California State University, Long Beach
Policy Statement
02-03
March 18, 2002
RANGE ELEVATION FOR LECTURERS
(This Policy Statement supersedes Policy Statement 00-11.)
This policy was revised by the Academic Senate on November
8, 2001
and approved by the President on January 9, 2002.
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.
Each lecturer is hired
in a particular salary range (A, B, C, or D). A candidate who is
awarded a range elevation moves from his/her current salary range
to the next higher range (for example, from A to B), receives at
least a 5% salary increase, and becomes eligible for Salary Step
Increases (SSIs) in the new range.
I. Eligibility and Notification
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. Notification:
1. Each year the Office
of Academic Affairs, Academic Personnel shall compile a list of
lecturers eligible for range elevation.
2. On or before November
1st, each eligible lecturer shall be notified individually of eligibility
and each department shall receive a list of lecturers eligible in
that department.
3. In the notification
to the lecturers and the departments, the Office of Academic Affairs
shall provide the website address (URL) for the Range Elevation
Policy
4. 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. Department Evaluation Procedures
The award of a range
elevation on the salary schedule may be made by the Dean 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 shall
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 (5) 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, except current candidates
for range elevation.
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
(5) working days.
H. In the case of a lecturer
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.
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. The Application Process
A. The Candidate:
1. To be evaluated
for Range Elevation, each candidate must submit application materials
that conform to the requirements of his or her department.
2. 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 presenting
evidence, and/or examples, of her or his professional growth and
development, and
- student evaluation
summaries for all evaluated courses taught by the candidate in the
department during the period of evaluation.
B. The Department:
Each Department,
as part of its range elevation procedures, shall define the materials
to be considered in an application for range elevation.
C. Additional
Information
1. The Department
Evaluator(s) may seek additional information or documentation needed
to support a candidate's claims. Department Evaluator(s) 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.
2. When a candidate
is asked to provide additional information or documentation, the
burden of supplying the requested material in a timely manner resides
with the candidate. Failure to provide requested information shall
not delay either the evaluation process nor the preparation of recommendation
by the Department Evaluator(s).
V. The Evaluation Process
A. The Department
Evaluation
1. The Department
Evaluator(s) shall prepare a recommendation regarding range elevation
for each eligible candidate considered. This recommendation shall
be a written report that includes the decision as well as the reasons
for reaching that decision.
2. The Department
Evaluator(s) shall assess the quality and appropriateness of the
candidate's professional growth and development during the period
of evaluation. Materials submitted by the candidate shall be evaluated
in relation to the candidate's work assignment while employed in
the department. The Department Evaluator(s) may not require, but
may consider, evidence of performance outside of the area of the
candidate's work assignment.
3. A copy of this
recommendation shall be forwarded to the candidate, and the Dean,
with a copy retained in the Department Office.
B. The Candidate's Response
(optional)
1. Upon receiving the recommendation
from the Department Evaluator(s), the candidate may provide a written
response to the recommendation. Such a response is optional.
2. The candidate has seven
(7) days to submit a response to the recommendation, which should
be addressed to the Dean, with a copy sent to the Department Evaluator(s).
3. The candidate's response
shall be attached to the candidate's range elevation file at the
Dean's level, with a copy retained with the candidate's file at
the Department level.
C. The Dean's Decision and
Notification
1. The Dean shall make the
final decision on awarding a range elevation to the candidate.
2. Following the seven (7)
day period in which the candidate has the right to respond to the
recommendation of the Department Evaluator(s), the Dean shall consider
the application submitted along with the recommendation and the
candidate's response, if submitted.
3. The decision of the Dean
shall be forwarded to the candidate and the Chair of the appropriate
department.
4. In the event a candidate's
request is denied, the Dean must provide the candidate, the Department
Evaluator(s), and/or the department Chair with a written explanation
of the reasons for the denial, and apprise the candidate of the
right to peer review (see VI below).
VI. Peer Review
"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." (CBA12.19)
VII. Range Elevation Materials
The recommendations to grant
or deny a range elevation shall not be considered during deliberations
for reappointment unless the Lecturer includes the documents related
to the recommendations in his/her personnel action file.
VIII. Reporting
At the end of the Academic
Year, the Office of Academic Affairs will report on the number of
Lecturers in each range who were eligible for range elevation, the
number who applied in each category and the number who were successful
in each category.
EFFECTIVE:
Spring 2002 |