Non-Tenure

The non-tenure track consists primarily of two major faculty groups:

Those who teach part time
Those who teach full time but are not on tenure-track lines

This includes faculty hired as lecturers, instructors, or clinicians.

Rankings

The clinical designation refers to faculty primarily involved in clinical education, practice, and student supervision. They are expected to engage in scholarship and service appropriate to their rank. While an independent research program is not currently required, scholarship should enhance course content, pedagogy, professional issues, or program development, including evidence-based practice.

Clinical Rankings

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Requirements by Rank	Clinical Instructor	Assistant Clinical Professor	Associate Clinical Professor	Clinical Professor
Appointment Criteria	Initial appointment determined by candidate’s record of contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research, and/or creative activities; and Completion of appropriate master’s degree in the discipline and/or licensure in the discipline; Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience; Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred. **	Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s record of significant contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research, and/or creative activities; and Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline; Minimum of 4 years of clinical practice; Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience in the clinical area(s) of expertise preferred; ** Normally candidate will have served full time a minimum of 2 years at the rank of Clinical Instructor and will have served at least 1 year at TWU.	Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s record of significant contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research and/or creative activities; Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline Enrollment in or completion of appropriate terminal degree or meeting advanced criteria as defined by the AC; Minimum of 6 years of clinical practice and national certification in a specialty area as defined by AC; Minimum of 4 years of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred; ** Normally, candidate will have served full time minimum of 4 years at the rank of Assistant Clinical professor and will have served full time a minimum of 2 years at TWU.	Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s continuous and sustained meritorious performance commensurate with assignments in teaching, mentoring or other instructional activities; scholarly research or creative activities; and university, Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline Completion of appropriate terminal degree or meeting advanced criteria as defined by the AC; Minimum of 7 years of clinical practice and national certification in a clinical specialty area as defined by AC; Minimum of 6 years of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred;** Normally, candidate will have served minimum of 6 years full-time at the rank of Associate Clinical Professor and will have served full time a minimum of 4 years at TWU'
Teaching		Maintain current clinical expertise in teaching area(s); Demonstrate excellence in all aspects of teaching; Participate effectively in course development and evaluation; Participate in recruitment and mentoring of students.	Obtain/maintain assistant/ associate/full membership on Graduate Faculty, in ACs with graduate program ; Model effective teaching to other faculty Serve as content expert on professional papers/ projects, as appropriate.	Demonstrate leadership in development of academic programs; Mentor other faculty in effective teaching; Serve as content expert on professional papers/projects and/or thesis/dissertation committees, as appropriate.
Scholarship and other Creative Activities		Share clinical expertise with colleagues and/or students in clinical settings; Demonstrate evidence of clinical expertise/ evidence-based practice.	Mentor UG/grad students in clinical area of expertise; Disseminate results of scholarly/creative work.	Mentor colleagues in area of scholarship/clinical expertise; Disseminate results of scholarly/creative work in peer reviewed forums.
Service		Contribute in positive way to mission of the AC, college and university; Demonstrate active involvement in professional and/or community organizations; Participate in recruitment of students.	Demonstrate involvement within AC and college, and/or university; Participate in student recruitment and/or academic advising as appropriate to the AC.	Demonstrate leadership within the AC, college and/or university; Demonstrate leadership within professional and/or community organizations.

Requirements by Rank

Clinical Instructor

Assistant Clinical Professor

Associate Clinical Professor

Clinical Professor

Appointment Criteria

Initial appointment determined by candidate’s record of contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research, and/or creative activities; and Completion of appropriate master’s degree in the discipline and/or licensure in the discipline;

Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience;
Minimum of 1 year of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred. **

Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s record of significant contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research, and/or creative activities; and Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline;

Minimum of 4 years of clinical practice;
Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience in the clinical area(s) of expertise preferred; **
Normally candidate will have served full time a minimum of 2 years at the rank of Clinical Instructor and will have served at least 1 year at TWU.

Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s record of significant contributions commensurate with assignments in areas of teaching, mentoring, or other instructional activities; scholarship, research and/or creative activities; Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline

Enrollment in or completion of appropriate terminal degree or meeting advanced criteria as defined by the AC;
Minimum of 6 years of clinical practice and national certification in a specialty area as defined by AC;
Minimum of 4 years of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred; **
Normally, candidate will have served full time minimum of 4 years at the rank of Assistant Clinical professor and will have served full time a minimum of 2 years at TWU.

Initial appointment or promotion to rank determined by candidate’s continuous and sustained meritorious performance commensurate with assignments in teaching, mentoring or other instructional activities; scholarly research or creative activities; and university,

Completion of appropriate master’s degree and/or licensure in the discipline Completion of appropriate terminal degree or meeting advanced criteria as defined by the AC;
Minimum of 7 years of clinical practice and national certification in a clinical specialty area as defined by AC;
Minimum of 6 years of teaching experience in clinical area(s) of expertise preferred;**
Normally, candidate will have served minimum of 6 years full-time at the rank of Associate Clinical Professor and will have served full time a minimum of 4 years at TWU'

Teaching

Maintain current clinical expertise in teaching area(s);

Demonstrate excellence in all aspects of teaching;
Participate effectively in course development and evaluation;
Participate in recruitment and mentoring of students.

Obtain/maintain assistant/ associate/full membership on Graduate Faculty, in ACs with graduate program ;

Model effective teaching to other faculty
Serve as content expert on professional papers/ projects, as appropriate.

Demonstrate leadership in development of academic programs;

Mentor other faculty in effective teaching;
Serve as content expert on professional papers/projects and/or thesis/dissertation committees, as appropriate.

Scholarship and other Creative Activities

Share clinical expertise with colleagues and/or students in clinical settings;

Demonstrate evidence of clinical expertise/ evidence-based practice.

Mentor UG/grad students in clinical area of expertise;

Disseminate results of scholarly/creative work.

Mentor colleagues in area of scholarship/clinical expertise;

Disseminate results of scholarly/creative work in peer reviewed forums.

Service

Contribute in positive way to mission of the AC, college and university;

Demonstrate active involvement in professional and/or community organizations;
Participate in recruitment of students.

Demonstrate involvement within AC and college, and/or university;

Participate in student recruitment and/or academic advising as appropriate to the AC.

Demonstrate leadership within the AC, college and/or university;

Demonstrate leadership within professional and/or community organizations.

Lecturer Rankings

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Requirements	Lecturer I	Lecturer II	Senior Lecturer
Appointment Criteria	Record of contributions in area; completion of master's degree/discipline certification	Record of contributions in field; complete master's degree/discipline certification, 4 years teaching at Lecturer 1 (2 yrs at TWU)	Record of contributions in field, complete master's degree/discipline certification, 4 years teaching at Lecturer II (2 yrs at TWU)
Teaching		Demonstrate excellence, course development and evaluation; obtain membership on Graduate Faculty, in ACs with graduate programs, share expertise as appropriate.	Maintain Graduate Faculty Membership, in ACs with graduate programs, share content expertise on thesis committees as appropriate, Mentor student in content area.
Scholarship and other Creative Activities		Share expertise with students, disseminate scholarship through professional presentation/publications	Share expertise with colleagues, share scholarly work, obtain national certification in content area
Service		AC Task forces, committees, student advising; professional and community organizations	Leadership role in department, committees, task forces; leadership in professional and community organizations

Schedule of Reviews

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Type of Faculty	Year of Employment	Frequency of Review	Contents of Review
Non-tenure track (Clincial or Lecturer)**	Years 1 - 6 After Year 6	Annually Every three years	If seeking promotion in year 6-- Year 3 PPR will contain explicit statements regarding progress of the faculty member toward promotion.

Type of Faculty

Year of Employment

Frequency of Review

Contents of Review

Non-tenure track (Clincial or Lecturer)**

Years 1 - 6

After Year 6

Annually

Every three years

If seeking promotion in year 6-- Year 3 PPR will contain explicit statements regarding progress of the faculty member toward promotion.

** Clinical and lecturer faculty are not required to apply for promotion.

Workflow for Reviews

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Type of Faculty	Year of Employment	Order of Review
Non-Tenure track (Clinical or Lecturer)**	Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5	AC Administrator Dean Either the faculty or AC administrator may request review by the AC PRC, in which case the order of review will be: AC PRC AC Administrator Dean
	Years 3, 6 and after Year 6	AC PRC AC Administrator Dean

Type of Faculty

Year of Employment

Order of Review

Non-Tenure track (Clinical or Lecturer)**

Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

AC Administrator
Dean

Either the faculty or AC administrator may request review by the AC PRC, in which case the order of review will be:

AC PRC
AC Administrator
Dean

Years 3, 6 and after Year 6

AC PRC
AC Administrator
Dean

** Clinical and lecturer faculty are not required to apply for promotion.

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