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(V.) A. APPOINTMENT TO THE PART-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

Persons teaching at Smith College while holding a full-time academic position elsewhere (usually though not necessarily at one of the Valley institutions), administrators holding Faculty rank, and persons holding adjunct appointments are not included in the regulations of this section.

1. Definition:
   1. The temporary part-time instructional staff consists of members of the Faculty on temporary part-time appointment as Instructors, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, and Professors. All members of the temporary instructional staff shall enjoy full academic freedom, as do members of the permanent staff.

   2. Appointments may be made in the same ranks as those for full-time instructional staff (see Section I).

   3. The permanent part-time instructional staff consists of Faculty members having tenure of office as part-time Faculty.

2. Terms of Appointment:

   The precise terms of every appointment shall be stated in writing and be in the possession of the administration, the department, and the appointee.

   1. A statement of the criteria to be considered and of the procedures and policies governing appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure shall accompany each offer of a part-time appointment for one or more academic years. Such a statement need not accompany offers for a single semester.

   2. Part-time appointments may be made for a single semester or for one, two, or three years.

   3. A Faculty member may not be reappointed to a part-time position at the Instructor level which would extend the total term of service to more than the equivalent of a seven-year full teaching load.

   4. Before a part-time appointment (for one or more academic years) at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor is initiated, the desirability of such an appointment shall be confirmed by the Committee on Tenure and Promotion, after consultation with the Chair of the department concerned.

3. Appointments and Reappointments to the Temporary Part-Time Instructional Staff:
   1. Initial appointments ordinarily originate in the department concerned, which shall examine the qualifications of candidates and, wherever possible, interview the candidates.

   2. Initial part-time appointments for one semester may be recommended to the Dean of the Faculty by the department Chair after consultation with the members available in the department.

   3. Initial part-time appointments for one, two, or three years shall require the approval of the majority of all present and voting members at a meeting of the department of which reasonable notice has been given and the approval of the Dean of the Faculty.

   4. Second and subsequent part-time appointments for a semester or a year or more shall require a majority vote of those members of the department of higher rank than that of the candidate, as well as approval of the Dean of the Faculty and the President.

   5. An individual on a second or subsequent part-time appointment of two or three years or an initial part-time appointment of three years shall be notified in writing no later than December 15 of the final year of the current appointment whether he or she will be reappointed. An individual on a second or subsequent one-year part-time appointment or in the second year of an initial two-year appointment shall be notified in writing no later than April 1 of that year whether she or he will be reappointed. A department recommendation must be communicated to the Dean of the Faculty in sufficient time for the Dean of the Faculty and the President to consider the recommendation and for notification to reach the individual by the date specified.

   6. If the President finds reason to question the wisdom of a departmental recommendation for part-time appointment at any rank, the Committee on Tenure and Promotion shall be consulted before a recommendation is made to the Trustees.

   7. In special cases part-time appointments may be initiated by the President, with a view to conserving and enhancing the educational standards of departments or of the College as a whole. Before submitting such appointments to the Board of Trustees, the President shall consult members of the department(s) concerned, and, in cases of doubt or disagreement, the Committee on Tenure and Promotion.

4. Appointments to the Permanent Part-Time Instructional Staff:

   (This Section does not apply to members of the Faculty holding non-tenure track positions or to Lecturers.)

   1. The permanent part-time instructional staff shall consist of all members of the Faculty having tenure of office as part-time Faculty.

   2. An appointment to the permanent part-time instructional staff shall be for a specified proportion of the normal full-time teaching load.

   3. The definitions of tenure and retirement age for part-time Faculty are the same as for full-time Faculty (see Section IV.A.).

   4. Members of the part-time Faculty initially appointed to the rank of Instructor shall teach the equivalent of a seven-year full teaching load at Smith College before becoming eligible to join the permanent Faculty on a part-time basis. Members of the part-time Faculty initially appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor shall teach the equivalent of a six-year full teaching load at Smith College before becoming eligible to join the permanent Faculty on a part-time basis. The recommendation shall be made to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion in the fall of the year in which the requisite term of service will have been completed.

   5. When it is to the best interests of the department and the College, the tenure decision regarding any part-time Associate Professor may be made after the equivalent of a three-year full teaching load as Associate Professor at Smith College. It must be made by the spring of the year in which the equivalent of a six-year full teaching load of courses will have been completed.

   6. In general the appointments and procedures concerning part-time tenure shall be equivalent to