XI. Promotion Process for Faculty Members with Teaching-Track Appointments

Note: Please review Section II. General Principles before reading the following procedures.

A. Application for Associate Professor of Instruction. After holding the rank for five years, an Assistant Professor of Instruction may apply for the position of Associate Professor of Instruction. The minimum time in the rank may be shorter than five years if a shorter period has been: agreed to in writing by the faculty member’s Department Chair, School Dean, and the Provost at the commencement of the faculty member’s appointment as an Assistant Professor of Instruction; or authorized in writing by the School Dean upon the formal recommendation of the teaching-track faculty member’s Department Chair. Regardless of any such agreement or authorization, an Assistant Professor of Instruction shall not be required to apply for promotion.

An Assistant Professor of Instruction who intends to apply must submit a written notice of intent to the Department Chair and School Dean not later than May 31 of the spring semester prior to application, with a copy to the Provost and the Director of Faculty Evaluation.

The following fall semester, the Assistant Professor of Instruction must submit a dossier application to the Department Chair not later than the second Monday of October.

The dossier application for Associate Professor of Instruction will include:

The Department Chair will review the dossier and make a written recommendation to the School Dean not later than the second Monday of November.

The Assistant Professor of Instruction may provide a written response to the Department Chair’s recommendation not later than the third Monday of November.

The School Dean will review the dossier, the Chair’s recommendation and applicant’s response (if any) and send a written decision to the applicant, with copies to the Chair, the Provost, and the Office of Academic Personnel, not later than the third Tuesday in January.

An applicant who is not awarded the rank of Associate Professor of Instruction will remain an Assistant Professor of Instruction, if renewed (see Section X.), and is eligible to reapply in two years.

B. Application for Professor of Instruction. After holding the rank for five years, an Associate Professor of Instruction may apply for the position of Professor of Instruction. An Associate Professor of Instruction who intends to apply must submit a written notice of intent to the Department Chair, School Dean, and the Director of Faculty Evaluation not later than May 31 of the spring semester prior to application, with a copy to the Provost and the Office of Academic Personnel.

The following fall semester, the Associate Professor of Instruction must submit a dossier application to the Department Chair not later than the second Monday of October.

The dossier application for Professor of Instruction will consist of:

The Department Chair will review the dossier and make a written recommendation to the School Dean not later than the second Monday in November.

The Associate Professor of Instruction may provide a written response to the Department Chair’s recommendation not later than the third Monday of November.

The School Dean will review the dossier, Chair recommendation and applicant’s response (if any) and send a written decision to the applicant, with copies to the Chair, the Provost and the Office of Academic Personnel, not later than the third Tuesday in January.

An applicant who is not awarded the rank of Professor of Instruction will remain an Associate Professor of Instruction, if renewed (See Section X.), and is eligible to reapply in two years.