Common use of Selection of New Faculty Clause in Contracts

Selection of New Faculty. 725 The College recognizes the importance of conferring with faculty in the hiring of new full-time faculty 726 members. 727 A. The College President or designee will establish faculty screening committees that will be 728 consulted prior to the hiring of new full-time faculty members. Any such committee shall 729 consist of full-time faculty members. The Union shall be notified of the creation and 730 membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if 731 needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward 732 with the committee. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a 733 screening committee for the selection of new faculty, they shall have the following 734 credentials in the priority indicated: 735 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) tenured faculty members, the 736 majority of whom teach in the same field or subject area as the candidate under 737 consideration and who are assigned to the campus for which the candidate is being 738 considered. 739 2. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and 740 campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be 741 included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient 742 numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then 743 faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. 744 3. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve 745 on the screening committee from the library faculty. 746 4. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to 747 serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 748 5. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not 749 available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty 750 shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening 751 committee for selection of new faculty. 752 6. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a 753 screening committee. 754 7. Relatives of applicants are prohibited from sitting on the associated hiring 755 committees for any reason. 756 B. The committee shall function as follows: 757 1. The Department Chair or Program Manager shall serve as the committee chair. 758 2. The committee shall review all applications for a faculty vacancy and determine 759 which candidates to interview.

Selection of New Faculty. 725 ‌ 737 The College recognizes the importance of conferring with faculty in the hiring of new full-time faculty 726 738 members. 727 739 A. The College President or designee will establish faculty screening committees that will be 728 740 consulted prior to the hiring of new full-time faculty members. Any such committee shall 729 741 consist of full-time faculty members. The Union shall be notified of the creation and 730 742 membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if 731 743 needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward 732 744 with the committee. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a 733 745 screening committee for the selection of new faculty, they shall have the following 734 746 credentials in the priority indicated: 735 747 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) tenured faculty members, the 736 748 majority of whom teach in the same field or subject area as the candidate under 737 749 consideration and who are assigned to the campus for which the candidate is being 738 750 considered. 739 751 2. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and 740 752 campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be 741 753 included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient 742 754 numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then 743 755 faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. 744 756 3. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve 745 757 on the screening committee from the library faculty. 746 758 4. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to 747 759 serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 748 760 5. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not 749 761 available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty 750 762 shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening 751 763 committee for selection of new faculty. 752 764 6. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a 753 765 screening committee. 754 766 7. Relatives of applicants are prohibited from sitting on the associated hiring 755 767 committees for any reason. 756 B. The committee shall function as follows: 757 1. The Department Chair or Program Manager shall serve as the committee chair. 758 2. The committee shall review all applications for a faculty vacancy and determine 759 which candidates to interview.

Selection of New Faculty. 725 The College recognizes the importance of conferring with faculty in the hiring of new full-time faculty 726 members. 727 A. The College President or designee will establish faculty screening committees that will be 728 consulted prior to the hiring of new full-time faculty members. Any such committee shall 729 consist of full-time faculty members. The Union shall be notified of the creation and 730 membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if 731 needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward 732 with the committee. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a 733 screening committee for the selection of new faculty, they shall have the following 734 credentials in the priority indicated: 735 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) tenured faculty members, the 736 majority of whom teach in the same field or subject area as the candidate under 737 consideration and who are assigned to the campus for which the candidate is being 738 considered. 739 2. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and 740 campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be 741 included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient 742 numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then 743 faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. 744 3. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve 745 on the screening committee from the library faculty. 746 4. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to 747 serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 748 5. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not 749 available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty 750 shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening 751 committee for selection of new faculty. 752 6. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a 753 screening committee. 754 7. Relatives of applicants are prohibited from sitting on the associated hiring 755 committees for any reason. 756 B. The committee shall function as follows: 757 1. The Department Chair or Program Manager committee shall serve as the committee chair. 758 select its own chairperson. 2. The committee shall review all applications for a faculty vacancy and determine 759 which candidates to interview. 3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists who meet credentialing criteria. 4. The committee will file a written recommendation concerning the finalists, listing by ranked preference, with the appropriate Supervising Administrator who will forward the ranked recommendations and their recommendation to the President or designee. 5. Finalist recommendations from faculty screening committees will be advisory only; final decision rests with the College President, who will notify the Supervising Administrator of his final decision. In the event the President declines all finalists, the committee chairperson will be contacted to renew the selection process. C. If the College conducts a campus or division or College-wide orientation for newly employed faculty, the Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of information to be distributed with orientation materials. The College will notify the Union of the date of orientation, and number of participants as soon as practical prior to the orientation.

Selection of New Faculty. 725 The College recognizes the importance of conferring with faculty in the hiring of new full-time faculty 726 members. 727 A. The College President or designee will establish faculty screening committees that will be 728 consulted prior to the hiring of new full-time faculty members. Any such committee shall 729 consist of full-full- time faculty members. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a screening committee for the selection of new faculty, they shall have the following credentials in the priority indicated: 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) faculty members the majority of whom shall be full-time, tenured faculty teaching in the same field or subject areas for which a candidate is being considered. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. The Union shall be notified of the creation and 730 membership of all faculty screening committees and may recommend additional members if 731 needed. If the Union cannot identify additional volunteers, the College may move forward 732 with the committee. When sufficiently diverse faculty members are available to serve on a 733 screening committee for the selection of new faculty, they shall have the following 734 credentials in the priority indicated: 735 1. The committee shall consist of at least four (4) tenured faculty members, the 736 majority of whom teach in the same field or subject area as the candidate under 737 consideration and who are assigned to the campus for which the candidate is being 738 considered. 739 2. If sufficient numbers of faculty are not available from the appropriate discipline and 740 campus or division, faculty members from another campus or division shall be 741 included, as needed, to meet the majority discipline requirement. If sufficient 742 numbers of faculty are still not available to meet the majority requirement, then 743 faculty from closely related disciplines shall be appointed. 744 3. For a library faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to serve 745 on the screening committee from the library faculty. 746 43. For a counseling faculty position, the Administration will select faculty members to 747 serve on the screening committee from the counseling faculty. 748 54. In the event sufficient numbers of full-time, tenured faculty members are not 749 available, non-tenured faculty members may be asked to serve. Tenured faculty 750 shall have priority over non-tenured faculty for assignment to a screening 751 committee for selection of new faculty. 752 65. Temporary full-time faculty, whether grant-funded or not, shall not serve on a 753 screening committee. 754 7. Relatives of applicants are prohibited from sitting on the associated hiring 755 committees for any reason. 756 B. The committee shall function as follows: 757 1. The Department Chair or Program Manager committee shall serve as the committee chair. 758 select its own chairperson. 2. The committee shall review all applications for a faculty vacancy and determine 759 which candidates to interview. 3. The committee will interview and recommend finalists according to approved, objective criteria. 4. The committee will file a written recommendation concerning the employment of candidates, listing finalists alphabetically and/or by ranked preference, with the appropriate supervising administrator who will provide this information to the President. 5. Input from faculty screening committees will be advisory only; final decision rests with the President, who will notify the supervising administrator of his final decision. In the event this decision deviates from the committee recommendation, the supervising administrator shall provide feedback to the committee chairperson to assist in future selections. C. If the College conducts a campus or division or College-wide orientation for newly employed faculty, the Union may, at its discretion, make a presentation, and provide a separate packet of information to be distributed with orientation materials.