II. TENURED PROFESSOR

6. Merit to Professor, Further Above-Scale

   Professors who have been four (4) years at Above-Scale may be considered for advancement to Further Above-Scale.  The department must consider the candidate’s research, teaching and service since the last personnel action. Please refer to the CALL, Regular Professorial Series for policies on merits to Above-Scale.  Additional procedural information can be found Summary of Procedures Section 5.
   
   

   1. Submitting the Action
      Please submit the following to the L&S Personnel Office:
      1. Original plus two (2) copies of the dossier
      2. Publications and teaching evaluations. Place in a box or envelope.
         
         
   2. Dossier Contents in the order below: (Use the appropriate Data Summary pages from the L&S Website.)
      1. Further Above-Scale Advancement Cover page.  Please confirm the rank and step with the L&S eligibility list.  For Above-Scale actions, there is no published salary rate, and Return to Salary Scale formulas no longer apply.  The department may propose a salary or leave the salary area blank. The salary set by the Vice Chancellor for these cases is normally five to seven-and-a-half percent (5% - 7½%) higher than the candidate’s previous salary. 
      2. History record (updated by the department).
      3. Data Summary Vote page.  Be specific as to the motion voted on and the proposed effective date.  The sum of the vote tally must equal the number eligible to vote.  For additional guidelines on faculty voting rights, please see CALL, Appendix 4.
      4. Data Summary pages 3-6.  Candidate must initial these pages before the department votes.
         NOTE:  Departmental tabulation of the candidate’s teaching.  CAP requests a separate tabulation page with the following information:  Quarter, Course, Number of Students, Response, Instructor Rating, Course Rating, and Department Average.  Please place this page directly behind data summary page 3.
      5. Bibliography.  The L&S bibliography format must be used.  A copy of the bibliography must also be placed in the publication box or envelope.
      6. "Prior" Certification page (data summary, page 7).  This page must be read by the candidate and signed before the department votes.  Information and evidence supplied by the candidate must be listed on this page (see top of page, section 1, II) and placed immediately behind it:
         1. CV, self-statement, or any other documents submitted to the department must be listed.
         2. Bulky items (exhibits, grant proposals, etc.) should include a footnote: “See teaching envelope (or box).”
         3. Sabbatical Report, if applicable, of the results of the leave taken since the last review should be listed.
      7. "After" certification page(data summary, page 8). This page must be read by the candidate and signed after the department votes.
      8. Candidate’s written response to the departmental assessment ("i" below), if submitted.   See APM 220-80e and “After” Certification page I and III.
      9. Departmental Assessment. This is the Chair’s summary of the department meeting and the department’s recommendation. The department’s vote should be reiterated in the first paragraph of this letter.
      10. Chair’s individual recommendation (may be submitted in a separate statement).
      11. Departmental ad hoc or standing committee report, if applicable.
      12. Peer evaluation of teaching.  Submission of this report is required, per The CALL, Appendix 3, II.
      13. Unsolicited letters of evaluation.  If an unsolicited letter of evaluation is to be included in the dossier, a letter should first be sent to the writer setting forth the Statement of Confidentiality and asking that individual to respond whether in light of this University policy the letter of evaluation should be included or returned (CALL, Summary of Procedures #10, last sentence).  You may NOT change any part of the statement of confidentiality. It must be copied into a solicitation letter, or supplied as an attachment in this exact text and in it's entirety.  Please write “Unsolicited” at the top right corner of letter.  English translations must be provided for letters written in another language.  Please label them as translations and place immediately after each letter.

          Publications:  Submit all publications since last review and those that provide new evidence of merit and distinction.  Any work-in-progress manuscripts (if available) must be submitted.

          Teaching evaluations:  Stapled packets (descending chronological order) should be placed in the publication box or envelope that accompanies the dossier.  Each packet should have the OID evaluation summary sheet stapled to the top of students’ written comments.
          

      
      
   3. Routing and Approval
      The L&S Personnel Office staff will review the case and then forward it to the appropriate Dean for consideration. The Dean will write a recommendation on the case and it will be forwarded to APO.  APO will send it to CAP.  CAP reviews the file and makes a recommendation to the Vice Chancellor, who then decides the final outcome of the case.  Once the final decision has been made, it will be passed on to the College, which will notify the department.