Common use of The Department Chairperson Clause in Contracts

The Department Chairperson. The Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statement. He/she shall also insert in the dossier letters by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such exist. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: • All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. • In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those department faculty who hold the same or higher rank than that being sought by the candidate are permitted to vote on the promotion recommendation. However, a department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. • In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standards, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. Prior to review by departmental/unit faculty the dossier is deemed to be “closed.” As such, material in the dossier will be neither removed nor replaced as the dossier progresses through the various levels of review. Additional material may only be added to a “closed” dossier according to the guidelines referred to in Section 0.x.xx of this Article.

The Department Chairperson. The In academic units without Department Chairs, the Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statement. He/she shall also insert in the dossier letters by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such exist. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: • All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. • In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those department faculty who hold the same or higher rank than that being sought by the candidate are permitted to vote on the promotion recommendation. However, a department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. • In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standards, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. Prior to review by departmental/unit faculty the dossier is deemed to be “closed.” As such, material ma- terial in the dossier will be neither removed nor replaced as the dossier progresses through the various levels of review. Additional material may only be added to a “closed” dossier according accord- ing to the guidelines referred to in Section 0.x.xx of this Articlebelow.

The Department Chairperson. The In academic units without Department Chairs, the Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statement. He/she shall also insert in the dossier letters by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such exist. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: •  All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. •  In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those department faculty who hold the same or higher rank than that being sought by the candidate are permitted to vote on the promotion recommendation. However, a department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. •  In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standards, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. Prior to review by departmental/unit faculty the dossier is deemed to be “closed.” As such, material in the dossier will be neither removed nor replaced as the dossier progresses through the various levels of review. Additional material may only be added to a “closed” dossier according to the guidelines referred to in Section 0.x.xx of this Article.

The Department Chairperson. The Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statement. He/she They shall also insert in the dossier letters by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such exist. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: • All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. • In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those department faculty who hold the same or higher rank than that being sought by the candidate are permitted to vote on the promotion recommendation. However, a department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. • In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standards, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. Prior to review by departmental/unit faculty the dossier is deemed to be “closed.” As such, material in the dossier will be neither removed nor replaced as the dossier progresses through the various levels of review. Additional material may only be added to a “closed” dossier according to the guidelines referred to in Section 0.x.xx of this Article. Following consultation with departmental/unit faculty as described above, the Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee shall make a determination on the proposed personnel action under review and prepare a Chair’s statement. The Chair’s statement shall be in the form of a written assessment of the candidate’s record, which will include narrative evaluation of the candidate’s teaching, advising, scholarship/research/creative work and service and will measure the candidate’s performance against any departmental, school or college RPT guidelines, where such exist, taking into account the nature of the type of RPT action involved. The Chair/Xxxx’x designee should also address any circumstances of the appointment (e.g. significant administrative responsibilities) that warrant consideration in assessing the faculty member’s academic contributions. The Chairperson’s statement should also include a faithful summary of the advice received, both favorable and unfavorable, from faculty concerning the candidate’s record in the areas of teaching, advising, scholarship/research/creative work and service together with a numeric, anonymous tally of the department vote. In cases where the department includes multiple disciplines commonly recognized within academe, the Chair shall separately summarize the views of faculty in the discipline of the faculty member under review. The Chair shall prepare a faithful summary of the external evaluators’ comments, both favorable and unfavorable. The Chair’s statement will also indicate the materials that were provided to the outside evaluators, as well as the basis for selecting those evaluators and a description of their qualifications and relationship to the candidate. A faculty member shall be provided a copy of the Chair’s written statement and may add a written rebuttal to the file within seven (7) days from the date the statement was delivered either by email or by e-mail and by hand. At this time, the faculty member may also write a rebuttal to any comments made by outside evaluators. A faculty member may elect to withdraw their request for RPT action within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Chair’s statement. Such a decision shall be communicated in writing to the Department Chair and Xxxx. In academic units without Department Chairs, the Xxxx shall serve as the first level of administrative review unless the Xxxx has appointed a designee to serve as the first level of review.

The Department Chairperson. The Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statementStatement, which will include narrative evaluation of the candidate’s teaching, advising, scholarship/research/creative work and service, and will measure the candidate’s performance against any departmental, School or College RPT guidelines where such exist, taking into ac- count the nature of the type of RPT action involved. He/she In academic units without departments, such statement shall also insert in the dossier letters be prepared by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such existXxxx. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee Chairperson is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, tenured and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: • All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. • In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those faculty relative to the candidate’s work in the performance areas evaluated prior to the completion of their statement and recommendation. The Chairperson’s statement should include a faithful summary of the advice received, both favorable and unfavorable, from department faculty who hold colleagues concerning the same or higher rank than that being sought by candidate’s record in the areas of teaching, advising, research/creative activity and service. A numeric, anonymous tally of any department vote taken on the candidate are permitted will be provided to vote the faculty member evaluated. Following consultation with departmental faculty, the Chairperson shall make a determination on the promotion recommendationproposed person- nel action under review. However, The determination shall be in the form of a written assessment of the candidate’s record. A faculty member will receive a copy of the Chair’s written assessment and may add a written rebuttal to the file. The faculty member may also write a rebuttal to any comments made by outside evaluators of his or her research. These rebuttals will be placed in the candidate’s dossier before being passed on to the next level of review assuming they are timely received. A faculty member may elect to withdraw his or her request for RPT action within fifteen days of receipt of the depart- ment chair’s decision. In academic units without department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. • In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standardschairs, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. Prior to review by departmental/unit faculty the dossier is deemed to be “closed.” As such, material in the dossier will be neither removed nor replaced Xxxx shall serve as the dossier progresses through the various levels first level of administrative review. Additional material may only be added to a “closed” dossier according to the guidelines referred to in Section 0.x.xx of this Article.