Common use of Tenure (Continuing Contract Clause in Contracts

Tenure (Continuing Contract. Committees 1. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee shall be appointed by the Campus President to review the applications and to submit a recommendation to the Campus President. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee may review copies of the administrative evaluations, student evaluations, and End-of-Year Verifications, as well as the faculty member’s portfolio. The Committee may interview candidates as well. In this review, the Committee will give first priority to the consideration of the candidate’s commitment to the mission and vision of the College, and next to the profession and greater College community. The committee will use the Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee Checklist (Appendix P) to conduct its review. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will communicate its recommendation to the Campus President in writing by February 15. a. to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; b. not to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; c. or to recommend that the candidate be allowed to reapply in his sixth year. If the Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee and the Campus President both recommend the candidate as eligible for tenure and continuing contract, the Campus Tenure Committee chairperson will prepare a letter informing the College-Wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee of the decision. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairpersons may also be asked to attend meetings of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee as non-voting members at the request of the College- wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairperson. 2. The College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee shall be appointed by the College President to review the portfolios, interview the candidates, and submit a recommendation. The Committee will be composed of seven (7) or more continuing contract faculty members, representing both AA and AS, the discipline(s) or area(s) of the continuing contract candidate(s), and diversity in terms of gender and ethnicity. Members of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee may serve for up to three (3) years. The Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will review each candidate’s file with the faculty member’s signed authorization and consider all documentation included for continuing contract recommendation. A quorum must be present for the Committee to take action. If there are too many tenure candidates for a single College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee to effectively review, a second committee may be created following the procedure under this Section. Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairpersons may be asked to attend meetings of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee as non-voting members at the request of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairperson.

Tenure (Continuing Contract. Committees 1. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee shall be appointed by the Campus President to review the applications and to submit a recommendation to the Campus President. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee may review copies of the administrative evaluations, student evaluations, evaluations and End-of-Year Verifications, as well as the faculty member’s portfolio. The Committee may interview candidates as well. In this review, the Committee will give first priority to the consideration of the candidate’s commitment to the mission and vision of the College, and next to the profession and greater College community. The committee will use the Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee Checklist (Appendix P) to conduct its review. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will communicate its recommendation to the Campus President in writing by February 15. a. to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; b. not to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; c. or to recommend that the candidate be allowed to reapply in his sixth year. If the Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee and the Campus President both recommend the candidate as eligible for tenure and continuing contract, the Campus Tenure Committee chairperson will prepare a letter informing the College-Wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee of the decision. The Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairpersons may also be asked to attend meetings of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee as non-voting members at the request of the College- wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairperson. 2. The College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee shall be appointed by the College President to review the portfolios, interview the candidates, candidates and to submit a recommendation. The Committee will be composed of seven (7) or more continuing contract faculty members, representing both AA and AS, the discipline(s) or area(s) of the continuing contract candidate(s), and diversity in terms of gender and ethnicity. Members of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee may serve for up to three (3) years. The Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will review each candidate’s file with the faculty member’s signed authorization authorization, and consider all documentation included for continuing contract recommendation. A quorum must be present for the Committee to take action. If there are too many tenure candidates for a single College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee to effectively review, a second committee may be created created, following the procedure under this Section. Campus Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairpersons may be asked to attend meetings of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee as non-voting members at the request of the College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee chairperson. The College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee(s) will review the candidate’s tenure portfolio using the Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee Checklist (Appendix P) to verify that the faculty member has met the eligibility requirements for continuing contract as specified in Article 6 (6.16) (D-E) of this Agreement. The Committee will also review student and administrative evaluations and other relevant feedback, recommendations and documentation supporting the faculty member’s candidacy contained within the portfolio and or in the faculty member’s Limited Access File. In this review, the committee will give first priority to consideration of the candidate’s commitment to the mission and vision of the College, and next to the profession and greater College community. The College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will interview candidates after reviewing their files and portfolios in order to conduct a preliminary determination of eligibility. In the interview, the candidate may be asked to explain or clarify information contained in their portfolio or in other supporting documentation. The candidate may also be asked to provide additional supporting documentation at the time of the interview, or in a timely fashion in advance of the committee’s final recommendation. The committee may also request additional information from the Administration, with such requests directed to the office of Vice President of Academic Affairs. The College-wide Tenure (Continuing Contract) Committee will communicate it decision by April 1. The Committee Chairperson will submit, in writing, to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the consensus decision reached by the Committee on each candidate: a. to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; b. not to recommend the candidate for tenure recognition and continuing contract; c. or to recommend that the candidate be allowed to reapply in his sixth year. 3. In order to serve on a tenure (continuing contract) committee, a faculty member must complete the joint HCC and FUSA tenure committee training.