F. Appointment and Advancement of Senior Lecturers

1.    The designation of Senior Lecturer is accorded to individuals with a record of significant professional accomplishment and experience.

2.    All proposals concerned with the appointment of Senior Lecturers or promotion of Lecturers to the rank of Senior Lecturer shall be made in writing by the Chair of the department or Director of the program concerned and sent to the Dean of the Faculty. Such proposals shall normally be made only after formal consultation (a formal vote taken at a meeting) with the tenured and tenure-track Faculty members and full-time University Lecturers and Professors of the Practice having full or joint appointment in the department or program.

       These proposals shall be presented by the Dean of the Faculty to the Faculty Advisory Committee on Appointments and Advancements in the Lecturer Ranks. After consultation with this committee, the Dean of the Faculty will take such action as they deem proper.

3.    In the beginning of the final year that an individual is on a multi-year appointment at the rank of Senior Lecturer, the department shall review the appropriateness of extending the appointment and shall notify the candidate not later than December 1 whether or not the department recommends reappointment, and the length of the term of the proposed reappointment. Unless a Senior Lecturer is notified in writing by the Dean of the Faculty that their appointment has been renewed, the appointment will terminate on the end date of the current appointment.

4.    All proposals for reappointment or advancement in salary of Senior Lecturers shall be made in writing by the Chair of the department or Director of the program concerned and sent to the Dean of the Faculty. Proposals for reappointment of Senior Lecturers shall normally be made only after formal consultation (a formal vote taken at a meeting) with the tenured and tenure-track Faculty members and full-time University Lecturers and Professors of the Practice having full or joint appointment in the department or program. In case of joint appointment, action is taken in each of the department/programs involved.