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RECRUITMENT	REVIEWS	MAJOR REVIEWS	OTHER REVIEWS/ACTIONS
Appointment Tenure - Associate / Full Professor Non-Tenure - Acting Assistant / Assistant Professor Recruitment and Appointment Guidelines Steps at Appointment and Promotion 12/11 memo Intercampus Recruitment Tenure - Associate / Full Professor Non-Tenure - Acting Assistant / Assistant Professor Recruitment and Appointment Guidelines APM 510 Intercampus Recruitment Dual Ladder Rank Faculty Appointments Dual Ladder Rank Faculty Appointments 11/03/09 memo Joint Appointments Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo	Reappointment of Assistant Professor APM 220 -17 b. Each appointment and reappointment is limited to a maximum term of two years. Assistant Professor First Merit Cases after appointment First Merit Checklist Regularization From Acting Assistant Professor to Assistant Professor APM 235 Acting Appointments See APM 235-25 for Transfer to Regular Status. Merit Increase Increase in Step (normally every 2 or 3 years, depending on rank/step) Assistant Professor First Merit Checklist Criteria for Faculty Step Accelerations 09/09/09 memo Guidelines for Step VI Reviews 12/01/09 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Salary Increase Change in salary, but no in step RETENTION: Value to Berkeley Assessment 10/30/09 memo Mid Career Appraisal Diagnostic during the seventh (7th) semester of service on the tenure clock. Appraisal Procedures 12/01/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Final Appraisal Increase in rank FINAL APPRAISALS and TENURE REVIEWS - Conducted in the 11th semester on the tenure clock. Accelerations in time are allowed for promotion cases. Appraisal Procedures 12/01/09 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Five Year Review Mandatory progress review after tenure APM 200-0 Every faculty member shall be reviewed at least every five years. FAQs on five-year reviews Career Equity Review (CER) Revised April, 2013 Career Equity Review (CER) is intended to ensure that all faculty are at the step within their rank that is appropriate to their overall performance. Its specific function is to provide a mechanism to address inequities in evaluation that become apparent only over the course of multiple review periods. CER is not an alternative to, or an appeal process for the results of, periodic academic personnel reviews. CER -Revised April, 2013 CER Policy CER Guidelines CER FAQs	Advancement to Professor, VI Requires highly distinguished scholarship Step VI Letters 09/20/07 memo Guidelines for Step VI Reviews 12/01/09 memo Criteria for Faculty Step Accelerations 09/09/09 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Advancement to Above Scale Status Requires highest distinction Criteria for Faculty Step Accelerations 09/09/09 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Promotion to Associate Professor Increase in rank FINAL APPRAISALS and TENURE REVIEWS - Conducted in the 11th semester on the tenure clock. Accelerations in time are allowed for promotion cases. Steps at Appointment and Promotion 12/11 memo Appraisal Procedures 12/01/09 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo Promotion to Full Professor Increase in rank Accelerations in time are allowed for promotion cases. Steps at Appointment and Promotion 12/11 memo External Letters 12/09/09 memo	Retention - Value to Berkeley Assessment Value to Berkeley Assessment 10/30/09 memo Recall to Active Service GUIDELINES Administrative, Research, Teaching (Post Retirement Appointments) Appointment as Professor of the Graduate School-POGS ---Endowed Chairs at Retirement Office / Research Space Assignments to Emeritus Professors CHECK-SHEETS Administrative, Research, Teaching POGS Emeritus Title An honorary title conferred, upon retirement. APM 120 The title Professor Emeritus shall be conferred, upon retirement, on every Professor and Associate Professor. The title suffix Emeritus for positions held at the time of retirement shall be conferred, upon retirement, on every member of the Academic Senate. With the approval of the President, Emeritus status shall be conferred, upon retirement, on every academic appointee who is not a member of the Academic Senate but who meets specific criteria established by the President. Additional 0% Above the line Requires faculty vote, recommendation from the chair plus recommendation from the dean of the "receiving" department. Concurrence from chairs/deans of the home department Updated Biography For an additional 0% Above the line, endorsement must be obtained from the candidate’s home Department and Dean. The requesting unit conducts a faculty vote (required), and forwards the request to the Dean for concurrence. Subject to campus approval. Joint Academic Appointments at UC Berkeley 08/09 memo "below the line"/Affiliated Appointments It confers no membership in the affiliated department Does not imply tenure in the affiliated department Makes no commitment to increase the faculty member’s time in that department Confers no voting privileges Voting rights may be extended for curricular matters only Exceptional approval may be requested through the Graduate Division for a below-the-line professor to serve as major professor for PhD and MS students To offer an affiliated appointment, endorsement must be obtained from the candidate’s home Department and Dean. The requesting unit conducts a faculty vote (required), and forwards the request to the Dean for approval. Endowed Chair Endowed chairs and professorships are reserved for distinguished scholars and teachers. APM 191 Endowed Chair at Retirement Berkeley Endowed Chair Payout Off-Cycle FTE request Under construction % of time Augmentation/Reduction in time Transfer of FTE: Recommendation letters with justification and a faculty vote from all departments involved Concurrence from chairs/deans Updated Biography Visiting Appointment Visiting Scholar* Visiting Appointments APM-230 Dual Ladder Rank Faculty Appointments Dual Ladder Rank Faculty Appointments 11/03/09 memo

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