Faculty Handbook 2020-2021

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2020-21

A faculty member shall be hired in a tenured/tenure earning or non-tenure earning (qualified rank) position. Subsequent transfer, after initial hire, from a tenured/tenure earning position to a qualified rank position or from a qualified rank position to a tenured/tenure earning position requires written approval of the president upon recommendation of the dean. Only in exceptional cases will a faculty in a tenured/tenure earning position, who is denied tenure, be subsequently offered a qualified position. Whenever such transfers are allowed from a tenure-track position to a qualified rank position or vice versa, individual ranks will be renegotiated between the president, dean and the faculty. For example, a change from Clinical Associate Professor does not necessarily translate to a rank of Associate Professor. Standards to be Applied in Considerations of Promotion and Tenure The expectations for performance in the areas of scholarship, teaching and service will be negotiated in writing at the time of hire and will reflect the expectations for promotion as described in the CPQ policies. The expectations may be changed at a later point upon written approval of the primary supervisor and dean. It is expected that a faculty member’s academic assignments and responsibilities will reflect the negotiated emphasis and the expectations for promotion as defined by CPQ policy. Continuing Appointment (Tenure) The SUNY chancellor, after considering the recommendation of the President, may grant continuing appointment. The awarding of continuing appointment (tenure) is governed by the SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees (Article XI, Appointment of Employees). At SUNY State College of Optometry, full-time faculty members holding non-qualified ranks of associate professor and professor may be considered for continuing appointment. Promotion to associate professor and the granting of tenure may occur concurrently. Only in exceptional cases will a faculty member be awarded tenure at initial appointment, and in such cases the candidate will be reviewed by CPQ prior to the awarding of tenure according to the criteria set forth in this document. Faculty members are generally considered for promotion from assistant professor to associate professor after five years of service. A full-time faculty member may hold an appointment of assistant professor for no more than seven years, and further employment at SUNY State College of Optometry must be at the rank of associate professor (with or without tenure). Employment as professor or associate professor at SUNY State College of Optometry after the third consecutive year of employment at such rank must be on the basis of continuing appointment. While a non-tenured associate professor must be reviewed for tenure and/or promotion after one year in service at such rank, a tenured associate professor will generally be reviewed for promotion to professor after five years at such rank.

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