Common use of Promotion to Associate Professor Clause in Contracts

Promotion to Associate Professor. 1. Promotion to Associate Professor and the granting of tenure shall occur at the same time for those hired on step one as an Assistant Professor on a tenure line. Faculty members can apply for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after four years of continuous service at WOU. The files are due and the 2. If stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member may be reviewed for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after a combined minimum of four years of successful continuous service on tenure track at WOU and another comparable institution. Such faculty members may apply for tenure after two complete years of successful, continuous service on the tenure track at WOU. 3. A faculty member who becomes a parent through birth or adoption at any point during the probationary period shall, upon written notification to the Division Chair within six (6) months of the birth or adoption, be automatically awarded a one-year extension of the probationary period before mandatory consideration for indefinite tenure is given. It is the sole decision of the probationary faculty member whether to use or decline the extension. The faculty member shall indicate his/her intent to apply for tenure and promotion in the Annual Faculty Report. If the faculty member applies for family medical leave in the Office of Human Resources due to the birth or adoption of a child during the probationary period, the Office of Human Resources will advise the faculty member of the availability of the automatic extension and, with the faculty member’s consent, notify the Division Chair that the faculty member will accept the automatic one- year extension.

Promotion to Associate Professor. 1. Promotion to Associate Professor and the granting of tenure shall occur at the same time for those hired on step one as an Assistant Professor on a tenure line. Faculty members can apply for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after four years of continuous service at WOU. The files are due and thethe review process takes place during the fifth year of service. If awarded, the promotion and tenure shall become effective at the beginning of the sixth year of full-time service. 2. If stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member may be reviewed for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after a combined minimum of four years of successful continuous service on tenure track the Tenure Track at WOU and another comparable institution. Such faculty members may apply for tenure after two complete years of successful, continuous service on the tenure track at WOU.another 3. A faculty member who becomes a parent through birth or adoption at any point during the probationary period shall, upon written notification to the Division Chair division chair within six (6) months of the birth or adoption, be automatically awarded a one-year extension of the probationary period before mandatory consideration for indefinite tenure is given. It is the sole decision of the probationary faculty member whether to use or decline the extension. The faculty member shall indicate his/her their intent to apply for tenure and promotion in the Annual Faculty Report. If the faculty member applies for family medical leave in the Office of Human Resources due to the birth or adoption of a child during the probationary period, the Office of Human Resources will advise the faculty member of the availability of the automatic extension and, with the faculty member’s consent, notify the Division Chair division chair that the faculty member will accept the automatic one- one-year extension.