For Contract Faculty Clause Samples

For Contract Faculty a. A tenure review and evaluation committee shall be formed and meet during the first six (6) weeks of employment. This committee shall serve as a standing committee until the contract faculty member is granted tenure or has his/her contract non-renewed. The committee shall consist of three (3) tenured faculty in the contract faculty member’s discipline (or closely related discipline if tenured faculty are not available in the District), the Department Chair or designee, and an academic administrator, who will chair the committee. Department Chairs shall appoint the tenured faculty members to the committee. At least one tenured faculty member who served on the contract member’s initial hiring committee shall be appointed. If a vacancy on the committee occurs before the committee has completed its responsibilities, a replacement tenured faculty member shall be selected by the Department Chair or, if an administrator, by the President or his/ her designee. All tenured faculty have a professional obligation to serve on one or more tenure review committees as part of their professional responsibilities. They may serve, but are not required to serve on more than two (2) committees. The contract faculty member undergoing review shall be present at all meetings of the review committee. b. The committee’s primary duty is to make a recommendation regarding the contract faculty member’s continued service to the District. The committee should assist the contract faculty member in meeting and fulfilling the job-responsibility criteria set forth in the job announcement under which the contract faculty member was appointed. Using the criteria in the advertised job announcement, the committee, in consultation with the contract faculty member, shall establish: (1) the scope, and process will follow in evaluating the performance and professional competencies of the contract faculty member; and

For Contract Faculty a. A tenure review and evaluation committee shall be formed and meet during the first six (6) weeks of employment. This committee shall serve as a standing committee until the contract faculty member is granted tenure or has his/her contract non-renewed. The committee shall consist of three (3) tenured faculty in the contract faculty member’s discipline (or closely related discipline FTE of their annual load. Those who teach part of their yearly assignment during the intersessions shall prorate their required office hours (.2000 = 1 hour). A faculty member may elect to hold one (1) virtual office hour, which should be listed on his or her TA as a regularly scheduled office hour.