Common use of Promotion to Senior Lecturer Clause in Contracts

Promotion to Senior Lecturer. If performance and other circumstances warrant, Lecturers with six years of service may be promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer. Promotion to Senior Lecturer will be based on consistent demonstration of excellence in teaching with satisfactory performance in service and scholarship except that growth and improvement, since the initial appointment as Lecturer must be demonstrated. It is the responsibility of the faculty member to demonstrate that he/she has met or exceeded the department criteria for promotion. Promotion to Senior Lecturer will be based on consistent demonstration of excellence in teaching with satisfactory performance in service and scholarship. The promotion of Lecturers to Senior Lecturers will parallel that of tenure track faculty as shown in Article XI: Promotion. However, the only faculty committee involved in the promotion to Senior Lecturer will be the department promotion committee. The Promotion file of the faculty member will be structured similarly to that specified in Article XI but only including the portions that are relevant - - including such items as specified below. It is the faculty member’s responsibility to demonstrate that he/she has met or exceeded the department criteria for promotion. The general criteria for promotion to Senior Lecturer are shown below, but the specific criteria will be developed by department faculty and may vary depending on department and college needs. Teaching and teaching-related activities and professional development 70% Service to the faculty member’s profession, FHSU and the community 20% Scholarship 10% 1. Initial appointments at the rank of Senior Lecturer will be for a continuing term of up to five years with appropriate annual reviews for merit and continuing appointment, subject to University and Regents policies regarding nonrenewal and dismissal. A Senior Lecturer may be appointed or reappointed for a period of less than five years when the department and college have determined that the need for the services of the faculty member will end within less than the five- year term. 2. When a Senior Lecturer is being considered for reappointment after a five-year term as Senior Lecturer, the same review process identified in 5 A. ii 2 above is followed