MEMORANDUM

To: UW-Whitewater Faculty, Deans, and Department Chairs

From: Beverly Kopper,  Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Hephzibah Kumpaty, Chair, Faculty Senate

Subject: Reappointment/promotion/tenure procedures

Date: June 15, 2010

The following procedures will be used for reappointment/promotion/tenure for the 2010-2010 academic year. Keep in mind that faculty hired with prior years of credited service will be reviewed with those years taken into consideration. For example, if a second-year faculty member at UW-W was originally hired with two years of credited service, that faculty member will then be reviewed as a fourth-year faculty member, including review by the College Constituency Committee.1

1. The UW-Whitewater Faculty Personnel Rules will be used for reappointment, promotion, and tenure reviews. They may be found at http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/rulesrev.pdf. The Rules have been revised and are being prepared for the web; thus, the pages referenced in #6 below may adjust slightly.
2. Probationary faculty whose initial contracts begin in the fall of 2010 and who have been issued a two-year contract will not be formally reviewed in 2010-2011. Departments will conduct a consultation for those faculty following the first semester on campus.
3. During the fall of 2010, departments will review those probationary faculty on one-year contracts or who are in the second year of a two-year contract. During the fall 2010 review, departments will decide whether or not to reappoint these probationary faculty members, and also whether to offer two-year or one-year contracts to these probationary faculty members. Both decisions must be forwarded to the dean.
4. Continuing faculty in the first year of a two-year contract will undergo a consultation during the fall of 2010. Continuing faculty in their fourth year and who are in the first year of a two-year contract should consult their department chairs for information on submission of review materials to the College Constituency Committee.
5. University standards (see http://www.uww.edu/acadaff/admin/personnel/promotions.html) will be used. As college and department standards are approved, they will also be used.
6. The sequence of reviewers who make decisions or recommendations on the various reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure reviews, including faculty with credited years of experience, is found in the tables of the Rules, pp. 54-55. See also specifically Section C, pages 13-28 for details. See Section III, C, 4, v (p. 16) for the department’s responsibilities.