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- LECTURERS
- Definition of Lecturer:
- The title of Lecturer shall be used for
persons for whom appointment to the regular
Faculty, and eventual consideration for
tenure, is not contemplated. Lecturers
are not part of the temporary instructional
staff nor of the permanent instructional
staff as defined in I.A.1.
Appointment to the position of Lecturer
or Senior Lecturer is appropriate when
someone is primarily needed to teach (1)
without being assigned the range of other
commitments incumbent upon regular faculty
members, or (2) where the long-term need
is uncertain. Normally, the teaching component
of the appointment must be half-time or
more for the provisions of Section VI to
apply.
- The procedures and criteria specified in this Policy, with the exception of those contained in this Section and Section VII, shall not apply to Lecturers. All Lecturers shall enjoy full academic freedom.
- Appointment of
Lecturers:
- Lecturers shall normally be appointed for a period of one to three years.
- At the time of appointment or reappointment, the Chair of the Department or the Director of the Program**, after consultation with the Provost/Dean of Faculty, shall apprise the candidate in writing of circumstances at the College that could affect the reappointment decision. In particular, recommendations of the Committee on Academic Priorities (CAP) and subsequent actions by the Provost/Dean of Faculty, either in connection with decennial or septennial reviews of the Department or as part of the Committee's annual reviews of faculty staffing, could identify institutional considerations that might affect the continuation of a lecturer.
- Persons who have at any time been appointed to the Faculty as Lecturers may become members of the temporary instructional staff, and thus of the regular faculty, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in Section I; but in that eventuality time previously spent in these positions shall not be counted as part of the probationary period toward tenure, except as provided for in IV.C.1.d. and e.
** Henceforward in Section VI, any reference to Departments shall also encompass Programs.
- Reappointment
of
Lecturers:
- Continuation
of
the
Position:
- Departments or Programs seeking continuation of a Lecturer position must apply to the Provost/Dean of Faculty by November 15 of the final year of the position's authorization. However, if the incumbent will have served the College for more than five years at the end of his or her current appointment, the department or program must seek continuation of the position by November 15 of the year prior to the final year authorized. The Provost/Dean of Faculty, with the advice of the Committee on Academic Priorities, shall approve or deny such requests in light of the overall staffing needs of the Department or Program and the appropriateness of continuing the position outside the tenure track.
- Should the Department not request the continuation of the Lecturer position, or should the Provost/Dean of Faculty not approve the continuation, the position will lapse at the end of the incumbent's appointment.
- Reappointment
to
the
Position:
- If the Provost/Dean of Faculty approves the continuation of the position, the Department may either recommend the reappointment of the incumbent or propose a search for a new appointee.
- Recommendation for reappointment of Lecturers shall be made by majority vote at a meeting of which reasonable notice has been given. Voting members of the Department shall consist of the regular faculty and Senior Lecturers. The Departmental recommendation must be communicated in sufficient time for the Provost/Dean of Faculty to come to a decision and for this decision to reach the individual by the dates specified in Section VI.A.3.b.6.
- Faculty members who are related to Lecturers shall absent themselves from discussion of the candidate's case for appointment or reappointment. For purposes of this Section a relative is defined, for example, as a parent, brother, sister, son, daughter (including in-laws in each case), husband, wife, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, fiancé/fiancée, stepchild, guardian, ward, or significant other. If the Chair of the Department is ineligible to participate in a reappointment process for these reasons, a senior member of the Department shall carry out the responsibilities of the Chair.
- The granting of such a reappointment requires evidence of teaching excellence. Departments must support their recommendation for reappointment with a formal review of the candidate's teaching. The means used to arrive at the recommendation shall include classroom visits within the previous year by a committee of Departmental members eligible to participate in the reappointment process (see Sections VI.A.3.b.2. and 3. above) as well as consideration of the official course evaluations for the candidate.
- Normally,
service
for
Lecturers
will
be
within
the
department,
rather
than
at
the
level
of
the
College.
When
appropriate,
such
service
shall
be
taken
into
account
when
making
the
recommendation.
- Timing
of
the
Reappointments:
- An individual on a one-year appointment shall be notified in writing no later than January 15 whether he or she will be reappointed.
- An individual on a two or three-year appointment shall be notified in writing no later than December 15 of the final year of the appointment whether he or she will be reappointed.
- An individual who at the end of his or her current appointment will have served the College for more than five years shall be notified in writing no later than June 1 of the year preceding the final year of the appointment whether he or she will be reappointed.
- Procedures for reappointing a Lecturer who is not appointed in a department should be modeled as closely as possible on the procedures outlined in this Section. In such cases, the composition of a reappointment committee will be determined by the Provost/Dean of Faculty in consultation with the relevant Program Director(s) and/or Department Chair(s).
- SENIOR
LECTURERS
- Definition of Senior
Lecturer:
- The title of Senior Lecturer designates those Lecturers who have been promoted or appointed to that position by the President, upon recommendation from the Committee on Tenure and Promotion. The primary responsibility of a Senior lecturer will be teaching.
- The
procedures
and
criteria
specified
in
this Policy,
with
the
exception
of
those
contained
in
this
Section
and Section
VII,
shall
not
apply
to
Senior
Lecturers.
All
Senior
Lecturers
shall
enjoy
full
academic
freedom.
- Appointment
to
Senior
Lecturer:
- Senior Lecturers shall normally be appointed/reappointed for a period of five years.
- Anyone who has served as a Lecturer for the equivalent of six years of full-time service may be recommended by the Department or Program for appointment to the position of Senior Lecturer. Normally, the teaching component of the appointment must have been half-time or more and must have included teaching in each academic year unless consecutive years of service have been broken by a leave authorized by the Department or Program and the Provost/Dean of the Faculty.
- Recommendation to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion for appointment of Senior Lecturers shall normally be made by majority vote of the tenured members of the Department at a meeting of which reasonable notice has been given. The Departmental recommendation must be communicated to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion by December 1. The Committee may elect to meet with the Department or Program to discuss the recommendation, if the Committee so desires.
- Faculty members who are related to the candidate shall absent themselves from discussion of the candidate's case for appointment or reappointment. For purposes of this Section a relative is defined, for example, as a parent, brother, sister, son, daughter (including in-laws in each case), husband, wife, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, fiancé / fiancée, stepchild, guardian, ward, significant other. If the Chair of the Department is ineligible to participate in a reappointment process for these reasons, a senior member of the Department shall carry out the responsibilities of the Chair.
- Departments must support a recommendation for appointment to Senior Lecturer with a written evaluation. The formal assessment of the candidate, normally carried out by the tenured members of the Department, must provide evidence of the following:
- excellence in teaching, as evaluated by classroom visits within the previous year by members of the Department eligible to participate in the reappointment process (see Sections VI.B.2.c. and d. above) and consideration of the official course evaluations for the candidate.
- a positive record of professional achievement, as established by scholarship, pedagogy, presentations at meetings or workshops, consulting, etc., or by other indications that the candidate's knowledge of the field is recognized by peers (e.g., awards received).
- service to the Department or Program appropriate to the appointment. Normally, service for Senior Lecturers shall be within the Department or Program as well as at the level of the College. Senior Lecturers are thus eligible to serve on both elected and appointed College committees and shall serve as pre-major advisors.
- If the promotion to Senior Lecturer is not successful, the Department is free, when the time seems appropriate, to apply again for the Lecturer's promotion.
- Procedures for appointment to Senior Lecturer when the candidate is not appointed in a department should be modeled as closely as possible on the procedures outlined in this Section. In such cases, the composition of a reappointment committee will be determined by the Provost/Dean of Faculty in consultation with the relevant Program Director(s) and/or Department Chair(s).
- At the time of appointment or reappointment, the Chair of the Department or the Director of the Program, after consultation with the Provost/Dean of Faculty, shall apprise the candidate in writing of circumstances at the College that could affect the reappointment decision. In particular, recommendations of the Committee on Academic Priorities (CAP) and subsequent actions by the Provost/Dean of Faculty, either in connection with decennial or septennial reviews of the Department or as part of the Committee's annual reviews of faculty staffing, could identify institutional considerations that might affect the continuation of a Senior Lecturer.
- Persons
who
have
at
any
time
been
appointed
to
the
Faculty
as
Lecturer
or
Senior
Lecturer
may
become
members
of
the
temporary
instructional
staff,
and
thus
of
the
regular
faculty,
in
accordance
with
the
procedures
prescribed
in Section
I;
but
in
that
eventuality
time
previously
spent
in
these
positions
shall
not
be
counted
as
part
of
the
probationary
period
toward
tenure,
except
as
provided
for
in IV.C.1.d.
and
e.
- Reappointment
of
Senior
Lecturer:
- Continuation
of
the
Position:
- Departments or programs seeking continuation of a Senior Lecturer position must apply to the Provost/Dean of Faculty by November 15 of the final year of the position's authorization. The Provost/Dean of Faculty, with the advice of the Committee on Academic Priorities, shall consider such requests in light of the overall staffing needs of the Department or Program and the appropriateness of continuing the position outside the tenure track.
- Should the Department not request the continuation of the Senior Lecturer position, or should the Provost/Dean of the Faculty not approve the continuation, the position shall lapse at the end of the incumbent's appointment. The incumbent shall be given a terminal year.
- Reappointment
to
the
Position:
- If the continuation of a position held by a Senior Lecturer is authorized, the Department or Program may recommend to the Dean that the incumbent continue in the position. The recommendation for reappointment shall normally be made by majority vote of the tenured members of the Department or Program at a meeting of which reasonable notice has been given. The recommendation shall be supported by a formal review of the incumbent's performance following the procedures in Section VI.B.2.d. and e. When appropriate, service shall be taken into account when making the recommendation.
- If the appointment of a Senior Lecturer is renewed, it normally shall be for a term of 5 years.
- If the appointment of a Senior Lecturer is not renewed, the Senior Lecturer shall be eligible for a terminal year, and the position will normally revert to that of lecturer.
- Procedures for reappointing a Senior Lecturer who is not appointed in a department should be modeled as closely as possible on the procedures outlined in this Section. In such cases, the composition of a reappointment committee will be determined by the Provost/Dean of Faculty in consultation with the relevant Program Director(s) and/or Department Chair(s).
- If the scholarly activities and contributions to the College and to the Department or Program are deemed outstanding, full-time Senior Lecturers may, with the support of their Department or Program, request from the Provost/Dean of the Faculty a sabbatical leave or, for a specified period of time, a reduction to a 2:2 teaching load.
- REPLACEMENTS
- Definition
of Replacement:
- Replacements
are
persons
appointed
to
substitute
for
regular
members
of
either
the
temporary
or
permanent
instructional
staff
who
are
expected
to
return
to
duty
at
the
College.
Replacements
may
be
appointed
at
any
of
the
Academic
ranks
specified
in I.A.2.a. Such
persons
shall
be
designated
as
replacements
in
their
letters
of
appointment
and
reappointment,
and
shall
not
be
considered
members
of
either
the
temporary
or
permanent
instructional
staff.
- The
procedures
and
criteria
specified
in
this Policy,
with
the
exception
of
those
contained
in
this
Section
and Section
VII,
shall
not
apply
to
persons
holding
replacement
positions.
All
persons
in
replacement
positions
shall
enjoy
full
academic
freedom.
- Appointment
of
Replacements:
- Normally,
Replacements
will
be
appointed
for
periods
of
one
to
three
years.
- At the time of appointment or reappointment, the Chair of the Department or the Director of the Program, after consultation with the Provost/Dean of Faculty, shall apprise the candidate in writing of circumstances at the College that could affect the decision with respect to reappointment.
- Persons
who
have
at
any
time
been
appointed
to
the
Faculty
as
a
Replacement
may
become
members
of
the
temporary
instructional
staff,
and
thus
of
the
regular
faculty,
in
accordance
with
the
procedures
prescribed
in Section
I;
but
in
that
eventuality
time
previously
spent
in
these
positions
shall
not
be
counted
as
part
of
the
probationary
period
toward
tenure,
except
as
provided
for
in Section
IV.C.1.d.
and
e.
- Replacements
shall
not
be
eligible
for
tenure
consideration
as
long
as
they
hold
any
replacement
position.
- Reappointment
of
Replacements:
- Continuation
of
the
Position:
- Normally, Departments seeking continuation of a replacement position must apply to the Provost/Dean of Faculty by November 15 of the final year of the position's authorization. The Provost/Dean of Faculty may approve such requests in light of the need to replace absent faculty members and the overall staffing needs of the Department. In the absence of further action by the Provost/Dean of the Faculty, the position will automatically lapse at the end of its term.
- Reappointment
to
the
Position:
-
If the Provost/Dean of Faculty approves the continuation of the position, the Department may either recommend the reappointment of the incumbent or propose a search for a new appointee.
- Recommendation for the reappointment of persons holding replacement positions shall be made by majority vote at a meeting of which reasonable notice has been given. Voting members of the Department consist of those who are part of the permanent instructional staff, members of the temporary instructional staff whose appointments pre-date the candidate, and Senior Lecturers whose appointments pre-date the candidate. The Departmental recommendation must be communicated in sufficient time for the Provost/Dean of Faculty to come to a timely decision.
- Faculty
members
who
are
related
to
the
Replacement
shall
absent
themselves
from
discussion
of
the
candidate's
case
for
appointment
or
reappointment.
For
purposes
of
this
Section
a
relative
is
defined,
for
example,
as
a
parent,
brother,
sister,
son,
daughter
(including
in-laws
in
each
case),
husband,
wife,
domestic
partner,
grandparent,
grandchild,
fiancé/fiancée,
stepchild,
guardian,
ward,
or
significant
other.
If
the
Chair
of
the
Department
is
ineligible
to
participate
in
a
reappointment
process
for
these
reasons,
a
senior
member
of
the
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