Washington Administrative Code › Title 132B - Grays Harbor College › Chapter 132B-128 - Policies and procedures for tenure and dismissal › Section 132B-128-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Faculty appointment
- Full-time employment as a
				teacher, counselor, librarian or other position for which the training,
				experience and responsibilities are comparable as determined by the appointing
				authority, except administrative appointments; "faculty appointment" shall mean
				department heads, division heads and administrators to the extent that such
				department heads, division heads or administrators have had or do have status
				as a teacher, counselor, or librarian.
Full-time position -
One in which the faculty
				member receives a contract labeled full-time and works a regular load of his
				division or area for any three complete quarters in one calendar year. Only
				special circumstances, which shall be described in writing, will permit the
				faculty member to work less than a regular load and retain a full-time
				contract.
Dismissal review committee -
A committee to hear
				dismissal cases shall be composed of a member of the administrative staff, a
				student representative, and members of the teaching faculty. The
				representatives of the teaching faculty shall represent a majority of the
				members on each review committee. The members representing the teaching faculty
				on each review committee shall be selected by a majority of the teaching
				faculty and faculty division heads acting in a body as specified by the
				dismissal policy.
Faculty peer -
One who holds a faculty
				appointment.
Probationer -
Any individual holding a
				probationary faculty appointment.
Probationary faculty appointment -
A faculty
				appointment for a designated period of time which may be terminated without
				sufficient cause upon expiration of the probationer's terms of
				employment.
Tenure -
A faculty appointment for an indefinite
				period of time which may be revoked only for sufficient cause and by due
				process.
Tenure review committee -
A committee composed of
				the probationer's faculty peers, a student representative, and a member of the
				administrative staff of the community college provided that the majority of the
				committee shall consist of the probationer's faculty peers and that the faculty
				members be elected as specified by the tenure policy by a majority of the
				faculty members.
Appointing authority -
Shall mean the board of
				trustees of Community College District No. 2.
Administrative appointment -
Shall mean employment
				in a specific administrative position as determined by the appointing
				authority.
Administrative position -
For purposes of this
				document, the following positions are considered administrative positions at
				Grays Harbor College: President, dean of instruction, dean of administration,
				associate dean for student affairs, associate dean for admissions and records,
				associate dean for vocational education, associate dean for continuing
				education, assistant dean of administration, assistant dean for library and
				media services, coordinator of basic education, coordinator of continuing
				education, coordinator of child and family studies, coordinator of women's
				resources center, coordinator of financial aids and veterans affairs, and
				coordinator of student programs.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  28B.50.140(13). 81-10-008
				  (Order 81-1, Resolution Nos. 2-81, 3-81 and 4-81), §
										132B-128-020, filed 4/24/81;
				  79-08-129 (Order 79-1, Resolution No. 11-79), §
										132B-128-020, filed 8/1/79;
				  Order, §
										132B-128-020, filed
				  3/28/73.