Common use of Promotion to Full Professor Clause in Contracts

Promotion to Full Professor. A faculty member may apply for promotion to Full Professor during their fifth year of combined employment as an Associate Professor at WOU and another comparable institution. If not stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member must request to apply early for promotion to Full Professor. The request shall be part of the Annual Faculty Report. This report is due to the respective Division Personnel Review Committee (PRC), Xxxx and Chair no later than June 30. The request shall include external reviews and a statement outlining levels of distinctiveness from the WOU faculty at large at similar rank in teaching/librarianship, scholarship, and service that warrant early consideration. If approved by the division chair, the faculty member would be evaluated for promotion during the following year’s evaluation process by the DPRC. Failure to achieve early promotion does not preclude a faculty member from being awarded promotion and in the subsequent year following another review.

Promotion to Full Professor. A faculty member may apply for promotion to Full Professor during their fifth year of combined employment as an Associate Professor at WOU and another comparable institution. If not stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member must request to apply early for promotion to Full Professor. The request shall be part of the Annual Faculty Report. This report is due to the respective Division Personnel Review Committee (PRC)DPRC, Xxxx xxxx and Chair chair no later than June 30. The request shall include external reviews and a statement outlining levels of distinctiveness from the WOU faculty at large at similar rank in teaching/librarianship, scholarship, and service that warrant early consideration. If approved by the division chair, the faculty member would be evaluated for promotion during the following year’s evaluation process by the DPRC. Failure to achieve early promotion does not preclude a faculty member from being awarded promotion and in the subsequent year following another review.