B.2.d.) |
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November 15, 2013 |
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Requests due in the
Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty for the continuation of lecturer
positions held by a)
Senior Lecturers in the last year of their appointment (VII.B.3.a.1.), b) Lecturers
who have served at the college for more than five years at the end of their
current appointment and are in the penultimate year of their appointment (VII.A.3.a.1.),
and c) all other Lecturers whose appointment ends with the current academic
year (VII.A.3.a.1.). If the department does not request the continuation of a
lecturer position, authorization for the position and the appointment of the
incumbent will lapse at the end of the incumbent's current appointment, except
that Senior Lecturers will be given a terminal year. (VII.A.3.a.2. and VII.B.3.a.2.). |
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November 15, 2013 |
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Form H4 due in the
Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment
requiring December 15th notification.
These are individuals who shall have served five years or fewer at the end
of their current appointment and who are in the final year of a two- or three-year
appointment (VII.A.3.b.6.b.). |
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December 15, 2013 |
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Form H4 due in the
Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment
requiring January 15th notification.
These are individuals who shall have served five years or fewer at the end
of their current appointment and who are on a one-year appointment (VII.A.3.b.6.a.). |
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May 1, 2014 |
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Form H4 due in the
Office of the Provost/Dean of the Faculty for cases of reappointment and non-reappointment
requiring June 1st notification.
These are individuals who at the end of their current appointment will have
served at the college for more than five years and are in the penultimate year
of their appointment
(VII.A.3.b.6.c.). |
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References in parentheses are to the Policy
of Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure at Smith College |
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