Senior Lecturers Sample Clauses
The 'Senior Lecturers' clause defines the roles, responsibilities, and terms of employment for individuals holding the title of Senior Lecturer within an organization or institution. It typically outlines the qualifications required for the position, the scope of teaching and administrative duties, and any specific expectations regarding research or service. For example, the clause may specify teaching loads, eligibility for promotion, or participation in departmental governance. Its core function is to establish clear guidelines and expectations for Senior Lecturers, ensuring consistency and transparency in their employment terms.
Senior Lecturers. Except for crossing the bar at step 5, advancement to the next step in the grade shall occur after 12 months on the previous step, subject to approval by the academic head confirming satisfactory performance in accordance with the Schedule of Duties (Schedule 1) and the standards contained in the ‘Academic Standards’ HR Policy.
Senior Lecturers. Qualified faculty with at least six (6) years of successful service as a Lecturer who have demonstrated excellence in teaching by meeting department and college standards for teaching quality and any other negotiated workload may apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer. For purposes of this Article, six (6) years of successful service will include fifty (50%) percent or more of a lecturer FTE each quarter or semester, regardless of breaks in service. Each year as a “waived recruit” (candidate hired without a search due to immediate department needs) can be counted toward the six (6) years of service. For the purpose of this Article, six (6) years of successful service will include teaching fifty (50%) percent or more each quarter or semester, regardless of breaks in service. If, following a thorough review and based on curricular need, the application is recommended by the department personnel committee and chair, it will be forwarded for consideration by the college personnel committee (if applicable), the ▇▇▇▇, the Chief Academic Officer and the President. If approved, the faculty member shall be awarded promotion to Senior Lecturer. The minimum appointment will be two (2) years, and the notice of non-renewal will be one
(1) year; provided that for those faculty who have been employed in a Senior Lecturer position for at least six (6) years, the minimum appointment will be three (3) years. For positions funded by external sources, elimination of the external funding is grounds for termination, irrespective of the one (1) year notice requirement.
Senior Lecturers. Senior Lecturers support the work of an Academic Unit through instruction and related duties.
Senior Lecturers. Qualified faculty with at least six (6) years of successful service as a Lecturer who have demonstrated excellence in teaching by meeting department and college standards for teaching quality and any other negotiated workload may apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer as detailed in Article 5.4.2(b).
Senior Lecturers. Senior lecturers are expected to take responsibility for the quality of their own outcomes insofar as these relate to the dimensions of practice identified below. They are also expected to be able to guide and support lecturers who are developing the identified skills and attributes, and to take responsibility for the quality of outcomes which exceed the responsibilities of the lecturer position. The emphasis on these criteria will reflect institutional and professional priorities and shall apply as interpreted into policy by the Collective Monitoring Committee in accordance with the procedures in Schedule B. They should:
Senior Lecturers. Application for promotion to the rank of Senior Lecturer follows the same procedure as specified in Article 5.
Senior Lecturers. 1. Criteria for Senior Lecturers
Senior Lecturers. Those qualified for appointment as a senior lecturer are
1. except in disciplines in the fine, applied or performing arts, a person who has demonstrated teaching expertise and been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research competence or some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve, and
2. in disciplines in the fine, applied or performing arts, a person who has demonstrated teaching expertise and been awarded a doctorate in the fine, applied or performing arts, has demonstrated artistic expertise or has some other professional expertise that is of value in view of the subject matter of the post and the duties that it will involve. The assessment criteria for appointment as a senior lecturer shall be the degree of the expertise required as a qualification for employment. As much attention shall be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of other qualifying criteria laid down in the first paragraph above. Each higher education institution determines itself what assessment criteria should otherwise apply to the appointment of a senior lecturer.
Senior Lecturers. (a) The duties of a Senior Lecturer are to:
(i) make significant contributions to the leadership of the teaching effort of a discipline/course or other organisational area or to an interdisciplinary area, including the programming of courses and preparation of delivery timetables;
(ii) undertake scholarship, research and/or professional activity related to their discipline and to learning and teaching;
(iii) ensure compliance with TAFE Queensland and partner university systems and processes to document, evidence and report scholarly activity within expected timeframes;
(iv) develop course material and, where required, contribute to, coordinate or manage overall course coordination in a discipline;
(v) initiate formal and informal interactions with students and staff across the Campus, industrial and commercial organisations, professional groups and community/individual organisations. Formal interactions are those which are commercial in nature and must be sanctioned by the relevant head of the organisational unit through the ▇▇▇▇/Head as appropriate;
(vi) supervise/coordinate the work of other academic staff, if required by the head of the organisational unit;
(vii) perform assigned teaching and learning duties with students on and off campus with a standard of planning, preparations, presentation and assessment as necessary to achieve unit and course learning outcomes;
(viii) critically evaluate, where required, the operation of the teaching program and communicate such evaluations to the relevant ▇▇▇▇/Head as appropriate;
(ix) prepare and deliver/conduct lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, clinical sessions and studio sessions;
(x) initiate and develop unit material;
(xi) undertake marking and assessment, including the appropriate consultation with students;
(xii) teach into Vocational Education and Training courses, where qualification and skills requirements are met;
(xiii) undertake broad administrative functions and attend and actively participate at organisational unit or course meetings with a role in planning or committee work; and
(xiv) attend or coordinate activities which support student recruitment.
(b) The qualifications, skills and experience of a Senior Lecturer are:
(i) possession of a doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline being delivered by the Senior Lecturer; and/or
(ii) recognised significant equivalent academic or professional or practice-based experience and...
Senior Lecturers. Those Adjunct faculty members who are appointed the title of Senior Lecturer will receive a per-credit wage rate that is 10% higher than the applicable Adjunct rates.