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The criteria for promotion to senior lecturer or principal lecturer are evidence of highly effective teaching ability inside and/or outside of the classroom environment and value to the University in the area of teaching and student learning (or highly effective professional service and/or administration and leadership for lecturers/senior lecturers/principal lecturers with these primary responsibilities). Experience is correlated with rank, but years of service or successful annual reviews alone are not sufficient to qualify for a promotion in rank. The same committee structure that is used for promotion for tenured and tenure track faculty will be used. Promotion reviews for lecturers and senior lecturers begin with the Department P&T Committee, then proceed to the department chair, dean, Provost, and President (discrepant reviews and requests for an additional review also go to the College P&T Committee).
Departments and colleges with non-tenure track lecturer faculty must incorporate into their guidelines the criteria for the promotion review for these faculty members. Departments and colleges may also establish an optional third-year review for non-tenure track faculty to provide feedback for an optional promotion review. As indicated in the KSU Faculty Handbook Section 3.1 (Introduction), establishment and revision to guidelines must be approved by the full-time permanent faculty in the department or college, as appropriate, the department chair (for department guidelines), the College P&T Committee, the dean, and Provost.
To be eligible for a Lecturer appointment at any rank, a person must have an appropriate master’s degree in a discipline related to the position’s responsibilities.
Lecturer
This is an entry-level faculty position. Individuals eligible for appointment to this rank should possess clear potential for delivering quality instruction.
Senior Lecturer
Evidence of highly effective teaching, including evidence of positive impact on student learning or positive student outcomes, must be demonstrated (KSU’s interpretation of “six years of experience”: A faculty member who was hired without credit toward promotion may apply for promotion during the fifth year of service, after serving a minimum of four years in rank. Thus, after the review is conducted during the 5th year, a faculty member is promoted (has the new title) at the beginning of the 6th year.
Principal Lecturer
Evidence of creating and/or adopting effective instructional practices, or a positive instructional impact beyond instructional settings, such as dissemination of instructional innovation or participation in special teaching activities must be demonstrated (KSU’s interpretation of “six years of experience”: A faculty member who was hired without credit toward promotion may apply for promotion during the fifth year of service, after serving a minimum of four years in rank. Thus, after the review is conducted during the 5th year, a faculty member is promoted (has the new title) at the beginning of the 6th year.
Only lecturers or senior lecturers who were hired with credit toward promotion (USG Academic & Student Affairs Handbook 4.6) can undergo a promotion review before the fifth full academic year of service at KSU. A faculty member who was hired without credit toward promotion may apply for promotion during the fifth year of service (after serving a minimum of four years in rank).
Board of Regents policy allows for consideration of early promotion. According to USG Academic & Student Affairs Handbook 4.6, strong justification must be provided to support any consideration of “early” promotion wherein the individual has served fewer than the minimum number of five years in rank at the current institution.
At KSU, before a faculty member submits an application for early promotion, the faculty member should seek guidance from the department chair, dean, and Provost. However, in the rare case where a faculty member has served less than four years in rank at the current institution, prior presidential approval to be reviewed for promotion is required.
Non-tenure track lecturers and senior lecturers must prepare a portfolio for the optional promotion consideration. The portfolio contents will follow the guidelines for tenure track faculty who are reviewed for promotion (see KSU Faculty Handbook Section 3.12 (Faculty Review Process - Portfolio Guidelines and Contents).
A lecturer’s or senior lecturer’s portfolio will be evaluated based on highly effective accomplishments in two performance areas: 1) teaching; and 2) professional service (related to teaching assignments). For lecturers and senior lecturers with primary responsibilities in professional service and/or administration and leadership, their portfolios will be evaluated based on highly effective performance in those areas.
Annual reviews and/or portfolio feedback that indicates poor performance, and with little or no improvement over time based on department and college promotion and tenure guidelines, provide the basis for nonrenewal of contracts for lecturers, senior lecturers, and principal lecturers. Lecturers, senior lecturers, and principal lecturers have the option to respond in writing within 10 calendar days after receiving reviews of their performance. Response letters are directed to the reviewing committee or administrator and copied to the next level of review. This response will become part of the portfolio that will be forwarded to the subsequent levels of review. The response letter should address the interpretation of the information in the portfolio, but it should not include new evidence to be considered in the review process. The letter will be considered at subsequent levels of review.
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