Current through Register Vol. XLII, No. 1, January 3, 2025
Section 135-9-4 - Faculty: Types and Conditions of Appointment4.1. Full-time appointments to the feculty of an institution, other than those designated as chnical-track, instructional specialist, librarian-track, term, or non-tenure-track, shall be either tenured or tenure-track.4.2. All clinical-track, instructional specialist, librarian-track, term, and other non-tenure-track appointments, as defined in Section 3 of this policy shall be neither tenured or tenure-track, but shall be appointments only for the periods and for the purposes specified, with no other interest or right obtained by the person appointed by virtue of such appointment.4.3. The appointment of a person to a full-time position at any institution is made subject to the following conditions:4.3.1. The appointee shall render full-time service to the institution to which appointed. Outside activities, shall not be restricted unless such activities or employment interfere with the adequate performance of institutional duties. The institution expects its faculty to give full professional effort to assigrraients of teaching, research (as applicable) and service. It is, therefore, considered inappropriate to engage in gainful employment outside the institution that is incompatible with the faculty member's contractual commitment to the institution. Moreover, it is considered inappropriate to transact personal business from one's institutional office when it interferes with institutional duties and responsibilities. The institution shall establish a program of periodic review of outside service of appointees to guide faculty members.4.3. 2. If outside employment or service interferes with the performance of the regular institutional duties and responsibilities of the appointee, the institution has a right to (a) require the appointee to cease such outside employment or service that interferes with institutional duties and responsibilities of the appointee, (b) make such adjustments in the condensation paid to such appointee as are warranted by the appointee's services lost to the institution and by the appointee's use of institutional equipment and materials, or (c) dismiss for cause as set forth in Section 12 of this policy.4.3. 3. Institutions may permit and encourage a reasonable amount of personal professional activity, such as consulting, by a faculty member outside the faculty member's duties and responsibilities of employment by and for the institution, provided such activity (a) further develops the feculty member professionally and (b) does not interfere with duties and responsibiUties to the institution.4.4. If the status of a faculty member changes from non-tenure-track, clinical-track, instructional specialist, librarian-track, or term to tenure-track, the time spent at the institution may, at the discretion of the institution, be counted as part of the tenure-track period. 4.5 The instructional specialist will be employed minimally on a nine-month basis with an hourly work load as determined by the appropriate department or institutional official. The instructional specialist may be responsible for the deUvery of instruction (both credit and noncredit), providing program support, conducting program development, and other administrative tasks determined by the appropriate department or institutional official.