Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (CPQ) POLICY DOCUMENT Approved by the Faculty: 17 June 2010 Endorsed by the College Council: 8 June 2010 Approved by the President: 28 June 2010 Effective: 1 July 2010

Updated by Faculty: 20 December 2016 Updated by Faculty: 30 August 2022

This CPQ Policy Document has been developed in accordance with the Policies of the Board of Trustees and the contract between United University Professions and the State of New York. Subsequent changes to either of those documents will take precedence over this CPQ Policy Document. Confidentiality of Proceedings Proceedings of the Committee are highly confidential. All documents should be carefully secured in the Office for Academic Affairs and all conversations, deliberations and interviews are to be strictly held as confidential by all members of the Committee. Under no circumstances may individual committee members divulge, relate, or reveal discussions, voting patterns or recommendations to anyone outside the Committee. Reports and recommendations to the president and vice president and dean of Academic Affairs (hereafter referred to as “Dean” or “VPAA”) shall be made solely by the Chair in writing. Secretarial and Clerical Support The Dean’s and/or President’s Office shall provide secretarial and clerical support to CPQ. Support functions may include contacting references, scheduling of meetings and preparing candidate portfolios to send out for review. General Criteria for Promotion and Awarding of Tenure The criteria for promotion and awarding of tenure shall be scholarship, teaching, and service. All faculty members, whether tenured/tenure earning or non-tenure earning, full-time or part-time, will be evaluated based on these criteria. The expectations for each, however, may vary according to the department to which the faculty member is assigned and the specific negotiated written responsibilities of the faculty member. External letters of recommendations are required for promotion and tenure reviews. While past achievements and potential for continuing productivity both are considerations for promotion in rank and the granting of tenure, the potential for continuing productivity is of particular importance in considerations of tenure. Initial Appointment 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.

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