VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #F007

3.11.4 The Review Process for Promotion and Tenure.............................................................. 27 4. HONORARY APPOINTMENTS ..................................................................................................................29 5. HONORARY DEGREES ............................................................................................................................30 6. DURATION OF POLICY ...........................................................................................................................30 1. PURPOSE The Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Faculty Policy and Procedures is to assure: • All teaching faculty have the appropriate credentials • All faculty are recognized for their contributions in the areas of academics, research and scholarly activity, and service o Academic contributions may be in the area of direct teaching, the development of teaching materials, and academic advising and mentoring, leadership and administration

2. FACULTY CLASSIFICATIONS The faculty will be divided into the following classifications: • Academic Track Faculty • Research Track Faculty • Clinical Track Faculty • Adjunct Faculty 2.1 Academic Track Faculty, Full-time

Full-time academic track faculty may be biomedical, clinical, or research faculty employed by VCOM. All full-time academic track faculty are responsible for teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service. The full-time academic track faculty member must meet the minimum requirement of 1,400 hours of their primary job duties being dedicated to education or research administration, VCOM student and/or resident education, research and scholarly activity, and to college or professional service. Full-time academic faculty fall in to two categories: • Full-time faculty who are directly employed by VCOM for 32 hours or greater per week; or • Full-time faculty who are directly employed by VCOM for academic duties less than 32 hours per week but who are employed by a VCOM affiliated research center or VCOM affiliated academic health center/practice and who are engaged in teaching, research and scholarly activity, and/or service for the remaining hours that bring the total time participating in teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service (including clinical service) to greater than 32 hours per week. Clinical faculty who are full-time with the College generally apply under the Academic Track. Clinical faculty whose role is limited to the supervision and education of students solely in the clinical setting and who do not hold significant responsibility to VCOM for teaching, research and scholarly activity, and service, generally apply under the Clinical Track. Full-time status is not granted to visiting faculty, contractual faculty, or part-time faculty who do not have collective full-time duties that contribute to the College Faculty performance for all full-time academic track faculty is subject to annual review. The Provost, the Campus Dean, Associate Dean and the Discipline/Department Chair determine the specific duties for teaching, research and scholarly activity, and college service and perform the annual evaluations.

VCOM Faculty Appointments and Promotion Policy

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