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University of Wisconsin Colleges Department of Mathematics Bylaws (Last
revised April 22, 2006) Table of Contents I.
Introduction A. Membership
1.
Voting membership
1.
Election
2.
Term.
3.
Duties and responsibilities a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities a.
Membership b. Term c.
Procedures and guidelines a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities d. Procedures and
guidelines.
2.
Professional Development and Grants Committee a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities d. Procedures and guidelines
3.
Instructional Technology Committee a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities
4.
Developmental Mathematics Committee a.
Membership b. Term c.
Duties and responsibilities
5.
Department Assessment Committee a.
Membership b. Term. c.
Duties and responsibilities d. Procedures and guidelines
1.
Appointment
2.
Term
3.
Duties and Responsibilities III.
Personnel Procedures and Policies A. Faculty a.
Criteria for initial appointments b. Mentoring program for new
faculty appointments (if applicable)
2.
Retention, Tenure and Promotions
3.
Tenured Faculty Review and Development
Conferences a.
Procedures b. Criteria B. Instructional
Academic Staff
1.
Instructional Academic Staff Appointments a.
Criteria for initial appointments
2.
Evaluation of Instructional Academic Staff E. Evaluation of Faculty by Former Students IV. Curriculum A. Curricular
planning and new course development C. Independent
Study/Reading courses D. Workload E. Class
sizes F. Final
exams H. Final
grades VII. Appendices:
Operational Guidelines/Processes A. Procedures for the
Composition of the Executive Committee B. Department Grievance
Procedures C. Criteria for Faculty
Appointment, Retention, Promotion and Tenure D. Criteria for Instructional
Academic Staff Appointments E. Classroom Visitation
Procedures G. Tenured Faculty Review and
Development H. Instructional Academic
Staff Evaluation Procedures I.
Faculty Evaluation by Former Students J.
Guidelines for Professional Service K. Procedures and Guidelines
for Professional Development Grants
A. Membership Membership
in the department shall consist of all faculty and academic staff with a
teaching assignment in mathematics. Other
persons associated with the academic program of the department may be
admitted to membership on a semester basis with a two-thirds majority vote of
the executive committee of the department.
1.
Voting
membership All members of the department with at least a 40%
appointment in mathematics, at the time of the meeting, have voting rights at
that meeting.
1.
Election a. The Department shall elect a Chair to a three-year term, subject to annual appointment by the UWC Chancellor as prescribed in Chapter 4 of the UWC Constitution. b. An election will be held in the fall of the last year of the incumbent chair's term. If the incumbent is not reelected the chair-elect will work with the incumbent chair during the remainder of the academic year and assume the position of Department Chair on June 1. c.
The department chair, or someone so designated by him/her, should
solicit, by letter, nominations for the position of department chair for the
following year. Credentials of
nominees (except for the incumbent) should also be solicited and this
information distributed to department members prior to the election. d.
In balloting for the department chair, only members present may vote
unless the vote is a mail ballot, in which case the entire department shall
vote by mail.
2.
Term The term of the department chair shall be three
years. A department chair may be elected to a maximum of two consecutive
terms but may be elected to additional nonconsecutive terms.
3.
Duties and
responsibilities a.
Setting the agenda for meetings. b.
Presiding over meetings of the Department. c.
Serving as the chair of the Executive Committee. d.
Recruiting applicants for vacant positions. e.
Other matters as directed by the Department or UW Colleges. a.
Membership Membership of the committee shall consist of the
department chair and nine other tenured members of the department. Membership shall be on a rotational basis
as described in Appendix A of these bylaws. The chair will not normally vote but may
vote if his/her vote will change the outcome. b.
Term The term of a member shall
be three years as described in Appendix A of
these bylaws. c.
Duties and
responsibilities
i.
Conduct all departmental evaluations for retention, promotion, and
tenure as required by policies and procedures of UW Colleges.
ii.
Conduct merit evaluations of departmental members as required by UW
Colleges policies.
iii.
Establish the department rosters determining faculty to be scheduled
each year for review according to UW Colleges faculty review and development
policies.
iv.
Act on behalf of the department when decisions must be made between
scheduled meetings of the department.
v.
Advise the departmental chair on all matters for which such advice is
sought.
vi.
Whenever the Executive Committee makes a personnel recommendation
regarding an individual, the individual shall be informed immediately.
vii.
Minutes of all Executive Committee meetings shall be distributed to
each member of the committee. Copies
of minutes, with specific personnel actions deleted, shall be available to
all members of the department who request them. a.
Membership A committee of four members of the department
shall be elected to serve as the Curriculum Committee. The committee shall elect its own chair by
majority vote. b.
Term Each member shall be elected for a four-year
term. The terms of members will be
staggered so that one member will be elected each year. c.
Duties and
responsibilities
i.
The committee shall annually review the department course
offerings. It shall be responsible for
reviewing proposed course modifications and making recommendations to the department
for new course offerings, revisions in course descriptions, revisions in
course prerequisites, and deletions of courses from the curriculum.
ii.
The committee upon the request of the Chair and/or department
Executive Committee shall review requests for one-time modifications of
course prerequisites and make recommendations to the Chair. Such requests shall be made at least six
weeks prior to the beginning of the semester in which the change is
requested. a.
Membership The members of the Mathematics Department
Grievance Committee will be the three Department faculty
next in line for membership in the Department Executive Committee. If a Department member is unable to serve
on the Committee in the required rotation, or if, in any grievance, there is
a conflict of interest for or a valid objection to any member of the
Committee, a replacement for that member will be the faculty member next in
line for membership in the Department Executive Committee. If necessary to resolve conflicts, the
Department will elect the Committee member at its next meeting. If a vacancy must be filled before an
election can be held, the Executive Committee will select the Grievance
Committee member. The Department
Grievance Committee will elect its own Chair by majority vote. b.
Term The term of a member shall be one year. c.
Procedures and
guidelines Grievance procedures and guidelines are set out in
Appendix B of these bylaws. a.
Membership The Department Appointments Committee shall
consist of
the Department Chair and two members of the Executive Committee elected by
the Executive Committee. b.
Term The term of a member shall be one year. c.
Duties and
responsibilities It shall be the responsibility of the Appointments
Committee to review the credentials of all job applicants and to select those
applicants who appear to meet the qualifications for the position(s). d.
Procedures and
guidelines. The list of persons selected by the Department
Appointments Committee for consideration for appointment shall be sent to the
campus appointment committee(s) by the department chair.
2.
Professional
Development and Grants Committee a.
Membership |