4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL POLICIES OF INTEREST TO THE FACULTY
4.1 CHANGE IN ANNUAL SALARY
a. Department chairs will evaluate annually the performance of each department member (see Section 2.5).
b. Department chairs will recommend to the Dean of the College the merit portion of the annual salary increases for each department member. The salary recommended shall reflect the chair's evaluation of the department member in the areas of teaching and advising effectiveness, professional development, and professional service.
c. The Dean of the College shall, after discussing the chair's performance evaluation and salary recommendation, make a determination of the salary change for each individual and will confer with the chair before making a final decision.
d. The chair shall meet with each department member to provide the salary information.
e. Each department member has the option of meeting with the Dean (with or without the department chair) to discuss the salary information. (If this meeting occurs without the chair and if the Dean feels a change in salary may be in order, the Dean will notify the chair and offer to have a meeting with the chair.)
f. At the conclusion of this process, the Dean sends salary letters to individual department members.
g. Faculty members who have been granted reassigned times will be evaluated by the Dean of the College for compensation adjustments based upon their performance on the tasks for which their reassigned times were granted. Compensation adjustments for all non-chair faculty members will be allocated based upon the percentage of reassigned time and teaching time by the Dean and appropriate department chair, respectively. For example, if Professor Jones has a teaching assignment of five courses and two units of reassigned time, then Professor Jones' department chair will recommend the amount for 5/7 share of the compensation, and the Dean will assign the other 2/7 of the compensation.