Continuing Contract Appointments. 5.1.2.1 Faculty members who have completed five (5) years of full-time service in term contracts for the same department at the University and are reappointed in that department full-time shall be eligible for Continuing Contract Status (CCS) appointment. Department bylaws shall provide the evaluative criteria for appointment of Continuing Contract Status. Term and Continuing Contract Status faculty must submit evaluations documenting their accomplishments only in the areas of assigned responsibilities (usually teaching) and departmental service. Term and Continuing Contract Status faculty may document their accomplishments in other areas, but are not required to do so. Faculty currently funded by external grants or contracts shall not be eligible to apply for Continuing Contract Status; however, full-time service while funded by external grants or contracts shall count toward the five (5) year requirement.
5.1.2.2 Continuing Contract Status appointment review process
Continuing Contract Appointments. Upon satisfactory completion of the probationary period, faculty members shall, at their next regular contract period, be employed on a continuing basis upon the recommendation of the Chancellor and the approval of the Board of Trustees. Faculty members completing their probationary period at the end of the Fall semester shall be notified by November 15th of that year as to the intention of the College to recommend a continuing contract at the next regular contract renewal period. Faculty members completing their probationary period at the end of the Winter semester shall be notified of the intention of the College to recommend a continuing contract by March 15th of that year. Should the College decide that it will not offer a new probationary contract or a continuing contract, the notification shall include the reasons for such decision.
Continuing Contract Appointments a. The Board shall grant continuing contract appointments to teachers in the following priority provided they have the necessary qualifications:
i. teachers entitled to re-engagement on continuing contract appointments from the Recall List under Article C.21 of this Agreement;
ii. teachers on a temporary contract appointment who have, pursuant to Articles C.23.3.b and C.23.3.c had their contracts converted to continuing;
iii. other temporary teachers, teachers teaching on call or other qualified applicants.
b. A teacher employed by the Board on a temporary contract appointment shall at the completion of one (1) year of continuous employment with the Board be assigned to the first available vacancy for which they are qualified pursuant to Article E.23.2.a of this Agreement and at that time shall also be offered a continuing contract appointment. The teacher shall have been interviewed or deemed to have been interviewed and selected for the temporary appointment.
c. A teacher employed by the Board on a temporary contract appointment and who at the conclusion of that contract is subsequently offered a further temporary contract appointment with the Board shall, subsequent to September 1 of the school year following the second temporary contract appointment, be assigned to the first available vacancy for which they are qualified pursuant to Article E23.2.a of this Agreement and at that time shall also be offered a continuing contract appointment, subject to the following:
i. The two temporary contract appointments were for positions equal to or greater than 0.2 FTE and equal to or greater than the equivalent of forty
Continuing Contract Appointments a. The Board shall grant continuing contract appointments to teachers in the following priority provided they have the necessary qualifications:
i. Teachers entitled to re-engagement on continuing contract appointments from the Recall List under Article C.21 (Xxxxxx and Recall of Teachers on Continuing Contract);
ii. Teachers on a temporary contract appointment who have, pursuant to Articles C.23.3.b and C.23.3.c had their contracts converted to continuing;
iii. Other temporary teachers, TTOCs or other qualified applicants.
b. A teacher employed by the Board on a temporary contract appointment shall at the completion of one (1) year of continuous employment with the Board be assigned to the first available vacancy for which they are qualified pursuant to Article E.
Continuing Contract Appointments. Continuing contract shall be granted subject to the following:
1. Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, all full-time continuing contract eligible Faculty members shall serve a probationary period of five (5) full years at Broward College during a period not in excess of seven (7) total years. In all cases, such service shall be consecutive except for leave duly authorized and granted.
2. The probationary period may be extended beyond five (5) years but not in excess of seven (7) years total upon the recommendation of the College President and approval by the Board of Trustees. Written notice of the extension shall be given no later than February 1st of the fifth year of appointment. An improvement plan, mutually developed by the administration and the Faculty member, reflecting the terms and conditions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall accompany the written notice of extension. The contract of a faculty member who is not awarded continuing contract by the completion of seven (7) years will not be renewed.
3. Faculty hired for the 2012-2013 academic year or earlier shall have served for three
Continuing Contract Appointments. 5.1.2.1 Faculty members who have completed five (5) years of full-time service in term contracts for the same department at the University and are reappointed in that department for a sixth year shall be eligible for Continuing Contract Status appointment. Department bylaws shall provide the evaluative criteria for appointment of Continuing Contract Status. Such criteria shall be based primarily upon an evaluation of the faculty member’s cumulative record of assigned responsibilities and departmental service. The focus on teaching and departmental service will not preclude a candidate from including other types of service and scholarship and/or professional development activities for consideration in the review for Continuing Contract Status. Faculty funded by grants or contracts shall not be eligible for Continuing Contract Status. Continuing Contract Status appointment review process:
Continuing Contract Appointments. 5.1.2.1 Faculty members who have completed five (5) years of full-time service in term contracts for the same department at the University and are reappointed in that department for a sixth year shall be eligible for Continuing Contract Status appointment. Such appointment will be based primarily upon an evaluation of the faculty member’s cumulative record of teaching and departmental service. The focus on teaching and service will not preclude a candidate from including scholarship and/or professional development activities for consideration in the review for Continuing Contract Status. Faculty funded by grants or contracts shall not be eligible for Continuing Contract Status. Continuing Contract Status appointment review process
Continuing Contract Appointments. 5.1.2.1 Faculty members who have completed six (6) years of full-time service in a Term contract status for the same department at the University and are reappointed in that department shall be eligible for Continuing contract status appointment. Faculty funded by grants or contracts shall not be eligible for Continuing contract status.
5.1.2.1.1 Faculty members who meet the qualifications of Section 5.1.2.1 will have the option of converting to Continuing contract status by notifying the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs in writing not later than October 30 in the year the faculty members become eligible.
5.1.2.1.2 Continuing contract status faculty may be dismissed only for just cause.
5.1.2.1.2.1 Continuing contract status faculty may be laid off only if the faculty member’s position is eliminated. 5.
Continuing Contract Appointments. 5.1.2.1 Faculty members who have completed six (6) years of full-time service in a Term contract status for the same department at the University and are reappointed in that department shall be eligible for Continuing contract status appointment. Such appointment will be contingent upon an affirmative recommendation of the department, and approval by the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs, based primarily upon an evaluation of the faculty member’s cumulative record of teaching and departmental service conducted no later than the sixth year but prior to the seventh year by the department and reviewed by the CAC, xxxx, and FRC. The focus on teaching and service will not, of course, preclude a candidate from including professional development activities for consideration in the review for Continuing contract status. Faculty funded by grants or contracts shall not be eligible for Continuing contract status.
5.1.2.1.1 Faculty members who meet the qualifications of Section 5.1.2.1 will have the option of converting to Continuing contract status by notifying the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs in writing not later than October 30 in the year the faculty members become eligible.
5.1.2.1.2 Continuing contract status faculty may be dismissed only for just cause.
5.1.2.1.2.1 Continuing contract status faculty may be laid off only if the faculty member’s position is eliminated.
5.1.2.1.2.2 Continuing contract status faculty whose positions will be eliminated at the end of the winter semester must be notified not later than the previous December 1 of the University’s intent to lay the faculty members off. Incumbents in positions to be eliminated at the end of the fall semester must be notified not later than the previous April 15. Continuing contract status faculty with ten (10) or more years of service at the University shall be afforded nine (9) months’ notice of layoff. The layoff of Continuing contract status faculty shall be governed solely by the provisions of Section 5.1.2.
5.1.2.1.2.3 Continuing contract status faculty who are laid off shall have the right to be recalled for a period of two (2) calendar years from the date of the faculty members’ layoff if the faculty members’ position is reestablished.
5.1.2.2 Continuing contract status positions may be converted to Tenure Earning positions based on demonstrated need pursuant to Section 5.5.1.2. Any Continuing appointment created after July, 1995 which is converted to a Tenure Earn...
