Common use of Instructor Clause in Contracts

Instructor. (1) Oakland shall review a faculty member during his or her non-tenured term as instructor to determine whether the faculty member will be re- employed and promoted to assistant professor without tenure. The decision to re-employ may be made conditional upon degree completion by the faculty member by a specified date; in the School of Nursing it may be made conditional upon matriculation in a doctoral program by a specified date. The review shall consist of the following steps: (a) On or before December 1 of the year proceeding the final year of an employment term, Oakland shall notify the faculty member and his or her academic unit that the faculty member is being reviewed with respect to future employment at Oakland. (b) Following receipt of such notice the faculty member and/or his or her academic unit shall gather such information regarding the faculty member’s professional qualifications as either of them deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the faculty member’s curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation. The academic unit shall conduct a review of the candidate in accordance with its approved Review Statement and shall forward the assembled information along with its recommendation regarding re-employment to the appropriate xxxx (or official designated by Oakland) on or before February 1. In academic units headed by a chairperson, in the event that the chairperson disagrees with the recommendation of the academic unit, he or she may include a dissenting letter; however, such a letter is independent from the recommendation of the academic unit. (c) Oakland shall then review the candidate according to the approved Review Statement, considering the information and recommendation submitted by the academic unit, and, if separate, the recommendation by the departmental chairperson. Oakland may seek further advice by forwarding the assembled information and recommendation to the appropriate CAP and soliciting CAP’s recommendation if the CAP has not been previously involved. Prior to rendering a decision contrary to the recommendation of the academic unit, Oakland shall solicit the recommendation of the CAP if the CAP has not been previously involved. Oakland shall then make its re-employment decision and will notify the faculty member, the academic unit, the department chairperson, if any, and the Association of its decision at least one year prior to the expiration of the faculty member’s employment period. (d) CAP solicitations shall be made prior to April 1. CAP shall conduct a review of all candidates submitted to it by Oakland in accordance with CAP’s approved procedures.

Instructor. (1) Oakland shall review a faculty member during his or her the member’s non-tenured term as instructor to determine whether the faculty member will be re- employed and promoted to assistant professor without tenure. The decision to re-employ may be made conditional upon degree completion by the faculty member by a specified date; in the School of Nursing it may be made conditional upon matriculation in a doctoral program by a specified date. The review shall consist of the following steps: (a) On or before December 1 of the year proceeding preceding the final year of an employment term, Oakland shall notify the faculty member and his or her the applicable academic unit that the faculty member is being reviewed with respect to future employment at Oakland. (b) Following receipt of such notice the faculty member and/or his or her the member’s academic unit shall gather such information regarding the faculty member’s professional qualifications as either of them deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the faculty member’s curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation. The academic unit shall conduct a review of the candidate in accordance with its approved Review Statement and shall forward the assembled information along with its recommendation regarding re-employment to the appropriate xxxx (or official designated by Oakland) on or before February 1. In academic units headed by a chairperson, in the event that the chairperson disagrees with the recommendation of the academic unit, he or she the chairperson may include a dissenting letter; however, such a letter is independent from the recommendation of the academic unit. (c) Oakland shall then review the candidate according to the approved Review Statement, considering the information and recommendation submitted by the academic unit, and, if separate, the recommendation by the departmental chairperson. Oakland may seek further advice by forwarding the assembled information and recommendation to the appropriate CAP and soliciting CAP’s recommendation if the CAP has not been previously involved. Prior to rendering a decision contrary to the recommendation of the academic unit, Oakland shall solicit the recommendation of the CAP if the CAP has not been previously involved. Oakland shall then make its re-employment decision and will notify the faculty member, the academic unit, the department chairperson, if any, and the Association of its decision at least one year prior to the expiration of the faculty member’s employment period. (d) CAP solicitations shall be made prior to April 1. CAP shall conduct a review of all candidates submitted to it by Oakland in accordance with CAP’s approved procedures. (2) A faculty member completing degree requirements normally associated with employment as assistant professor in the member’s discipline shall be promoted automatically at Oakland’s earliest administrative convenience to the rank of assistant professor for a term of three years, minus time served as instructor.

Instructor. (1) Oakland shall review a faculty member during his or her non-tenured term as instructor to determine whether the faculty member will be re- employed and promoted to assistant professor without tenure. The decision to re-employ may be made conditional upon degree completion by the faculty member by a specified date; in the School of Nursing it may be made conditional upon matriculation in a doctoral program by a specified date. The review shall consist of the following steps: (a) On or before December 1 of the year proceeding the final year of an employment term, Oakland shall notify the faculty member and his or her academic unit that the faculty member is being reviewed with respect to future employment at Oakland. (b) Following receipt of such notice the faculty member and/or his or her academic unit shall gather such information regarding the faculty member’s professional qualifications as either of them deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the faculty member’s curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation. The academic unit shall conduct a review of the candidate in accordance with its approved Review Statement and shall forward the assembled information along with its recommendation regarding re-employment to the appropriate xxxx (or official designated by Oakland) on or before February 1. In academic units headed by a chairperson, in the event that the chairperson disagrees with the recommendation of the academic unit, he or she may include a dissenting letter; however, such a letter is independent from the recommendation of the academic unit. (c) Oakland shall then review the candidate according to the approved Review Statement, considering the information and recommendation submitted by the academic unit, and, if separate, the recommendation by the departmental chairperson. Oakland may seek further advice by forwarding the assembled information and recommendation to the appropriate CAP and soliciting CAP’s recommendation if the CAP has not been previously involved. Prior to rendering a decision contrary to the recommendation of the academic unit, Oakland shall solicit the recommendation of the CAP if the CAP has not been previously involved. Oakland shall then make its re-employment decision and will notify the faculty member, the academic unit, the department chairperson, if any, and the Association of its decision at least one year prior to the expiration of the faculty member’s employment period. (d) CAP solicitations shall be made prior to April 1. CAP shall conduct a review of all candidates submitted to it by Oakland in accordance with CAP’s approved procedures. (2) A faculty member completing degree requirements normally associated with employment as assistant professor in his or her discipline shall be promoted automatically at Oakland’s earliest administrative convenience to the rank of assistant professor for a term of three years, minus time served as instructor.