All information on this web
page is excerpted from Section V of the UW-W University Handbook.
Additional information about
policies and procedures regarding academic staff can also be located at the Academic
Staff Assembly web site.
If you are unable to find the
information you’re looking for, or if you have additional questions, contact Michael C. Cohen, Chair of the Academic Staff
Assembly for 2007-2008, at 1925.
1.03 Definition of
Academic Staff. Academic staff
members are professional and administrative personnel, other than faculty, who
have duties and are subject to types of appointments that are primarily
associated with institutions of higher education and their administration.
Annual reviews:
·Instructional academic staff:
NOTE: The
primary responsibility for Instructional Academic Staff is teaching.
ANNUAL REVIEW:
The performance of
instructional academic staff is to be reviewed annually at the department
level. Annual reviews of Instructional
Academic Staff are to follow the same procedures as those of probationary
faculty. For additional information,
see Section VI-A, Performance Review, of UW-W Instructional
Academic Staff Policies.
The Academic Staff Assembly Purple Book
is used in compiling the portfolio for the annual
review.
Department Chairs should give Notice of
Review at least 20 days prior
to the Review.
The
Department Chair may use the Performance
Evaluation Form in completing the annual review and forwarding the
information from the review process to the Dean.
Specific
requirements for the review of Instructional Academic Staff with less than 50%
appointments, and those with 50% of greater appointments, are detailed in the Academic
Staff Review Matrix.
FACE-TO-FACE:
Statement of Policies
Annual
Face-to-Face Review Statement of
Performance Objectives
MERIT:
Merit procedures are identical to those of
faculty. Separate merit pools exist for
faculty and for academic staff. For
additional information, see Merit Procedures
Checksheet for Instructional Academic Staff and Department Chairs—Purple Book
·Noninstructional academic staff
Annual Face-to-Face Review Statement
of Performance Objectives
PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION:
·Instructional academic staff:
There are four levels for
instructional academic staff, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4. All academic staff are considered Level 1
academic staff until promoted.
Guidelines for promotion, including minimum number of years of service,
procedures, timelines, and the application form, are found at the UW-Whitewater
University Handbook, Section V, K, 2 Teaching Academic Staff
Promotion Policy.
Additional
information regarding promotion, including the Cover Letter;
Promotion Policy; Promotion Application; and Promotion Timeline, is accessible
at: http://www.uww.edu/adminforms/Promotions.htm#Promo
.
·Noninstructional academic staff:
The Titling process is used for
promotion of noninstructional academic staff members. The Academic Staff Assembly Titling Committee
(a standing Academic Staff Committee) assumes the responsibilities of
evaluating and assigning the initial title of academic staff positions. The categories include: Category A positions of New Position, Vacant
Position, Changed Position, and Distinguished Prefix; Category B Prefix
Designations of Associate Lecturer, Lecturer, and Senior Lecturer; and
Conversion of Classified Positions to Unclassified. Information on the criteria for titling
decisions for each of the above-named positions, policies and procedures for
the submission of requests for changes of titling, timelines, and appeals of
negative decisions are found in the UW-Whitewater University Handbook, Section
V, J, 1-5, Academic Staff
Titling.
Office of the
Provost & Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs
University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Comments: e-mail schrankj@uww.edu
Last revised: July 16, 2007