FACULTY SENATE
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE BILL 02-A-05
Approved by the Faculty Senate
April 24, 2002
Approved by Board of Regents
October 18, 2002
Faculty Merit Pay Guidelines
I.
General Provisions
A.
Criteria established by the departmental unit will be the basis for yearly
evaluations and annual increases in salary. These evaluations, conducted
in a fashion decided by the full time faculty in the department, will reflect
minimum expectations for performance. Approval of these criteria will
occur according to the process delineated in the Faculty Promotion Policy.
B.
These procedures shall be applicable to all full-time faculty members, as
well as dual appointment faculty (to be considered in the base department
only) and those faculty with 50 percent or less released time for
administrative responsibilities.
C.
The annual review will identify those faculty who are meeting minimum
expectations, as determined by departmental criteria. Those faculty will
receive a salary increase equal to 75% of the percentage recommended by
the Board of Regents. The remaining 25% will be set aside to form a pool
of funds for post-professorial salary increments. It is understood that
continuous performance that meets minimum expectations as defined by
departmental criteria does not assure promotion or post-professorial salary
increases.
The base pay increase for promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate
Professor will be $6400 with a one time individual professional
development account of $1000 in addition to existing professional
development funding. The total increase in base pay will be $6400. The
base pay increase for promotion from Associate Professor to Professor
will be $7900 with a one time individual professional development
account of $1000 in addition to existing professional development
funding. The total increase in base pay will be $7900. Merit increments
in base pay at the post-professorial level will be $4000. Non-tenure track
faculty review will occur in the fifth year and each five years thereafter
using criteria to be developed by each department. Non-tenure track
faculty meeting departmental criteria will receive an increment of $1250.
The post-professorial increment will be a voluntary additional step in the
current promotion process. Faculty become eligible to apply for the
increment five years after attaining the rank of Professor and each five
years thereafter. Individuals who are unsuccessful in their review are
eligible again after two years. The review will adhere to the current
promotion process (department, college, university review) using the same
criteria developed by the department for the rank of Professor. Those who
have been at the rank of Professor for five or more years when this bill is
implemented will be eligible to apply for the increment immediately.
II.
D.
In the first year of implementation of this bill, there will be one-time
adjustments made to the base salary of those who have been promoted
within the last four years, based upon the recommendations of a
committee of faculty and administrative staff. This committee will also
consider possible one-time adjustments for those who have been at the
rank of Professor for five or more years.
E.
Appeals for post-professorial salary increases will be governed similarly
to promotion appeals.
Principles for Development and Application of Departmental Criteria.
A.
The department as a whole has the responsibility for developing and
applying criteria, including those for the post-professorial salary increase
increments, and those for non-tenure track faculty. Criteria specific to the
discipline and to the departmental mission must be developed by the fulltime faculty in each department. The allocation of annual increases in
salary to individual faculty members will be based upon the departmental
criteria.
B.
Teaching effectiveness must be the primary consideration of faculty
evaluations. Since those who teach must, above all, be informed and
steeped in the knowledge of their discipline, criteria should be based on
the trilogy of teaching effectiveness, professional growth, and service to
the university.
C.
Departmental criteria will be discipline specific and will reflect excellence
in the discipline. In adopting criteria, departments may use, as
benchmarks, programs in comparable institutions. Deans may assist in
providing departments with the required resources for identifying
discipline specific standards of excellence. However, implementation
and application will occur at the departmental level.
III.
D.
Departmental criteria will be performance based. There will be no quota
system. Criteria will include specific indicators of faculty performance in
the areas of teaching effectiveness, professional growth, and service to the
university. Criteria will reflect high standards of excellence and will
describe performance to meet minimum expectations, as well as higher
levels of performance in the above three areas.
E.
Departmental criteria should reflect University, college, and departmental
goals and priorities. Where appropriate, criteria will be designed not only
to reward individual achievement but also to reward contributions of
individuals as members of the departmental team. Service to the
University, as well as professional service, will be recognized by
departmental criteria.
Time Schedule:
January 31: Faculty reports are due for accomplishments and contributions of the
previous calendar year.
February 1 – March 11: Notices of departmental decisions regarding performance
meeting or not meeting minimum expectations are communication in writing to faculty.
March 12 – April 20: Appeals may be made to the College Appeals Committee.
The time schedule for promotions will be followed in the post-professorial salary
increments.
IV.
These guidelines must be implemented by Fall 2003 or this bill will expire. If
implemented, they will expire at the end of the fifth year after implementation
unless reapproved by the Faculty Senate.
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Kenneth Dobbins, President
Southeast Missouri State University
FROM:
William R. Eddleman, Chairperson
Faculty Senate
DATE:
April 29, 2002
RE:
Bill 02-A-05
Merit Pay Guidelines
The Faculty Senate approved the attached bill concerning Merit Pay Guidelines. We
submit it to you for your consideration and approval.
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Enclosure
CC: Jane Stephens