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. 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 Office of Academic Personnel.

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:

• a narrative statement detailing accomplishments in the areas of teaching and service, demonstrating how these contribute to the department and college mission;
• a written statement of plans and goals for the next three years;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• a statement of teaching philosophy;
• all previously submitted FAARs;
• student course evaluations;
• course materials;
• samples of student work;
• classroom observation reports;
• evidence of service activity, and
• evidence of maintaining a thorough, current knowledge and expertise in the relevant discipline.

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 and School Dean 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:

• a narrative statement detailing accomplishments in the areas of teaching and service, demonstrating how these contribute to the department and college mission;
• written statement of plans and goals for the next three years;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• statement of teaching philosophy;
• all previously submitted FAARs;
• student course evaluations;
• course materials;
• samples of student work;
• classroom observation reports;
• evidence of service activity;
• evidence of maintaining a thorough current knowledge and expertise in the relevant discipline;
• other evidence of excellence in teaching and service such as awards or special recognition, and
• letters of support for application from full-time faculty members at the college.

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.