Common use of DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE. A. A Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC) will be established within each Department/School for the evaluation of pre-tenure faculty members. This will include the coordination and conduct of teaching assessments, annual assessments, intermediate tenure reviews and recommendations with respect to tenure. B. By no later than May 15 of each year the Chair/Director of a Department/School shall establish a Department Evaluation Committee (DEC). The term of office for members of a DEC shall commence on September 1 and terminate on the following August 31. C. The DEC normally consists of five members. The Chair/Director of the Department/School shall be an ex officio voting member of the DEC although he/she may designate a tenured faculty member from within the Department/School to act for him/her. Three tenured faculty members from the department/school shall be elected by the tenure-stream faculty members. The Chair /Director shall appoint a faculty member from the department/school. All members of the DEC must be tenured. D. The size of the DEC can be reduced to three or increased to seven members, as noted below. In small departments/schools the DEC may have only three members, composed of the Chair/Director or designate, plus one elected and one appointed member. Where a seven member DEC is deemed appropriate, it will consist of five members elected by and from the Department/School faculty, the Chair/Director and one appointed by the Chair/Director. Normally, any Department/ School with 8 or more tenured faculty will have at least five members on the DEC, and any Department/School with more than 20 tenured members will have seven members on the DEC. E. Elections to the DEC are always by and from the tenure-stream faculty members of the Department/School and shall be completed before the Chair/Director makes his/her appointment. Individuals may not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms; those terms may, however, be preceded or followed by election to the DEC. F. When making an appointment to the DEC, the Chair/Director shall take into account the University’s equity, diversity and inclusion obligations, including those concerning designated groups, and/or the need to broaden the areas of expertise represented within the committee. The Chair/Director shall send a written report to the Department/School, Xxxx, the Vice-Xxxxxxx Faculty Affairs and the Association, explaining the rationale for the appointment. G. No later than May 31 of each year, the members of the newly chosen DEC shall hold a meeting to elect from amongst themselves a Chair of the DEC. The newly elected Chair shall report the names of the members of the DEC, and the name of the person elected as Chair of the DEC, to the Xxxx, to the Vice-Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs, and to the Association, no later than June 15. H. In any department/school in which there are pre-tenure faculty members and/or Limited Term faculty members whose teaching must be assessed, the DEC shall meet no later than the end of the second week of each term, in order to determine the schedule for such teaching assessments. I. The Chair of the DEC shall provide a copy of this schedule of teaching assessments to the Xxxx, Vice-Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs and to the President of the Association, within one week of the meeting of the DEC.

DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE. ‌ A. A Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC) will be established within each Department/School for the evaluation of pre-tenure probationary faculty members. This will include the coordination and conduct of teaching assessments, annual assessments, intermediate tenure reviews and recommendations with respect to tenure. B. By no later than May 15 of each year the Chair/Director of a Department/School shall establish a Department Evaluation Committee (DEC). The term of office for members of a DEC shall commence on September 1 and terminate on the following August 31. C. The DEC normally consists of five members. The Chair/Director of the Department/School shall be an ex officio voting member of the DEC although he/she may designate a tenured faculty member from within the Department/School to act for him/her. Three tenured faculty members from the department/school shall be elected by the tenure-stream faculty members. The Chair /Director shall appoint a faculty member from the department/school. All members of the DEC must be tenured. D. The size of the DEC can be reduced to three or increased to seven members, as noted below. In small departments/schools the DEC may have only three members, composed of the Chair/Director or designate, plus one elected and one appointed member. Where a seven member DEC is deemed appropriate, it will consist of five members elected by and from the Department/School faculty, the Chair/Director and one appointed by the Chair/Director. Normally, any Department/ School with 8 or more tenured faculty will have at least five members on the DEC, and any Department/School with more than 20 tenured members will have seven members on the DEC. E. Elections to the DEC are always by and from the tenure-stream faculty members of the Department/School and shall be completed before the Chair/Director makes his/her appointment. Individuals may not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms; those terms may, however, be preceded or followed by election to the DEC. F. When making an appointment to the DEC, the Chair/Director shall take into account the University’s equity, diversity and inclusion obligations, including those concerning designated groups, and/or the need to broaden the areas of expertise represented within the committee. The Chair/Director shall send a written report to the Department/School, Xxxx, the Vice-Xxxxxxx Faculty Affairs and the Association, explaining the rationale for the appointment. G. No later than May 31 of each year, the members of the newly chosen DEC shall hold a meeting to elect from amongst themselves a Chair of the DEC. The newly elected Chair shall report the names of the members of the DEC, and the name of the person elected as Chair of the DEC, to the Xxxx, to the Vice-Vice Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs, and to the Association, no later than June 15. H. In any department/school in which there are pre-tenure faculty probationary members and/or Limited Term faculty members whose teaching must be assessed, the DEC shall meet no later than the end of the second week of each term, in order to determine the schedule for such teaching assessments. I. The Chair of the DEC shall provide a copy of this schedule of teaching assessments to the Xxxx, Vice-Vice Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs and to the President of the Association, within one week of the meeting of the DEC.

DEPARTMENTAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE. A. A Departmental Evaluation Committee (DEC) will be established within each Department/School for the evaluation of pre-tenure faculty members. This will include the coordination and conduct of teaching assessments, annual assessments, intermediate tenure reviews and recommendations with respect to tenure. B. By no later than May February 15 of each year the Chair/Director of a Department/School shall establish a Department Evaluation Committee (DEC). The term of office for members of a DEC shall commence on September 1 and terminate on the following August 31. C. The DEC normally consists of five members. The Chair/Director of the Department/School shall be an ex officio voting member of the DEC although he/she may designate a tenured faculty member from within the Department/School to act for him/her. Three tenured faculty members from the department/school shall be elected by the tenure-stream faculty members. The Chair /Director shall appoint a faculty member from the department/school. All members of the DEC must be tenured. D. The size of the DEC can be reduced to three or increased to seven members, as noted below. In small departments/schools the DEC may have only three members, composed of the Chair/Director or designate, plus one elected and one appointed member. Where a seven member DEC is deemed appropriate, it will consist of five members elected by and from the Department/School faculty, the Chair/Director and one appointed by the Chair/Director. Normally, any Department/ School with 8 or more tenured faculty will have at least five members on the DEC, and any Department/School with more than 20 tenured members will have seven members on the DEC. E. Elections to the DEC are always by and from the tenure-stream faculty members of the Department/School and shall be completed before the Chair/Director makes his/her appointment. Individuals may not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms; those terms may, however, be preceded or followed by election to the DEC. F. When making an appointment to the DEC, the Chair/Director shall take into account the University’s equity, diversity and inclusion obligations, including those concerning designated groups, and/or the need to broaden the areas of expertise represented within the committee. The Chair/Director shall send a written report to the Department/School, Xxxx, the Vice-Xxxxxxx Faculty Affairs and the Association, explaining the rationale for the appointment. G. No later than May 31 February 28 of each year, the Chair/Director shall convene a meeting of the members of the newly chosen DEC shall hold a meeting to elect from amongst themselves a Chair of the DEC. The newly elected Chair shall report the names of the members of the DEC, and the name of the person elected as Chair of the DEC, to the Xxxx, to the Vice-Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs, and to the Association, no later than June March 15. H. In any department/school in which there are pre-tenure faculty members and/or Limited Term faculty members whose teaching must be assessed, the DEC shall meet no later than the end of the second week of each term, in order to determine the schedule for such teaching assessments. I. The Chair of the DEC shall provide a copy of this schedule of teaching assessments to the Xxxx, Vice-Xxxxxxx, Faculty Affairs and to the President of the Association, within one week of the meeting of the DEC.