53 Full-Time Faculty Contract Full-time faculty serve on a probationary contract for the first three years. An additional year of probation may be required. Upon completion of the probationary period, full-time faculty have the opportunity to apply for appointment to a continuous contract. The application process usually takes place during the third year (to be effective at the start of the fourth year), but faculty can request permission from their Chair and AVP/Executive Director to apply in the fourth probationary year (to be effective at the start of their fifth year). This continuous contract is considered on-going unless under conditions of program discontinuance, decreased program viability, or financial exigency, and are subject to non-renewal or dismissal per the Separation from Employment Policy and Appeal Procedure for Involuntary Separation from Employment. The College has a formal appointment process for full-time faculty to move from probationary to continuous contract, as well as move from one classification/rank to the next in a consistent manner. Full-time faculty must observe the following submission dates: • December 1 - Faculty applying for promotion submit their “Application Form for Promotion” to Human Resources; verification of eligibility comes directly from Human Resources. Faculty need to have the required number of graduate and/or alternative credits to apply for promotion in their Human Resources personnel file by December 1 • January 31 - Faculty inform their Department Chair and Coordinator of Faculty Appointment and Promotion Process (FAPP) of their intent to apply for promotion/continuous contract • February 15 - Faculty submit annual Self-Evaluation Rubric to their Chair. • March 15 - Chair returns signed copy of annual Self-Evaluation Rubric to faculty and forwards to their AVP or Executive Director. • By April 7 - Faculty applying for promotion/continuous contract must complete their Performance Appraisal with their AVP or Executive Director. • By April 21 - Faculty submit promotion/continuous contract Evaluation Rubric to Department Chair. • By April 30 - Chair returns promotion/continuous contract Evaluation Rubric to faculty. Faculty have until May 5 to submit acknowledgement of receipt. • By May 1 - Faculty NOT applying for promotion/continuous contract must complete their Performance Appraisal with AVP or Executive Director to meet by May 1. • By May 31 – The Department Chairs will forward recommendations for promotion/continuous contract for approval to the Provost/EVP for AACEWD. • June – Promotion/continuous contracts are announced to the Board of Trustees. • August 1 - Approved promotion/continuous contracts go into effect. Faculty receiving a promotion would receive a step increment increase on August 1 of the next fiscal year in accordance with the approved pay scales for faculty. DEPARTMENT CHAIR ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES A Department Chair manages the academic department. A Department Chair is a member of the faculty with administrative responsibilities. The chair is elected by department colleagues for a three-year renewable term. The chair reports to their supervising Associate Vice President/Dean. The chair may be assisted in some of these responsibilities by Program
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