Common use of Fixed Multi-Year Appointments Clause in Contracts

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- to five (5)- year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. Non-tenured or non-tenure earning Curators, and Counselors/ Advisors; b. Scholars/Scientists/Engineers and Associate in/Assistant in; c. Clinical faculty; d. Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age; e. Tenured faculty who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and f. Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education. (2) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(l) as follows: a. Criteria used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or program, staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will be in writing and available to all eligible faculty. b. The faculty member will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-year appointment, he or she must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the University. The University will notify the faculty member in writing of the decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, and Librarians on multi-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians shall be offered a three-year multi-year contract appointment in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) increase may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract). c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b.

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- Two- to five (5)- five-year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. Instructors and Lecturers; b. Non-tenured or non-tenure earning CuratorsAssistant Librarians, Associate Librarians, Librarians, Curators and Counselors/ Counselors/Advisors; b. c. Scholars/Scientists/Engineers , Research Associates, and Associate inIn/Assistant inin _; c. d. Clinical faculty; d. e. Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations and who are at least fifty-five (55) 55 years of age; e. f. Tenured faculty who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and f. g. Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education. (2) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(lSection 8.4(f) (1) as follows: a. Criteria used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- multi-year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or program, staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will shall be in writing and available to all eligible faculty. b. The faculty member will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-year appointment, he or she the faculty must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the Universityuniversity. The University will university shall notify the faculty member in writing of the its decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's ’s current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, and Librarians on multi-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians shall be offered a three-year multi-year contract appointment in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) increase may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract). c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b.

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- 2}- to five (5)- 5}- year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. Non-tenured or non-tenure earning Curators, and Counselors/ Counselors/Advisors; b. Scholars/Scientists/Engineers and Associate in/Assistant in; c. Clinical faculty; d. Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age; e. Tenured faculty who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and f. Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education. (2) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(l) as follows: a. Criteria ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- multi-year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or programprogram , staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will be in writing and available to all eligible faculty. b. The faculty member will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-year appointment, he or she must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the University. The University will notify the faculty member in writing of the decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, Associates and Librarians on multi-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, earning Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians shall be offered a three-year multi-year contract appointment in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) increase may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract). c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b 3(b) for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a 3(a) but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b3(b).

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- 2}- to five (5)- 5}- year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. Non-tenured or non-tenure earning Curators, and Counselors/ Counselors/Advisors; b. Scholars/Scientists/Engineers and Associate in/Assistant in; c. Clinical faculty; d. Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age; e. Tenured faculty who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and f. Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education. (2) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(l) as follows: a. Criteria used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- multi-year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or programprogram , staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will be in writing and available to all eligible faculty. b. The faculty member will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-year appointment, he or she must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the University. The University will notify the faculty member in writing of the decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, Associates and Librarians on multi-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, earning Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians shall be offered a three-year multi-year contract appointment in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) increase may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract). c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b 3(b) for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a 3(a) but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b3(b).

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- to five (5)- year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. Non-tenured or non-tenure earning Curators, and Counselors/ Counselors/Advisors; b. Scholars/Scientists/Engineers and Associate in/Assistant in; c. Clinical faculty; d. Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations who are at least fifty-five (55) years of age; e. Tenured faculty who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and f. Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education. (2) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(l) as follows: a. Criteria used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- multi-year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or program, staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will be in writing and available to all eligible faculty. b. The faculty member will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-year appointment, he or she must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the University. The University will notify the faculty member in writing of the decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, and Librarians on multi-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians shall be offered a three-year multi-year contract appointment in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) increase may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract). c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b 3(b) for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a 3(a) but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b3(b). (4) One-Time Salary Adjustment for Instructors, Lecturers and Research Associates. (a) In lieu of the wage increase at Section 3, the University will provided, effective August 8, 2018, a one-thousand dollar ($1,000)) salary increase to eligible in-unit Instructors, Lecturers and Research Associates. (b) To be eligible for the increase, Instructors, Lecturers and Research Associates must: i. Have at least three years experience as an in-unit Instructor, Lecturer or Research Associate. ii. Be eligible for participation in the multi-year contract program or have an existing multi- year appointment on August 8, 2018, as defined in Article 9.4(f)(3) and iii. Have not been issued a notice of non-reappointment or termination or tendered a resignation prior to the effective date of this increase.

Fixed Multi-Year Appointments. (1) Two (2)- Two- to five (5)- five-year fixed multi-year appointments may be offered for the following: a. (a) Instructors, Senior Instructors, University Instructors, Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, and University Lecturers; (b) Assistant Teaching Professors, Associate Teaching Professors, and Teaching Professors; (c) Non-tenured or non-tenure earning CuratorsAssistant Librarians, Associate Librarians, Librarians, Curators and Counselors/ Counselors/Advisors; b. (d) Scholars/Scientists/Engineers , Research Associates, and Associate inIn/Assistant inIn ; c. (e) Clinical facultyFaculty; d. (f) Individuals who have officially retired from universities or other organizations FIU and who are at least fifty-five (55) 55 years of age; e. (g) Tenured faculty employees who decide to give up their tenured status to take advantage of whatever incentives might be offered by a fixed multi-year appointment; and; f. (h) Individuals who have held the rank of full professor for at least seven (7) years at an institution of higher education; and (i) Individuals with substantial, highly specialized professional experience who do not have terminal degrees that would qualify them for tenure-earning positions. (2) Employees holding such fixed multi-year appointments may be terminated early under the provisions of Article 8 Layoff and Recall and under the BOT-UFF Policy on Disciplinary Action. (3) Successive fixed multi-year appointments may be offered to eligible faculty employees hired pursuant to section 9.4(f)(l) Section 5(f)(1), above, as follows: a. (a) Criteria used to determine in which instances to offer successive appointments include consideration of the basis for the initial fixed multi- multi-year appointment, evaluation of performance, professional growth, extent and currency of professional qualifications, contribution to the mission of the department or program, staffing needs, funding source alternatives, and continuing program considerations. Such criteria will shall be in writing and available to all eligible facultyemployees. b. (b) The faculty member employee will be advised in the penultimate year of the appointment that to be considered for a successive fixed multi-multi- year appointment, he or she the employee must submit a request and written documentation pursuant to written procedures established by the University. The University will shall notify the faculty member employee in writing of the its decision to offer or not offer a successive appointment by the beginning of the final year of the faculty member's employee’s current appointment. (3) Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates, and Librarians on multi. Reclassification of an Employee to a Non-year appointments. a. Instructors, Lecturers, Research Associates and non-tenure earning, Assistant Librarians, Associate Librarians and Librarians Unit Classification. Employees shall be offered provided written notice at least thirty (30) days in advance, where practicable, with a three-year multi-year contract appointment copy to the UFF Chapter, when the University proposes to reclassify the employee to a classification which is not contained in circumstances where the faculty member had received an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above on each of his or her three most recent consecutive annual evaluations. b. In the event that the faculty member qualifies for a subsequent consecutive three-year multi- year contract, by receiving an overall ▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of "excellent" or above in each of his or her six most recent annual evaluations, he or she shall receive a base wage increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)bargaining unit. The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00employee may request a review of such action consistent with the provisions of Section 15.6(b) increase and UFF Chapter may not be received more than once every six years (every other three-year contract)discuss such action pursuant to Article 2, Consultation. c. Faculty on multi-year contracts funded in whole or in part by grant funds will have the multi- year contract end in the event the grant funding is terminated. Any wage increase identified in section 3b for a grant funded position is dependent upon whether grant funds are available to allow for the increase. d. Library faculty may qualify for the multi-year contract defined at section 3a but are not eligible for the wage increase defined at section 3b.