California State University, Long Beach
Policy Statement
00-11
March 17, 2000
RANGE ELEVATION FOR LECTURERS
This new policy was recommended by the Academic Senate on March
2, 2000
and approved by the President on March 13, 2000.
This Policy has been developed in accordance with Section 12.15
of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the California Faculty
Association and the Board of Trustees of the California State University,
and which states Procedures for range elevation on the salary schedule
[for lecturers] shall be established at each campus by the President,
after recommendation by the appropriate Academic Senate Committee.
I. Eligibility
Lecturers eligible for range elevation on the salary schedule shall
be limited to those who have no more Service Step Increase eligibility
in their current range, and have served five (5) years in their
current range.
- A. Each year the Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs,
Academic Personnel shall compile a list of lecturers eligible
for range elevation. On or before November 1st, each eligible
lecturer shall be notified of eligibility and each department
shall receive a list of lecturers eligible in that department.
- B. Each eligible lecturer shall be considered for a range elevation
on the salary schedule unless he or she informs the Department
Chair in writing of his or her desire not to be considered at
this time.
II. Establishing Evaluation Procedures for Departments.
The award of a range elevation on the salary schedule may be made
by the dean of the college after consultation with the pertinent
department. That consultation shall be in the form of a written
recommendation to the dean from the department.
- A. Departments may determine their own procedures for evaluating
their lecturers and preparing recommendations regarding range
elevation.
- B. All current Unit 3 employees are eligible to participate
in all departmental discussions and decisions pertaining to procedures
for range elevation. All such employees must be fully informed
of their right to participate and of the days, times and locations
of the meeting at which these issues will be discussed. Such notification
must be in writing and must be given five working days before
any meeting to discuss these issues.
- C. Departments may choose one of the following configurations
to evaluate lecturers for the purpose of making a recommendation
on Range Elevation.
- The departmental chair,
- A designee,
- An Elected Range Elevation Review Committee, or
- Any combination of one or more of the above.
- D. If a department chooses to use a Range Elevation Review
Committee, all Unit 3 employees are eligible to serve on such
a committee.
- E. The voting franchise for the purpose of establishing range
elevation procedures and the department policy governing elections
related to range elevation shall be proportional to the time base
of each Unit 3 member, i.e.
A Unit 3 member on .20 appointment casts 1 ballot
" .40 " 2 ballots
" .60 " 3 ballots
" .80 " 4 ballots
" 1.0 " 5 ballots
For purposes of determining the number of ballots an individual
receives, appointments that fall between those listed shall be rounded
upward.
- F. In any subsequent election regarding the procedures for
range evaluation and/or the election procedures pertaining to
range elevation the proportional vote allotted to any employee
cannot be less than the proportions described in II.E.
- G. In any election relating to Range Elevation all voting must
be by mailed secret ballots. Such elections must be held over
a period lasting at least five working days.
- H. In the case of a lecturers who does not hold an appointment
within a department, department-level evaluation shall be by an
ad hoc committee of faculty appointed by the dean of the appropriate
college after consultation with the lecturer(s) as in II.B. above.
- I. Each department shall forward its initial procedures on
Range Elevation to the Office of the Academic Senate within 10
working days of approving the procedures. Any subsequent changes
to the department's procedures on Range Elevation must be forwarded
to the Academic Senate by November 1 of the academic year the
procedures take effect.
III. EVALUATION CRITERIA
To be recommended for range elevation, a lecturer must show professional
growth and development appropriate to the lecturer's work assignment
and the mission of the university during the period between the
date of initial appointment or, where applicable, the date of the
last range elevation and the time of the current request. This is
the only review period in which candidates' professional achievements
shall be evaluated.
This section lists examples of activities that may be used to demonstrate
appropriate professional growth and development. It is neither exhaustive
nor minimal, but simply a listing of the typical professional activities
engaged in by Lecturers in a wide range of disciplines. In all cases
quality of performance and appropriateness of the activity shall
be the primary consideration when evaluating the merit of a specific
activity. Participation alone, in one or more of the activities
listed below, does not certify a Lecturer for a Range Elevation.
Activities are listed alphabetically, and no weighting shall be
inferred from the order.
- active participation at professional meetings and conferences
- activities enhancing the effective teaching of the discipline
- advising and mentoring student associations
- collaborative research and creative activity involving the campus
and the community
- collaborative teaching
- contributions to improving the campus climate: the promotion of
mutual respect and acceptance of diversity in all its forms
- creative activities in support of effective teaching
- curriculum and program development
- development of instructional materials
- development of standards and/or outcomes assessment
- editing of publications
- external fundraising and resource development related to the mission
of the university
- fostering of collegiality
- grant proposals to conduct research in the discipline, to support
pedagogy, or to further the mission of the University
- increased mastery of the discipline evidenced by additional relevant
education or an additional degree
- involvement of students in the research and creative processes
- leadership and active participation in service activities of professional
associations
- leadership and special contributions to the basic instructional
mission of the university.
- leadership in faculty governance and campus life at the department,
college, university, or CSU system level.
- maintenance and technical support of university labs, equipment,
materials, supplies, safety standards and any other support of
environments that require advanced professional attention.
- mentoring of colleagues
- organizing events and activities for the sharing of ideas and
knowledge
- presentations at conferences
- professional contributions to the community, including professional
efforts which bring the community and the campus together
- program advising
- publications, exhibitions, and/or performances that advance knowledge
- recruitment and retention of students
- research and/or creative activity in discipline related pedagogy
- research and/or creative activity in the discipline
- teaching and instructionally related activities
- thesis research and supervision
IV. Application and Evaluation
1. The Candidate: To be evaluated for Range Elevation, each candidate
must submit application materials that conform to the requirements
of his or her department.
2. The Department: As part of its range elevation procedures, each
Department may define the collection of materials to be considered
in an application for range elevation. At a minimum, the candidate
shall provide the following materials:
- a current curriculum vitae,
- a description of the candidate's work assignments for each semester
of the period under consideration,
- a narrative describing his/her professional growth and development,
and
- student evaluation summaries for all evaluated courses taught
by the candidate in the department during the period of evaluation.
1. The Department
b. Each department shall prepare a recommendation regarding range
elevation for each eligible candidate considered. This recommendation
shall be a written report that includes the department's decision
as well as the reasons for reaching that decision. A copy of this
recommendation shall be forwarded to the candidate, Department Chair
and Dean.
c. The department must assess the quality and appropriateness of
the candidate's experience. Materials submitted by the candidate
shall be evaluated in relation to the candidate's work assignment
while employed in the department. Departments may not require, but
may consider evidence of performance outside of the area of the
candidate's work assignment
d. Department evaluators may seek additional information to verify
a candidate's claims. The candidate may be required to provide additional
documentation. Evaluators may also solicit written comments
from the department chair or faculty peers to clarify information
provided by the candidate. Any comments that are used to determine
a recommendation must be included as supplemental attachments to
the final written report and must be available to the candidate.
e. When a candidate is asked to provide additional documentation,
the burden of supplying this documentation in a timely manner resides
with the candidate. Failure to provide requested information
shall not delay either the evaluation process nor the preparation
of the department's recommendation.
2. The Dean
a. Once the department has prepared its recommendation, it shall
be forwarded to the dean of the college who shall make the final
decision on awarding a range elevation to the candidate.
b. The decision of the Dean shall be forwarded to the candidate
and the department.
c. When a candidate's request is denied, the Dean must provide
the candidate and department with a written explanation of the reasons
for the denial.
- C. Timetable: The Office of Academic Affairs shall provide
a timetable for all deadlines related to Range Elevation. This
will be distributed each year prior to October 1st.
V. Handling Disputes
Denial of range elevations shall be subject to the peer review
process pursuant to provision 10.11 except that the peer panel's
decision shall be final. On each campus the pool for funding successful
lecturer range elevation appeals is limited to 4 steps per each
50 lecturer faculty eligible for range elevation
EFFECTIVE: Immediately |