AA/29/AS/20/SEC - Lecturer Evaluations in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic

Effective Fall 2020

WHEREAS: The University RPT Committee, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Deans of the respective colleges issued on August 20 of this year a Joint Statement on Retention, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) evaluations in the context of COVID-19 pandemic that university reviewers must take the circumstances of the pandemic into account and that department level reviewers are encouraged to do the same; and

WHEREAS: The August 20, 2020 Joint Statement on RPT evaluations addressed neither the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on the teaching and other duties listed in the appointment letters of non-tenure track faculty, nor did the statement provide guidance to university and department level reviewers for considering the aforementioned impacts in their evaluations of non-tenure track faculty; be it therefore

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate strongly urges university and department reviewers to take into consideration the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on the teaching and other duties listed in appointment letters of non-tenure track faculty; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate strongly urges university and department reviewers of non-tenure track faculty to apply the Joint Statement on RPT evaluations whenever feasible.

Review History: Approved by the Academic Senate on November 3, 2020 

Approved by President Ellen Junn on December 2, 2020 

Academic Affairs Division has the primary responsibility for this policy.

Attachment(s): AA/29/AS/20/SEC - Lecturer Evaluations in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic  

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