Common use of Procedures for Renewal and Confirmation of Appointment Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Renewal and Confirmation of Appointment. (i) Instructor employees shall be considered first by the departmental tenure committee, or equivalent, for renewal of appointment and confirmation. When any Instructor employee is being considered by any such committee or mechanism, an Instructor employee other than the employee under consideration shall be added as a member of the committee or mechanism, and shall remain a member for all consideration of the Instructor employee in question. Where a department has only one (1) Instructor employee, an observer from the same faculty as the Instructor employee shall be named by the Association and shall be present for all consideration of the Instructor employee. Such an observer may divulge matters relating to the deliberations of the committee only to higher level committees, the Grievance Sub-Committee or an arbitrator in the event of an appeal. Instructor employees shall cooperate with the decision-making bodies at the department, faculty and University level in providing information relevant to their candidacies. (ii) The committee shall make a recommendation to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇, and shall submit all reasonable supporting evidence by October 31st of the year in question. (iii) Each candidate shall be informed of the committee's recommendation by the department chairperson. (iv) A candidate may at this time submit additional information including the names of referees to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ if he/she believes that his/her case has not been adequately represented.