Confidentiality of Personnel Deliberations
Composition of Departmental Personnel Committees (Probationary and Temporary Appointment, Retention, Tenure, and Promotion, and Evaluation of Temporary, Probationary and Tenured Faculty)
Composition of Departmental Personnel Committees
The department annually elects 3 personnel committees.
The probationary and tenured faculty members of the department or equivalent unit shall elect a peer review committee(s) of tenured faculty members. When there are insufficient eligible members to serve on the peer committee, the department shall elect members from a related academic discipline(s).
(The Committees, as a whole, must take responsibility for the following tasks: Probationary Appointment; Temporary Appointment; Retention, Tenure and Promotion; Range Elevation; Evaluation of Temporary Faculty; Evaluation of Probationary Faculty; Evaluation of Tenured Faculty (Post-Tenure review); Evaluation for Request to Emeritus status; and Collaboration on the Development of Individual Professional Plans. It is required that each unit indicate below which Committee is responsible for each of these tasks.)
| Committee Titles and Responsibilities |
Number of Members (at least 3; all tenured full time) (Indicate if must be (full) professor rank) |
Number of Alternates (1 or more; all tenured full-time)* (Indicate if must be (full) professor rank) |
|---|---|---|
|
RTP Committee: Retention, Tenure, and Promotion; Evaluation of Probationary and Tenured Faculty; Collaboration on the Development of Individual Professional Plans; Range Elevation; and Reviews of all Individual Profession Plans |
3 (Full Professors) |
1 (Full Professor) |
|
Appointment Committee: Probationary and Temporary Appointment |
3 (tenured faculty) (1 probationary faculty member may be elected) |
1 (tenured faculty) |
|
Temporary Faculty Evaluation Committee Evaluation of Temporary Faculty |
3 (tenured faculty) |
3 (tenured faculty) |
Eligibility for Committee Service and Balloting
Recruitment of Probationary Faculty
Appointment of Probationary Faculty
Personnel Action Files
Individualized Professional Plans
Additional:
The individualized Professional Plan shall establish clear and well-defined criteria for evaluating Satisfactory Performance in Categories AB and C for the Candidate, if the Plan intends to alter these criteria in any way. Any criteria differing from the standard departmental and college RTP criteria for the three Categories shall supersede the standard departmental and college RTP criteria in the respective Categories. This often, but does not necessarily, involve modification of criteria for Category B, Professional Contributions. This plan must be approved by the faculty member, department RTP committee, chair, College Dean, and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Eligibility for Tenure and Promotion
| Area of Specialization | Terminal Degree |
|---|---|
| Fields in Mechanical Engineering | Doctorate |
Evaluation of Permanent Instructional Faculty
Additional:
- Publications related to engineering, or teaching, including, but not limited to: books, chapters in books, articles in refereed journals, or in conference proceedings.
- Attendance and presentations at professional engineering, or teaching related meetings.
- Research and training grants and awards received related to engineering or teaching.
- Reviews of articles for refereed journals.
- Reviews of textbook manuscripts.
- Honors and awards received related to engineering.
- Consulting performed as an expert in engineering.
- Patents granted.
- Positions held in national professional engineering societies.
- Attainment of professional registration
- Demonstration of professional growth through, for example, completion of classes, seminars, etc..
Committee Procedures
Review of Faculty Holding Joint Appointments and of Faculty Active in Interdisciplinary Programs
Student Consultation in Academic Personnel Processes
Additional:
Student opinion surveys on instruction will be administered in all classes taught by temporary and probationary faculty members hired by the Department.
Student opinion surveys on instruction will be administered annually in at least two (2) classes, for each tenured faculty member, in the earliest semester(s) the faculty member is on duty starting with the fall semester.
Oral Testimony
Role of Department/Division/School Chair or Director
Appointment of Temporary Faculty
Evaluation of Temporary Faculty
Additional:
Evaluation of teaching performance based upon classroom observations shall be conducted by the department chair or members of the department personnel committee. The criteria to be used to evaluate currency in the field include:
- Student Opinion Surveys
- Peer observation of teaching
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At least one (1) other source of information such as a course syllabi, instructional materials, assignments, examinations, and signed letters from attesting to the faculty member's teaching ability by students
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Academic and scholarly contributions to the faculty member's profession and field
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Participation of activities of scholarly or professional societies
Consideration for Three-Year Appointments
Consideration for Range Elevation
Additional:
A successful candidate for range elevation must have a demonstrated record of satisfactory performance at CSULA in Category A, "Educational Performance'' as set forth in the section titled ''Policies and Criteria Governing Retention, Tenure, and Promotion." All criteria related to Category A apply to the temporary faculty member. In the same section, the criteria related to Category B, "Professional Achievement," and Category C, "Contributions to the University," apply to the temporary faculty member only to the degree that is commensurate with the appointment of the temporary faculty member.
The department committee shall consider for range elevation all eligible temporary faculty members, unless a temporary faculty member requests in writing not to be so considered. All policies related to Category A apply to the temporary faculty member. The policies related to Categories B and C apply to the temporary faculty member only to the degree that is commensurate with the appointment of the temporary faculty member.