Promotion Procedures. A. The candidate for promotion should read and be familiar with all the steps of the promotion procedure and the promotion pathway. Special note should be made of the steps outlined in this Article. B. All timelines are important, but can be waived by mutual consent or for documented family or medical emergency. Recommendations from reviewers will be hand-delivered to the faculty member and placed in the faculty member’s mailbox at the department or college, whichever is appropriate. If the faculty member is not on campus, and a recommendation or notice is due under this process, the faculty member has the responsibility to inform the chair of the department if and how to get the information to the faculty member C. Promotion candidates should note that at each level of review, as described in the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) a pattern is followed as described herein. The pattern is essentially: i. A review of the candidate’s file by the reviewer or committee; ii. Though initial recommendations are addressed to the next level of review, copies are sent only to the candidate and previous reviewers and chairs of previous reviewing committees; iii. Appeal if desired by candidate; iv. Rebuttal and/or informal hearing on the candidate’s appeal; v. Final recommendation placed into the file; vi. Response by candidate to final recommendation placed in file; and vii. Forwarding of the file to next level of review. D. At each level of the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) the designated reviewer or committee will review the file and formulate initial recommendations regarding the promotion of the candidate. i. If a committee is reviewing the application for promotion, the committee will conduct a vote regarding the candidate’s promotion recommendation and the numeric result of that vote (i.e. 8-0) will be reported in all recommendations made by any committee considering a promotion application. ii. The candidate may request an appeal hearing of the reviewer’s initial recommendation within 2 days of the date of the initial recommendation. E. Within 3 days of the date of the a candidate’s appeal hearing request, the candidate will receive a hearing by the reviewer or committee. F. Following the hearing, the committee shall once again consider the file, the information received at the hearing and vote upon the promotion requested. G. Within 2 days following the date on which the hearing before the reviewer or committee is held, the reviewer or committee will formulate and issue a final recommendation. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written and included as part of the committee’s final recommendation. H. The reviewer or committee will place the initial and final recommendations in the file and forward the file to the next reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway. I. Though addressed to the next level of review, the reviewer or committee will send copies of the final recommendation to the candidate, and all reviewers and committee chairs preceding this reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway. X. The candidate shall have 3 days after date of the final recommendation to respond in writing to any unresolved differences regarding the evaluation. i. The candidate 's response must be sent to the next level of review or committee. ii. The candidate’s response will become a part of the promotion file. iii. The response will be filed immediately behind the final recommendation of the reviewer or committee to which the response is written. iv. Review of the file by the next level in the promotion pathway may proceed prior to inclusion of the candidate response in the file. K. Promotion Committees i. When a promotion committee is required, the committee it will be established at the department level by the Chair and the college level by the Xxxx, in consultation with the college’s department Chairs. The University Promotion Committee is selected by the Faculty Senate. ii. Departmental committees: 1. A promotion committee shall be established at the department level by the Chair, in consultation with the department’s faculty and the college Xxxx. 2. The Chair shall determine the size of the committee, and it will be composed of tenured faculty members of the department. 3. In a department with few tenured members, the committee may include tenured faculty of other departments, but shall not include the Chair. 4. The committee members should not serve on other committees that would review the candidate’s file at another level of review in the promotion pathway. 5. The Department Chair will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Department Chair will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body. iii. A promotion committee shall be established at the college level by the Xxxx in consultation with the department chairs within that college. 1. The college level promotion committee shall be composed of tenured faculty members that are not serving on departmental promotion committees. 2. The Xxxx shall determine the size and distributional representation of the committee. 3. The Xxxx will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Xxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body. iv. University promotion committee: 1. There will be five members on the Committee who will serve two-year terms. 2. Terms will be staggered so that approximately half of the members will change each year. 3. One member will be chosen from each of the colleges. 4. The Faculty Senate will select the five tenured faculty members that will serve on the University Promotion Committee. These faculty members will normally be selected in the Spring and their service on the committee will be consistent with paragraphs 1-3, above. 5. The Xxxxxxx will initially convene the committee to assist in committee organization, however, once organized, the Xxxxxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body. 6. Committee members shall select a chair who will prepare the recommendations that will be sent to the Xxxxxxx. 7. If Committee members feel that a written ballot should be used, the Chair will tabulate the results. 8. Upon request by the committee, the Xxxxxxx, Xxxx and/or the department Chair will attend a hearing of the University Promotion Committee to answer questions pertaining to the candidate and the promotion file. v. All committee members shall be familiar with the guidelines of this policy. vi. A committee should strive for unanimity in its vote, but a simple majority vote is all that is needed. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written. L. Rebuttal and/or Hearing Procedures i. Hearings are designed to provide information or seek clarification. ii. Hearings are informal in nature. No motions, appeals or other related items are allowed. iii. Each reviewer or committee may establish additional rules for hearings as they see fit. iv. The candidate may choose to have an AAUP representative present at the hearing, or the candidate may select any other person to accompany the candidate to the hearing. v. Any person accompanying the candidate is present to advise, and no statements or questioning by the advisor are allowed, except as follows. FHSU-AAUP may assist the candidate or speak on the candidate’s behalf regarding procedural due process if requested to do so by the candidate. However, the candidate may be required to provide information or in other ways explain the “problem.” The scope of assistance provided by FHSU-AAUP with regard to procedural due process shall be limited to the definition adopted by the parties in Section 6 of the Tenure Article. The Xxxxxxx or other administrative representative may address any misconceptions or sources of confusion regarding procedural due process. If deemed advisable by the committee, FHSU-AAUP may be invited to attend the organizing meeting of the committee in order to address procedural due process.
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Promotion Procedures. A. The candidate for promotion should read and be familiar with all the steps of the promotion procedure and the promotion pathway. Special note should be made of the steps outlined in this Article.
B. All timelines are important, but can be waived by mutual consent or for documented family or medical emergency. Recommendations from reviewers will be hand-timely delivered to the faculty member and placed in the faculty member’s mailbox at the department or college, whichever is appropriate. If the faculty member is not on campus, and a recommendation or notice is due under this process, the faculty member has the responsibility to inform the chair of the department if and how to get the information to the faculty member.
C. Promotion candidates should note that at each level of review, as described in the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) a pattern is followed as described herein. The pattern is essentially:
i. A review of the candidate’s file by the reviewer or committee;
ii. Though initial recommendations are addressed to the next level of review, copies are sent only to the candidate and previous reviewers and chairs of previous reviewing committees;
iii. Appeal if desired by candidate;
iv. Rebuttal and/or informal hearing on the candidate’s appeal;
v. Final recommendation placed into the file;
vi. Response by candidate to final recommendation placed in file; and
vii. Forwarding of the file to next level of review.
D. At each level of the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) the designated reviewer or committee will review the file and formulate initial recommendations regarding the promotion of the candidate.
i. If a committee is reviewing the application for promotion, the committee will conduct a vote regarding the candidate’s promotion recommendation and the numeric result of that vote (i.e. 8-0) will be reported in all recommendations made by any committee considering a promotion application.
ii. The candidate may request an appeal hearing of the reviewer’s initial recommendation within 2 days of the date of the initial recommendation.
E. Within 3 days of the date of the a candidate’s appeal hearing request, the candidate will receive a hearing by the reviewer or committee.
F. Following the hearing, the committee shall once again consider the file, the information received at the hearing and vote upon the promotion requested.
G. Within 2 days following the date on which the hearing before the reviewer or committee is held, the reviewer or committee will formulate and issue a final recommendation. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written and included as part of the committee’s final recommendation.
H. The reviewer or committee will place the initial and final recommendations in the file and forward the file to the next reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
I. Though addressed to the next level of review, the reviewer or committee will send copies of the final recommendation to the candidate, and all reviewers and committee chairs preceding this reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
X. J. The candidate shall have 3 days after date of the final recommendation to respond in writing to any unresolved differences regarding the evaluation.
i. The candidate 's response must be sent to the next level of review or committee.
ii. The candidate’s response will become a part of the promotion file.
iii. The response will be filed immediately behind the final recommendation of the reviewer or committee to which the response is written.
iv. Review of the file by the next level in the promotion pathway may proceed prior to inclusion of the candidate response in the file.
K. Promotion Committees
i. When a promotion committee is required, the committee it will be established at the department level by the Chair and the college level by the Xxxx, in consultation with the college’s department Chairs. The University Promotion Committee is selected by the Faculty Senate.
ii. Departmental committees:
1. A promotion committee shall be established at the department level by the Chair, in consultation with the department’s faculty and the college Xxxx.
2. The Chair shall determine the size of the committee, and it will be composed of tenured faculty members of the department.
3. In a department with few tenured members, the committee may include tenured faculty of other departments, but shall not include the Chair.
4. The committee members should not serve on other committees that would review the candidate’s file at another level of review in the promotion pathway.
5. The Department Chair will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Department Chair will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iii. A promotion committee shall be established at the college level by the Xxxx in consultation with the department chairs within that college.
1. The college level promotion committee shall be composed of tenured faculty members that are not serving on departmental promotion committees.
2. The Xxxx shall determine the size and distributional representation of the committee.
3. The Xxxx will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Xxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iv. University promotion committee:
1. There will be five members on the Committee who will serve two-year terms.
2. Terms will be staggered so that approximately half of the members will change each year.
3. One member will be chosen from each of the colleges.
4. The Faculty Senate will select the five tenured faculty members that will serve on the University Promotion Committee. These faculty members will normally be selected in the Spring and their service on the committee will be consistent with paragraphs 1-3, above.
5. The Xxxxxxx will initially convene the committee to assist in committee organization, however, once organized, the Xxxxxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
6. Committee members shall select a chair who will prepare the recommendations that will be sent to the Xxxxxxx.
7. If Committee members feel that a written ballot should be used, the Chair will tabulate the results.
8. Upon request by the committee, the Xxxxxxx, Xxxx and/or the department Chair will attend a hearing of the University Promotion Committee to answer questions pertaining to the candidate and the promotion file.
v. All committee members shall be familiar with the guidelines of this policy.
vi. A committee should strive for unanimity in its vote, but a simple majority vote is all that is needed. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written.
L. Rebuttal and/or Hearing Procedures
i. Hearings are designed to provide information or seek clarification.
ii. Hearings are informal in nature. No motions, appeals or other related items are allowed.
iii. Each reviewer or committee may establish additional rules for hearings as they see fit.
iv. The candidate may choose to have an AAUP representative present at the hearing, or the candidate may select any other person to accompany the candidate to the hearing.
v. Any person accompanying the candidate is present to advise, and no statements or questioning by the advisor are allowed, except as follows. FHSU-AAUP may assist the candidate or speak on the candidate’s behalf regarding procedural due process if requested to do so by the candidate. However, the candidate may be required to provide information or in other ways explain the “problem.” The scope of assistance provided by FHSU-AAUP with regard to procedural due process shall be limited to the definition adopted by the parties in Section 6 of the Tenure Article. The Xxxxxxx or other administrative representative may address any misconceptions or sources of confusion regarding procedural due process. If deemed advisable by the committee, FHSU-AAUP may be invited to attend the organizing meeting of the committee in order to address procedural due process.
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Promotion Procedures. A. The candidate for promotion should read and be familiar with all the steps of the promotion procedure and the promotion pathway. Special note should be made of the steps outlined in this Article.
B. All timelines are important, but can be waived by mutual consent or for documented family or medical emergency. Recommendations from reviewers will be hand-timely delivered to the faculty member and placed in the faculty member’s mailbox at the department or college, whichever is appropriate. If the faculty member is not on campus, and a recommendation or notice is due under this process, the faculty member has the responsibility to inform the chair of the department if and how to get the information to the faculty member.
C. Promotion candidates should note that at each level of review, as described in the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) a pattern is followed as described herein. The pattern is essentially:
i. A review of the candidate’s file by the reviewer or committee;
ii. Though initial recommendations are addressed to the next level of review, copies are sent only to the candidate and previous reviewers and chairs of previous reviewing committees;
iii. Appeal if desired by candidate;
iv. Rebuttal and/or informal hearing on the candidate’s appeal;
v. Final recommendation placed into the file;
vi. Response by candidate to final recommendation placed in file; and
vii. Forwarding of the file to next level of review.
D. At each level of the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) the designated reviewer or committee will review the file and formulate initial recommendations regarding the promotion of the candidate.
i. If a committee is reviewing the application for promotion, the committee will conduct a vote regarding the candidate’s promotion recommendation and the numeric result of that vote (i.e. 8-0) will be reported in all recommendations made by any committee considering a promotion application.
ii. The candidate may request an appeal hearing of the reviewer’s initial recommendation within 2 days of the date of the initial recommendation.
E. Within 3 days of the date of the a candidate’s appeal hearing request, the candidate will receive a hearing by the reviewer or committee.
F. Following the hearing, the committee shall once again consider the file, the information received at the hearing and vote upon the promotion requested.
G. Within 2 days following the date on which the hearing before the reviewer or committee is held, the reviewer or committee will formulate and issue a final recommendation. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written and included as part of the committee’s final recommendation.
H. The reviewer or committee will place the initial and final recommendations in the file and forward the file to the next reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
I. Though addressed to the next level of review, the reviewer or committee will send copies of the final recommendation to the candidate, and all reviewers and committee chairs preceding this reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
X. The candidate shall have 3 days after date of the final recommendation to respond in writing to any unresolved differences regarding the evaluation.
i. The candidate 's response must be sent to the next level of review or committee.
ii. The candidate’s response will become a part of the promotion file.
iii. The response will be filed immediately behind the final recommendation of the reviewer or committee to which the response is written.
iv. Review of the file by the next level in the promotion pathway may proceed prior to inclusion of the candidate response in the file.
K. Promotion Committees
i. When a promotion committee is required, the committee it will be established at the department level by the Chair and the college level by the Xxxx, in consultation with the college’s department Chairs. The University Promotion Committee is selected by the Faculty Senate.
ii. Departmental committees:
1. A promotion committee shall be established at the department level by the Chair, in consultation with the department’s faculty and the college Xxxx.
2. The Chair shall determine the size of the committee, and it will be composed of tenured faculty members of the department.
3. In a department with few tenured members, the committee may include tenured faculty of other departments, but shall not include the Chair.
4. The committee members should not serve on other committees that would review the candidate’s file at another level of review in the promotion pathway.
5. The Department Chair will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Department Chair will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iii. A promotion committee shall be established at the college level by the Xxxx in consultation with the department chairs within that college.
1. The college level promotion committee shall be composed of tenured faculty members that are not serving on departmental promotion committees.
2. The Xxxx shall determine the size and distributional representation of the committee.
3. The Xxxx will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Xxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iv. University promotion committee:
1. There will be five members on the Committee who will serve two-year terms.
2. Terms will be staggered so that approximately half of the members will change each year.
3. One member will be chosen from each of the colleges.
4. The Faculty Senate will select the five tenured faculty members that will serve on the University Promotion Committee. These faculty members will normally be selected in the Spring and their service on the committee will be consistent with paragraphs 1-3, above.
5. The Xxxxxxx will initially convene the committee to assist in committee organization, however, once organized, the Xxxxxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
6. Committee members shall select a chair who will prepare the recommendations that will be sent to the Xxxxxxx.
7. If Committee members feel that a written ballot should be used, the Chair will tabulate the results.
8. Upon request by the committee, the Xxxxxxx, Xxxx and/or the department Chair will attend a hearing of the University Promotion Committee to answer questions pertaining to the candidate and the promotion file.
v. All committee members shall be familiar with the guidelines of this policy.
vi. A committee should strive for unanimity in its vote, but a simple majority vote is all that is needed. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written.
L. Rebuttal and/or Hearing Procedures
i. Hearings are designed to provide information or seek clarification.
ii. Hearings are informal in nature. No motions, appeals or other related items are allowed.
iii. Each reviewer or committee may establish additional rules for hearings as they see fit.
iv. The candidate may choose to have an AAUP representative present at the hearing, or the candidate may select any other person to accompany the candidate to the hearing.
v. Any person accompanying the candidate is present to advise, and no statements or questioning by the advisor are allowed, except as follows. FHSU-AAUP may assist the candidate or speak on the candidate’s behalf regarding procedural due process if requested to do so by the candidate. However, the candidate may be required to provide information or in other ways explain the “problem.” The scope of assistance provided by FHSU-AAUP with regard to procedural due process shall be limited to the definition adopted by the parties in Section 6 of the Tenure Article. The Xxxxxxx or other administrative representative may address any misconceptions or sources of confusion regarding procedural due process. If deemed advisable by the committee, FHSU-AAUP may be invited to attend the organizing meeting of the committee in order to address procedural due process.
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Promotion Procedures. A. The candidate applicant for promotion should read and be familiar with all the steps of the promotion procedure and the promotion pathway. Special note should be made of the steps outlined in this Article.
B. All timelines are important, but can be waived by mutual consent or for documented family or medical emergency. Recommendations from reviewers will be hand-delivered to the faculty member and placed in the faculty member’s mailbox at the department or college, whichever is appropriate. If the faculty member is not on campus, and a recommendation or notice is due under this process, the faculty member has the responsibility to inform the chair of the department if and how to get the information to the faculty member
C. Promotion candidates applicants should note that at each level of review, as described in the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) a pattern is followed as described herein. The pattern is essentially:
i. A review of the candidateapplicant’s file by the reviewer or committee;
ii. Though initial recommendations are addressed to the next level of review, copies are sent only to the candidate applicant and previous reviewers and chairs of previous reviewing committees;
iii. Appeal if desired by candidateapplicant;
iv. Rebuttal and/or informal hearing on the candidateapplicant’s appeal;
v. Final recommendation placed into the file;
vi. Response by candidate applicant to final recommendation placed in file; and
vii. Forwarding of the file to next level of review.
D. At each level of the promotion pathway (number “3” above,) the designated reviewer or committee will review the file and formulate initial recommendations regarding the promotion of the candidateapplicant.
i. If a committee is reviewing the application for promotion, the committee will conduct a vote regarding the candidateapplicant’s promotion recommendation and the numeric result of that vote (i.e. 8-0) will be reported in all recommendations made by any committee considering a promotion application.
ii. The candidate applicant may request an appeal hearing of the reviewer’s initial recommendation within 2 days of the date of the initial recommendation.
E. Within 3 days of the date of the a candidateapplicant’s appeal hearing request, the candidate applicant will receive a hearing by the reviewer or committee.
F. Following the hearing, the committee shall once again consider the file, the information received at the hearing and vote upon the promotion requested.
G. Within 2 days following the date on which the hearing before the reviewer or committee is held, the reviewer or committee will formulate and issue a final recommendation. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written and included as part of the committee’s final recommendation.
H. The reviewer or committee will place the initial and final recommendations in the file and forward the file to the next reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
I. Though addressed to the next level of review, the reviewer or committee will send copies of the final recommendation to the candidateapplicant, and all reviewers and committee chairs preceding this reviewer or committee in the promotion pathway.
X. J. The candidate applicant shall have 3 days after date of the final recommendation to respond in writing to any unresolved differences regarding the evaluation.
i. The candidate applicant's response must be sent to the next level of review or committee.
ii. The candidateapplicant’s response will become a part of the promotion file.
iii. The response will be filed immediately behind the final recommendation of the reviewer or committee to which the response is written.
iv. Review of the file by the next level in the promotion pathway may proceed prior to inclusion of the candidate applicant response in the file.
K. Promotion Committees
i. When a promotion committee is required, the committee it will be established at the department level by the Chair and the college level by the Xxxx, in consultation with the college’s department Chairs. The University Promotion Committee is selected by the Faculty Senate.
ii. Departmental committees:
1. A promotion committee shall be established at the department level by the Chair, in consultation with the department’s faculty and the college Xxxx.
2. The Chair shall determine the size of the committee, and it will be composed of tenured faculty members of the department.
3. In a department with few tenured members, the committee may include tenured faculty of other departments, but shall not include the Chair.
4. The committee members should not serve on other committees that would review the candidateapplicant’s file at another level of review in the promotion pathway.
5. The Department Chair will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Department Chair will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iii. A promotion committee shall be established at the college level by the Xxxx in consultation with the department chairs within that college.
1. The college level promotion committee shall be composed of tenured faculty members that are not serving on departmental promotion committees.
2. The Xxxx shall determine the size and distributional representation of the committee.
3. The Xxxx will initially chair the committee to assist in committee organization; however, once it is organized, the Xxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
iv. University promotion committee:
1. There will be five members on the Committee who will serve two-year terms.
2. Terms will be staggered so that approximately half of the members will change each year.
3. One member will be chosen from each of the colleges.
4. The Faculty Senate will select the five tenured faculty members that will serve on the University Promotion Committee. These faculty members will normally be selected in the Spring and their service on the committee will be consistent with paragraphs 1-3, above.
5. The Xxxxxxx will initially convene the committee to assist in committee organization, however, once organized, the Xxxxxxx will withdraw and the committee shall meet, consider and review as an individual body.
6. Committee members shall select a chair who will prepare the recommendations that will be sent to the Xxxxxxx.
7. If Committee members feel that a written ballot should be used, the Chair will tabulate the results.
8. Upon request by the committee, the Xxxxxxx, Xxxx and/or the department Chair will attend a hearing of the University Promotion Committee to answer questions pertaining to the candidate and the promotion file.
v. All committee members shall be familiar with the guidelines of this policy.
vi. A committee should strive for unanimity in its vote, but a simple majority vote is all that is needed. If the committee’s vote is not unanimous, a dissenting opinion may be written.
L. Rebuttal and/or Hearing Procedures
i. Hearings are designed to provide information information, or seek clarification.
ii. Hearings are informal in nature. No motions, appeals or other related items are allowed.
iii. Each reviewer or committee may establish additional rules for hearings as they see fit.
iv. The candidate applicant may choose to have an AAUP representative present at the hearing, or the candidate applicant may select any other person to accompany the candidate applicant to the hearing.
v. Any person accompanying the candidate applicant is present to advise, and no statements or questioning by the advisor are allowed, except as follows. FHSU-AAUP may assist the candidate applicant or speak on the candidateapplicant’s behalf regarding procedural due process if requested to do so by the candidateapplicant. However, the candidate applicant may be required to provide information or in other ways explain the “problem.” The scope of assistance provided by FHSU-AAUP with regard to procedural due process shall be limited to the definition adopted by the parties in Section 6 of the Tenure Article. The Xxxxxxx or other administrative representative may address any misconceptions or sources of confusion regarding procedural due process. If deemed advisable by the committee, FHSU-AAUP may be invited to attend the organizing meeting of the committee in order to address procedural due process.
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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement
