PRIORITIES FOR TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS 

In order to allow sufficient time for effective recruitment of the highest quality faculty, priorities for tenure-track faculty positions should be established in the fall of each year for the subsequent year. While the responsibility for determining the final priorities resides with the President/Superintendent, he or she will rely primarily on the advice of the faculty and of the campus administrators in establishing those priorities.

The priorities for each year will be determined according to the needs of the college as a whole. Tenure-track positions that are vacated within the tenure probationary period will be refilled without being subject to the prioritization process, unless the following steps are taken:

• The college president recommends that the vacated tenure-track position is subject to the prioritization process; and
• The Academic Senate affirms by majority vote the college president's recommendation that the vacated tenure-track position is subject to the prioritization process.

The criteria used for establishing priorities will be tied to the college's Strategic Plan and may include the following:

• The ratio of full-time to associate faculty
• Current availability of associate faculty
• Relation to program review recommendations
• Effect on diversity of the faculty
• Effect on academic offerings and ability to serve students and the community
• Effect on the vitality and future direction of a program and/or the college
• Effect on student learning

In an effort to reach institutional consensus on priorities for tenure-track faculty, the following process will be used in developing the recommendations made to the President/Superintendent:

Spring Semester:

• At an April faculty meeting, the administration will present their goals and needs for faculty appointments, with consideration given to the Strategic Plan, the budget, and community input.
• Requests for proposals will be distributed by April 15. The proposals will be due two weeks before the August Academic Senate retreat.

Fall Semester:

• Completed proposals will be distributed to senators at the August Academic Senate retreat.
• Position presentations will take place at a September Senate meeting.
• The administrative team will meet with the Academic Senate at an October Academic Senate meeting. In consultation with their departments, senators should create a position preference list to bring to this meeting to support discussion. A moderator will chair the meeting, with the goal of reaching a consensus on a final position priority.
• Any retirements announced after the September Academic Senate meeting will also be considered at the October Academic Senate meeting. Every effort will be made to encourage proposals for anticipated retirements prior to the August Academic Senate retreat.
• Any administrative change in the number or priority order of the positions must be presented by the college president to the Senate at a regular Academic Senate meeting.

Approved: June 6, 1994

Revised: 11/15/96; 10/3/97; 2/4/03; 4/5/04