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expected to meet with their supervisor at least annually to review activities from the preceding year, establish goals for the current academic year, and identify ways to facilitate those goals. During these meetings, faculty and supervisor are expected to discuss teaching and clinic assignments for the upcoming year and formulate formal requests for assignment changes. Examples of forms completed by faculty members in the Department of Biological and Vision Sciences, Department of Clinical Education and UEC may be found in Appendices V-8b , V-8c and V-8d respectively. If an individual faculty performs functions in multiple areas within the College, the primary supervisor seeks input from other supervisors who interact with that faculty so that a comprehensive annual review occurs. These various sources of information, including the faculty’s curriculum vitae and list of publications/accomplishments over the past year , are used by the primary supervisor in making recommendations for merit pay increases. Letters from supervisors are included in promotion and tenure decisions. Recommendations for promotion and tenure are made to the administration by the Committee on Professional Qualifications (CPQ), which is constituted of five elected tenured faculty members excluding department chairs and other college officers. Two representatives from each of the two departments are elected by the faculty members of their respective departments, and one representative from the UEC is elected by UEC faculty members. The entire voting faculty elects two at large members. The CPQ policy document , which details the process and standards for promotion and tenure can be found on page 45 of the Faculty Handbook ( Appendix IV-5 or at https://www.sunyopt.edu/pdfs/academics/FacultyHandbook.pdf). To meet needs for a modern electronic system that keeps track of faculty accomplishments, maintains up-to-date faculty information on the college website and provides the college’s promotion and tenure program (via the Committee on Professional Qualifications - CPQ) with ready access to this information, a new electronic (Digital Measures) was obtained and implemented in 2018. Academic Affairs uses two modules of this system: Activity Insight for faculty information and WorkFlow for secure promotion and tenure review. Outstanding faculty contributions may be recognized on an annual basis through the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarsh ip and Service, and the prestigious SUNY Distinguished Professor recognitions. Confidential nominations are solicited from faculty, staff and students by an ad hoc committee appointed by the president, whose recommendations are made to the president. Final approval for these awards is made by the Office of the Chancellor. Faculty members who receive these awards are recognized at the College’s annual Scholar’s Dinner , and for the Distinguished Professor recognitions, at an event sponsored by the chancellor in Albany. Additional recognitions for faculty and staff are made through the Recognition Committee appointed by the president. These awards are presented at the annual College recognition ceremony.

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