Proposal to Introduce a Teaching Professoriate

July 24, 2024

Overview of Teaching Professoriate Presentation

• Teaching Professoriate working group
• Overview of affected Articles
• Proposed language relating to Teaching Professoriate
• Other proposed language in affected Articles

Teaching Professoriate Working Group

• Schedule W established a Teaching Professoriate working group to “assess the feasibility and desirability of creating a Teaching Professoriate, including a career path for Instructor IIIs”
• Working group report signed by ULFA and Board on April 14, 2023.
• “All members of this Working Group agree that creating a Teaching Professoriate is desirable and may be feasible.”

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Teaching Professoriate Working Group

• Guiding principles from working group report:
• Creation of a "Teaching Professor" rank … equivalent to a full professor … include former Instructor Ill's who have become Faculty Members through an STP promotion process
• Phased introduction of the Teaching Professoriate … an initial promotion of 5 Instructor Ill's to the rank of Teaching Professor
• STP committee for further promotion of Instructor Ills to Teaching Professor to include the existing complement of Teaching Professors

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Teaching Professoriate Working Group

• Potential criteria for promotion from working group report:
• 10 years of successful contributions at the Instructor Ill level
• Outstanding record of excellence in teaching, and evidence of leadership in teaching
• Contributions to teaching with impact on the broader teaching community

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Overview of Affected Articles

• Articles 2, 13, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 35 and 37
• Schedule D
• Schedule WW (new Schedule describing the processes required for phased introduction of a Teaching Professoriate)

Article 2: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define “Teaching Professor”

Article 2: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define maximum Academic Career Years for a Teaching Professor

Article 13: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define scholarly work for a Teaching Professor

Article 13: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define scholarly work for a Teaching Professor

Article 21: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Addition of “educational leadership” for Teaching Professors to the list of potential duties

Article 21: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Addition of Teaching Professors to the list of Members eligible for research and study leave

Article 23: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Addition of language for calculation of Performance Scores for Teaching Professors (for Career Progress Increments and Merit Awards)

Article 24: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Defining initial Academic Career Years for a Member promoted from Instructor III to Teaching Professor

Article 24: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Defining minimum standards for a Teaching Professor to earn career progress

Article 25: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• STP committee composition for promotion to Teaching Professor

Article 25: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• STP committee composition for promotion to Teaching Professor

Article 28: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define conditions under which Instructor III may apply for promotion to Teaching Professor

Article 35: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define Teaching Professors as Faculty Members

Article 35: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define performance evaluation criteria for Teaching Professors

Article 35: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define tenure criteria for Teaching Professors

Article 35: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define promotion criteria for Teaching Professors (as Professors)

Article 37: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Define conditions for promotion from Instructor III to Teaching Professor

Schedule D: Language for Teaching Professoriate

• Add Educational Leadership Activities to Research and Creative Activity category in Professional Activities Report

Schedule WW:

Phased Introduction of Teaching Professors

• Themes for phased introduction:
• Establish a university-wide STP committee chaired by VP (Academic)
• Mirror standard STP committee/protocols as much as possible
• STP committee evaluates each applicant wrt promotion criteria
• If more than five applicants receive positive votes, STP committee identifies strongest five applicants and recommends their promotion

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Schedule WW:

Phased Introduction of Teaching Professors

• Themes for phased introduction:
• Process is repeated biannually until both Parties agree that promotion from Instructor III to Teaching Professor can be managed via standard STP procedures
• A joint review committee is struck three years after the first promotion of an Instructor III to Teaching Professor (language analogous to that for JCEDI)

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Schedule WW:

Phased Introduction of Teaching Professors

• Schedule WW

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Other Proposed Language in Affected Articles

• Over to Locke…

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