Common use of For Contract Faculty Clause in Contracts

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) four weeks of employment. This committee shall serve as a standing committee until the contract faculty member mem- ber is granted tenure or has his/her contract non-renewed. The committee shall consist of three (3) tenured faculty in the contract con- tract faculty member’s discipline (or closely related discipline if tenured faculty are not available in the Districtavailable), the Department Chair or designeeChair, and an academic administrator, who will chair the committee. Department Chairs Depart- ments and/or disciplines shall appoint the tenured faculty members mem- bers to the committeecommittee in order of seniority. At least least, one tenured faculty member who served on the contract member’s initial hiring hir- ing 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 De- partment Chair or, if an administrator, by the President president or his/ 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 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 re- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ the contract faculty member’s continued service to the District. The committee should assist the contract faculty member mem- ber in meeting and fulfilling the job-responsibility criteria set forth in the job announcement under which the contract faculty member mem- ber was appointed. Using the criteria in the advertised job announcementan- nouncement, the committee, in consultation with the contract faculty fac- ulty member, shall establish: establish (1) the scope, scope and process it will follow fol- low in evaluating the performance and professional competencies competen- cies of the contract faculty member and (2) the manner by which the contract faculty member can receive assistance. The commit- tee Chair will send a written record of the scope and process de- termined to all committee members and to the contract faculty member within five (5) working days of the committee’s initial meeting. The committee shall meet at least once during the spring semester of each academic year as a follow-up to the formal re- view completed during the fall semester. At a minimum, the review committee’s yearly report shall include written administrative and peer reviews from classroom visita- tions from each member of the committee, student surveys of all classes (or alternative instruments for non-teaching faculty), es- tablishment of tentative professional growth goals, and evidence of subject-matter proficiency. The review may include, but is not limited to, adherence to course outlines of record; communica- tion skills, both written and oral; exploration of alternative deliv- ery methods including computer, video, or other electronic me- dia; timeliness and accuracy of Class I records and reports for which he/she is responsible, fulfillment of flex-time obligations, and involvement in student activities. Each member of the com- mittee shall write a narrative statement supporting his/her overall judgment of the contract faculty member; and’s fulfillment of the job responsibilities as listed in the advertised job announcement or as subsequently assigned by the District. Contract faculty members in the second, third, and fourth years of service shall submit to the committee a written report of professional activities relevant to their performance at the college during the past year. Any dis- cussion of the report is limited by the scope of the evaluation. After completion of the formal report, the committee may review, for informational purposes only, the contract faculty member’s grade distribution and retention statistics. This information shall not be part of the formal review process or report. c. The committee shall not include documents other than those pro- duced or requested by the review committee in the tenure record, except by agreement of the members of the committee. Contract faculty members have the right to respond in writing to any docu- ments placed in the tenure review and evaluation record.