The grievance procedures available to TT faculty are also available to instructors. Promotion Instructors should be considered for promotion to senior instructor after 5 years of meritorious performance in rank. This promotion should include a raise proportional to the raise given for promotion from assistant professor to associate professor within the same unit. Promotion to senior instructor may also occur under other circumstances, as determined by schools and colleges. Definition Senior instructors hold at least a Master's degree or the equivalent and have usually taught for five years.
Senior instructors are members of the ranked or regular faculty rank.
Salary Senior instructors should be paid more than instructors. The promotion should include a raise proportional to the raise given for promotion from assistant professor to associate professor within the same unit. A detai led plan for development leave must be approved by the chair and the dean. During this leave, senior instructors should receive their full-time salaries. Full-time instructors receive full benefits on a par with TT faculty.