I. Purpose
最全菠菜网院(“学院”)建立了这个兼职教师晋升程序(“程序”)，通过晋升到更高的兼职教师级别的过程，对兼职教师对学术项目的持续贡献进行认可.
II. Scope and Applicability
A. This Procedure applies to all applications for promotion of Part-Time Faculty submitted after August 16, 2023.
B. This Procedure applies to Part-Time Faculty Members, as defined below, who have a sustained record of teaching and are eligible for promotion to the next rank, either for Lecturer II or Lecturer III.
C. This Procedure does not apply to full-time faculty.
D. Special Term Contract Faculty, as defined below, may apply for promotion as a Part-Time Faculty Member as set forth below, but such promotion will only be effective upon the Special Term Contract Faculty returning to Part-Time Faculty status.
E. Noncredit Faculty, as defined below, are generally excluded from this Procedure; however, if a Noncredit Faculty member has taught at the Collegiate Level, as defined below, 非学分教师可以申请晋升为兼职教师，其授课时数与学院水平的教学时数有关.
III. Definitions
A. All capitalized terms in this Procedure have the following meanings:
1. Academic Semester means the Fall and Spring semesters.
2. Application Package means the documents set forth in the Application Package Section below.
3. AVPL means the Associate Vice President for Learning and Academic Affairs.
4. Business Day is any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or day that the College is closed, such as holidays, spring break, winter break, or other day that the College announces that it is closed.
5. Certification Form means the application form titled Part-Time Faculty Certification of Minimum Eligibility for Promotion.
6. Noncredit Courses are classes that are not offered at the Collegiate Level.
7. Noncredit Faculty are faculty who are employed on a course-by-course basis to teach Noncredit Courses as demand requires, with the arrangement made by Written assignment.
8. Collegiate Level means courses for which students receive academic credit and Developmental Courses, but does not include Noncredit Courses.
9. 课程资料:指经选定的服务评审期间课堂教学使用的具有代表性的一套资料, prepared, and/or uniquely modified by the Faculty Member, including but not limited to, syllabi, lesson plans, examinations, assignments, projects, handouts, rubrics, assessments, feedback instruments, course presentations, multimedia resources, and so on.
10. Developmental Courses are zero-credit, 大学预科课程或相当于学分的英语语言学习课程，旨在帮助学生提高技能，为大学水平的课程做准备.
11. Duties of Part-Time Faculty are described in Section VI of the College Manual and include: reporting duties, management of faculty absences from class, administration of final examinations, availability for student conferences, and management of decorum in the classroom.
12. 兼职教师或兼职教师是指根据需要在大学水平上按课程授课的人员, with the arrangement to be made by Written assignment.
13. Professional Record Form means a document used to record and continuously update the Part-Time Faculty Member’s activities, accomplishments, achievements, and efforts made towards continuous improvement.
14. Rank means the title of Part-time Faculty as set forth in Section VI of the College Manual.
15. 特殊期限合同教师是指根据书面合同在学院任教一学期或一学年的教师，其教学时间超过兼职教师的教学负荷限制.
16. Supervisor means the Assistant Dean, Director, or designee, such as the Adjunct Faculty Coordinator or Academic Chair, to whom the Faculty Member directly reports.
17. Written or in writing means in the form of a letter, document, email, or electronic communication or transmission.
IV. Review of Minimum Qualifications
A. 当兼职教员达到《最全菠菜网》第VI节(“最低资历”)所载的职级的所有最低初始资历时，可申请晋升至下一级职级。.
B. Part-Time Faculty serving as Special Term Contract Faculty or Noncredit Faculty may apply for promotion in their capacity as Part-Time Faculty if the Part-Time Faculty Member meets all of the Minimum Qualifications for a Part-time Faculty Rank; however, 晋升只有在特别合同到期和/或以书面形式发出兼职教师任务后才有效.
C. For purposes of determining whether a Part-Time Faculty Member has met the Minimum Qualifications for Rank, 由兼职教员在学院级别授课的课程，仅按学院手册第六节规定的授课时数计算.
D. 如果兼职教师希望在9月1日之前申请秋季学期的晋升，并在2月1日之前申请春季学期的晋升，则兼职教师应向其主管提供书面通知.
E. 主管和院长应与兼职教员一起收集必要的信息，以完成证明表格. 院长将在9月8日(秋季学期申请)和2月8日(春季学期申请)之前将填好的表格发送给AVPL进行审查.
F. 秋季学期申请不迟于9月15日，春季学期申请不迟于2月15日，AVPL将审查兼职教员记录中的认证表、成绩单和其他文件，以验证兼职教员是否符合最低资格要求, and if so, will approve and sign the Certification Form and send a copy to the Part-Time Faculty Member, the Dean, and the Supervisor.
G. If the AVPL determines that the Part-Time Faculty Member has not met the Minimum Qualifications, the AVPL will notify the Part-Time Faculty Member, the Supervisor, 院长以书面形式告知兼职教员因未能在截止日期前达到最低资格要求而没有晋升资格.
H. The AVPL will maintain a copy of the Certification Form and any notice sent to the Part-Time Faculty Member.
V. Classroom Observation
主管负责对寻求晋升的兼职教员进行课堂观察，并填写院系课堂观察表(如果没有院系表格), the Classroom Observation Form.
VI. Application Package
A. By October 15 for a Fall semester application and March 15 for a Spring semester application, the Part-Time Faculty Member must submit the following information to the Supervisor:
1. Completed Professional Record Form; and
2. Course Materials.
B. 申请晋升的兼职教师必须在学院学习管理系统的电子档案中提交上述信息.
C. The Part-Time Faculty Member will notify the Supervisor in writing that the above materials are ready for review.
D. By November 15 for a Fall semester application or April 30 for a Spring semester application, the Supervisor will provide an Application Package to the Dean in writing, which will include the following:
1. A link to the Part-Time Faculty Member’s ePortfolio;
2. A departmental classroom observation form, or, if there is not a departmental form, the Classroom Observation Form completed by the Supervisor;
3. A completed Summary Narrative Form, 其中包括由监督员对以下内容进行评估(详见手册第六节的详细定义和描述):
a. The Part-Time Faculty Member’s teaching effectiveness;
b. The Part-Time Faculty Member’s student opinion forms as follows:
i. 如果兼职教员在学院的教学时间少于十五(15)小时，并且正在申请晋升为二级讲师, all student opinion forms for courses taught at the College must be submitted;
ii. 如果兼职教员在学院教授了至少十五(15)个教学负荷时数，并且正在申请晋升为二级讲师, the student opinion forms for the most recent fifteen (15) faculty load hours taught at the College; or
iii. If the Part-Time Faculty Member is applying for promotion to Lecturer III, the student opinion forms for the most recent twenty-four (24) faculty load hours taught at the College.
c. The Part-Time Faculty Member’s Course Materials;
d. The Part-Time Faculty Member’s Professional Record Form; and
e. The Part-time Faculty Member’s performance of Duties.
4. 一封推荐信，总结导师推荐或不推荐兼职教员晋升的原因.
E. By December 15 for a Fall semester application or May 30 for a Spring semester application, 院长将审查申请包，并向AVPL提出正式建议，总结院长建议或不建议将兼职教员晋升到AVPL的原因.
VII. Promotion
A. By January 5 for a Fall semester application or June 15 for a Spring semester application, the AVPL or designee will review the Formal Recommendation and decide whether to approve the promotion.
1. If the AVPL approves the promotion of the Part-Time Faculty Member, the AVPL will notify the Part-Time Faculty Member, the Dean, and the Supervisor in writing, and the promotion will become effective at the beginning of the next Academic Semester.
2. If the AVPL does not approve the promotion of the Part-Time Faculty Member, the AVPL will notify the Part-Time Faculty Member, the Dean, and the Supervisor in writing and provide the reasons for not approving the promotion.
B. If approved for promotion, the AVPL or designee will update the Part-Time Faculty Member’s Rank in the system of record to reflect the promotion.
C. In approving the promotion of Part-Time Faculty, the College makes no representations or guarantees of future course assignments.
VIII. Deadlines
If any deadline stated in this Procedure falls on a weekend or a day on which the College is closed, the deadline will be extended to the next Business Day.
IX. Records
A. 证明表格和批准或不批准通知将成为兼职教员评估材料档案的一部分，并且是保密的.
B. The Part-Time Faculty Member will be provided access to their personnel file upon request.
C. The Application Package will be maintained in accordance with the College’s document retention schedule, as outlined in Section VI of the College Manual.
D. 本程序中描述的所有表格必须由教务长/学习副校长批准，用于兼职教师晋升过程.
Procedure Title: Promotion of Part-Time Faculty Procedure
Policy Category: Faculty Affairs
Policy Owner: Provost/Vice President of Learning
Policy Administrator: Associate Vice President of Learning and Academic Affairs
Contact Information: Dr. Tina Smith; 410-777-2776; ksmith56@volamdolong.com
Approval Date: June 5, 2023
Effective Date: August 16, 2023
History: Interim Procedure approved on August 1, 2022
Applies to: Part-Time Faculty applying for promotion
Related Policies: N/A
Related Procedures: N/A
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Relevant Laws: N/A