For additional information about Professional Track faculty, see:
Overview
Professional track faculty reclassifications should be processed when a faculty member's job duties have changed significantly and are therefore no longer consistent with the type of duties associated with their current job title, or when the proposed title is a better fit for their current responsibilities. If the department is pursing reclassification for a faculty member who holds multiple faculty appointments in multiple departments, all of the appointments will need to be reclassified, since faculty cannot hold two different faculty titles simultaneously.
Professional track faculty may be reclassified from one title series to another in accordance with established college and department criteria. Reclassifications can only be within the faculty member's current rank (see chart below), and should not be used to try and bypass the promotion process (for example, faculty cannot be reclassified from an Assistant Professor of Instruction to an Associate Professor of Instruction). An advancement in rank may only be the result of a review for promotion during the normal university promotion schedule.
| Rank level | Lecturer series | Clinical series | Instruction series | Practice series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | Lecturer | Clinical Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor of Instruction | Assistant Professor of Practice |
| Mid | Senior Lecturer | Clinical Associate Professor | Associate Professor of Instruction | Associate Professor of Practice |
| Highest | Distinguished Senior Lecturer | Clinical Professor | Professor of Instruction | Professor of Practice |
Track change vs. title change
Faculty reclassifications are processed as either track changes or title changes. Track changes should be processed when the faculty is jumping from one track to another due to a change in duties, for example, an Assistant Professor of Instruction being reclassified into an Assistant Professor of Practice. Title changes should be processed when a faculty member is making a lateral move into a similar position, for example, Lecturer being reclassified into an Assistant Professor of Instruction.
Joint positions
When requests are submitted for faculty with joint positions, all departments must approve the reclassification terms as presented in the request.
Process
Process for requesting lateral reclassifications (title changes as opposed to track changes), for example a professional faculty member moving from a Lecturer to an Assistant Professor of Instruction position. See "Track change vs. title change" above.
If title only is changing, and there are no changes to responsibilities or duties:
1) Department AM submits form "Faculty Lateral Reclassification" at Faculty Affairs/APS ServiceNow: Complete Forms.
- In the section "Required Approval Routing," add the following:
- Dean's Staff: Karla A Steffen (steffek)
- Dean or Dean Designate: Beth Maloch (malochb)
If approved, APS will update the position directly in Workday.
For contract information, see COE: Managing Professional Track Faculty in Workday, tab "Contract terms".
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