Faculty Handbook Section 4.0 Outline
4.00 Employment Policies, Terms and Procedures
4.01 Equality of
4.02 Academic Freedom and Responsibility
of the University Community.
4.03
Appointments
A. Considerations
for Academic Appointments
B. Terms
and Conditions of Appointments including prior service credit
C. Types
of Faculty Appointments
1. Tenured
Appointments
a.
Definition
b.
Initial
Appointments with Tenure
c.
Probationary
Appointments for Tenure
d.
Persons in the
following categories shall not be eligible for tenure
2. Fixed-Term
Appointments
D. Provision
for Less than Full-Time Employment
E. Externally
Funded Positions
4.04
A. Overview
B. Types
of Review
1.
Annual Faculty
Evaluation.
2.
Reappointment.
3.
Tenure and Promotion.
4.
Post Tenure
Review
C.
Principles Guiding
E.
University Standards in
faculty performance
1.
Overview
2.
Performance
Components
D.
Roles, Responsibilities
and Procedures
1.
Departments
2.
Faculty members
3.
Department
Collegial Review Committees
4.
College Collegial
Review Committees
5.
The University
Collegial Review Committee
6.
Department Heads
7.
College Deans
8.
The Office of the
Provost
9.
The Chancellor
10.
The Board of
Trustees
4.05 Annual Faculty Evaluation
A. Overview
B. Evaluation
of Teaching
1. Teaching
Defined
2. Sources
of Data for Evaluating Teaching
a.
Student Assessments
b. Instructor's Self-Report and
Assessment
c.
Colleague's Review of Teaching
d. Teaching Materials.
e.
Direct Observation of Classroom Teaching
3.
Criteria for Judging Teaching
Effectiveness
a.
Content Expertise
b. Instructional Delivery
Skills
c.
Instructional Design Skills
d. Course Management Skills.
e.
Evaluation of Students:
f.
Faculty/Student Relationships
g. Facilitation of Student
Learning:
C. Evaluation
of Scholarship
D. Evaluation
of Service
E. Evaluation
of Grant Authorship
1. Purpose
2. Review
3. Policy/Procedure
F. Annual Evaluation
of instructors who are non-tenure track
4.06
Reappointment
A. Definition
of reappointment.
B. Reappointment
decisions and considerations.
C. Application
and Review Process.
4.07 Academic
Tenure and Promotion
A. Western
Carolina’s Philosophy toward Tenure and Promotion
B. Purpose
of Academic Tenure
C. Purpose
of Academic Ranks
D. Criteria for Tenure, Rank and Promotion
4.07.01 Tenure
A. Probationary
Period
B. Awarding
of Tenure
C. Eligibility
4.07.02 Rank
and Promotion
A. Rank
B. Eligibility
for Promotion
C. Application
and Review Process
1. Overview
2. Review Deadlines
3. Guidelines/ Principles for Review
Committees
a.
Overview
b. Departmental Committees
c.
College
Committees
d. University Committee
4.08 Post Tenure Review
A. Introduction
B. Faculty to
Be Reviewed
C. Timetable
D. Procedures
E. Criteria
F. Outcomes
G. Due Process
4.09 Termination
of Employment
A. Faculty
resignation and retirement.
B. Non-reappointment
C. Timely notice
D. Permissible and Impermissible Grounds for
non-reappointment (Richard Kucharski still needs to updated)
E. Discharge or the Imposition of Serious
Sanctions
F. Termination of a position for financial
exigency or major curtailment/elimination of a program
G. Assistance for Faculty Members and Rights
to New Positions