Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation |
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September 1, 2009 |
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Department head or chair completes Section 1 of the Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form and distributes to faculty members. Forms can be downloaded at: http://www.umass.edu/provost/admin/personnel/afr.html |
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October 16, 2009 |
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Faculty members submit completed Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form (Sections II-V) to department heads or chairs. If applicable, alternative department or program chair completes Section VI. |
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November 6, 2009 |
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Department personnel committee and department head or chair returns completed Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form (Sections VII-VIII) to the faculty member. |
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November 20, 2009 |
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Faculty member completes Section IX of Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form, retains one photocopy and returns original to department head or chair. |
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December 7, 2009 |
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Department head or chair retains one photocopy and sends completed original Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form to the dean. |
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December 31, 2009 |
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Dean retains one photocopy of completed Annual Faculty Report and Evaluation Form and forwards original to the Provost. If the dean makes any comments, the dean shall send a copy of this final page to the faculty member and the appropriate department head or chair when the dean forwards the form to the Provost. |
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Tenure and Associated Promotion |
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September 1, 2009 |
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Department heads and chairpersons must, within the first three weeks of the semester, notify all members of their departments who are scheduled for reappointment or tenure consideration during the semester that a review of their records will be made for the purpose of a personnel recommendation. |
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November 6, 2009 |
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Department heads' and chairs' recommendations for tenure and associated promotions for those faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2009-2010 due in deans' offices. |
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January 4, 2010 |
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Deans' recommendations for tenure and associated promotions for those faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2009-2010, second semester, due in the Provost's Office. |
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August 15, 2010 |
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University procedures require that faculty members being considered for tenure be notified of the award of tenure, or of one-year terminal appointments, no later than this date. |
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Out of Phase Tenure Dates |
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For faculty members whose tenure decision year is fall semester, 2010-11, please observe the following dates: |
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March 5, 2010 |
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Tenure recommendations for faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2010-2011 first semester, due in deans’ offices. |
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April 9, 2010 |
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Tenure recommendations for faculty members whose tenure decision year is 2010-2011 first semester, due in the Provost's Office. |
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Promotions Not Associated with Tenure |
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January 19, 2010 |
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Recommendations for promotions not associated with tenure due in deans' offices. |
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February 22, 2010 |
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Deans' recommendations for promotions not associated with tenure due in the Provost's Office. |
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Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II Promotion Timing |
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September 1, 2009 |
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Department heads and chairpersons must, within sixty days of the start of the fall semester, notify all members in their departments who are scheduled for review to the rank of Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II. |
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January 29, 2010 |
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The faculty member under consideration for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II submits his or her portfolio to the department head or chair. |
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February 26, 2010 |
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Department personnel committee recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due to department head or chair. |
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March 15, 2010 |
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Department head or chair recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due to the college level review committee. |
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April 2, 2010 |
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College level review committee recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due in the Dean’s Office. |
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April 23, 2010 |
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Dean’s recommendation for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Senior Lecturer II due in the Provost’s Office. |
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Reappointments |
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September 1, 2009 |
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Department heads and chairpersons must, within the first three weeks of the semester, notify all members of their departments who are scheduled for reappointment or tenure consideration during the semester that a review of their records will be made for the purpose of a personnel recommendation. |
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October 2, 2009 |
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Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in second year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. |
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November 9, 2009 |
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Recommendations due in Provost's Office for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in second year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. |
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November 20, 2009 |
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Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. |
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December 15, 2009 |
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Notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in second year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. If an initial two-year appointment terminates during an academic year, notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment must be given at least 6 months in advance of its termination. |
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January 22, 2010 |
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Recommendations due in the Provost's Office for reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in their first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. |
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March 1, 2010 |
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Notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in their first year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2010. If an initial one-year appointment terminates during an academic year, notification of reappointment must be given at least 3 months in advance of its termination. |
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March 2, 2010 |
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Recommendations due in deans' offices for reappointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2011. |
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April 6, 2010 |
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Recommendations due in Provost's Office for reappointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2011. |
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August 15, 2010 |
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Notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment of faculty members in their second or later year of service whose current appointments expire August 31, 2011. If an appointment terminates during an academic year, notification of reappointment or expiration of appointment must be given at least 12 months in advance of its termination. |
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Sabbatical Leaves |
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September 1, 2009 |
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Application forms for sabbatical leaves available in department offices. The sabbatical leave policy and application are available at: http://www.umass.edu/provost/admin/personnel/index.html |
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October 6, 2009 |
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Deadline for submission to department heads of sabbatical leave reports for all those who took sabbatical leaves during the academic year 2008-2009. |
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November 6, 2009 |
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Applications for sabbatical leaves for 2010-2011 are due in department offices. |
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December 11, 2009 |
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Sabbatical leave reports for 2008-2009, with department head's or chair's summary, due in deans’ offices. |
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December 14, 2009 |
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Sabbatical leave requests for 2010-2011 (1st semester, 2nd semester, or entire year), approved by department heads or chairs, due in deans’ offices. |
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January 29, 2010 |
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Sabbatical leave reports for 2008-2009, with dean's summary, due in the Provost's Office. |
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January 29, 2010 |
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Sabbatical leave requests for 2010-2011, approved by deans, due in the Provost's Office. |
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March 19, 2010 |
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Notification of faculty members granted sabbatical leaves for 2010-2011 (except those being considered for tenure). |
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April 2, 2010 |
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Final date for faculty members to apply for cancellation of previously approved full-time sabbatical leaves commencing in 2010-2011, or for conversion of previously approved full-year sabbatical leaves commencing in 2010-2011 to half-year sabbatical leaves to be taken in either semester of 2010-2011. (Conversions from half-year to full-year sabbaticals may still be approved at the discretion of the dean.) |
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Leaves without Pay |
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Application for leaves without pay for either or both semester, 2010-2011, may be filed with department heads or |
chairpersons and deans as soon as appropriate justification for them is complete. However, the following dates |
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April 2, 2010 |
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Final date for faculty members to apply for cancellation of previously approved leaves without pay for either or both semesters, 2010-2011. (Applications for leaves without pay in 2010-2011 may, however, be considered after this date.) |
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Anomaly Increases |
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October 30, 2009 |
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Anomaly recommendations due in departmental offices. |
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December 11, 2009 |
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Anomaly recommendations due in deans' offices with department personnel committee's recommendation. |
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January 22, 2010 |
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Anomaly recommendations due in the Provost's Office. |
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Periodic Multi-Year Review |
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January 4, 2010 |
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Faculty members who are scheduled for Periodic Multi-Year Review during 2009-2010 must submit review materials to the department head or chair. |
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April 23, 2010 |
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Department heads and chairs must notify their faculty members who are scheduled for Periodic Multi-Year Review during academic year 2010-2011. |
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August 6, 2010 |
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The Dean submits the 2009-2010 Annual Periodic Multi-Year Report to the Provost. |
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Other Pertinent Dates |
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May 1, 2010 |
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No offer of appointment for Fall 2010 to faculty members at another college or university should be made after this date without special clearance (AAUP standard). |
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May 15, 2010 |
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Faculty members should not resign after this date (AAUP standard). |
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