Reappointments
Description
Reappointments require continued excellence. Preparing for reappointment provides the opportunity for faculty members and their departments to review progress, assess goals, and plan for development and trajectories for potential future promotion. Mentorship programs can help faculty at every stage of their career, and OAPD-sponsored career development workshops and other faculty resources available to help faculty succeed.
Reappointment processes are begun the year prior to the end of faculty appointment terms. As with appointments, there may be some details that vary from one department to another and faculty should become familiar with them. School-wide requirements that apply to everyone are spelled out by position in the Faculty Tracks, Ranks, & Positions web pages. The guiding principles are drawn from the Yale University Faculty Handbook.
It is recommended that faculty contact their department for information about related processes, requirements, and timelines. Each department has faculty affairs department teams to facilitate related procedures.
Procedures:
The timeline for A&P processes should be kept in mind. It is recommended that discussions about reappointment include assessment of progress, goals, and future directions. Faculty should review their CV1, CV2, and teaching evaluations with their departments. Of note, for K Award recipients who were appointed to a ladder track position with a Search Waiver, a K Awardee Progress Report for Reappointment needs to be completed, submitted, and approved prior to reappointment.
Note that there are some track/position considerations related to reappointment that are delineated below. There is no entitlement to reappointment.
Clinical Track
Clinical Educator Track
ClinicalEducator-Scholar track reappointment requires evidence of excellence as a clinical practitioner, teacher and promise as a scholar.
Non-reappointment requires one year's written notice, except in the case of one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 30 days' written notice.
Appointments to to the rank of professor in this track are made on a continuing basis but are contingent upon continued faculty productivity and the capacity to generate financial support, which are reviewed annually by the department. If either is found unsatisfactory for three years in any five-year period, as determined by the department and the Office of the Dean, the appointment reverts to a term appointment that expires at the end of two additional years. Non-reappointment requires one year’s written notice.
Clinician Scientist Track
Clinician-Scientist track reappointment requires evidence of excellence as a scholar, teacher, and clinician. Note that there are limits to times in rank for this track.
Non-reappointment requires one year’s written notice, except in the case of one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 30 days' written notice.
Investigator Track
Investigator track reappointment requires evidence of excellence as a clinical practitioner, teacher and promise as a scholar. Note that there are time limits for time in ranks for this track.
Non-reappointment requires one year's written notice, except in the case of one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 30 days' written notice.
Appointments to the rank of professor continue without extra-departmental review as long as the faculty member generates funding sufficient to cover the proportion of salary and research activities required by the investigator’s department. Funding is reviewed annually by the department. If, for any three years in a five-year period, the individual’s funding is not sufficient, as determined by the department and the Office of the Dean, the appointment reverts to a term appointment that expires at the end of two additional years. Non-reappointment requires one year’s written notice.
Traditional Track
Traditional track reappointment requires evidence of excellence as a scholar, teacher and, if applicable, as a practitioner in their field. Note that there are time limits for times in rank for this track.
Non-reappointment requires one-year's written notice, except in the case of current one-year appointments or reappointments, which require 30 days' written notice.
For associate professor with term on this track, if at the end of the term, the individual has been a member of the faculty at the combined ranks of assistant and associate professor for less than ten years (inclusive of up to three years on ladder faculty at another institution), the appointment may be extended for up to two years, subject to the approval of the dean and the provost.
Research Ranks
Research rank reappointment is not automatic. The school and departments are expected to make a careful evaluation of each candidate’s work and promise, as well as of the programmatic needs of the school or department, before deciding whether or not to recommend reappointment or promotion.
Notice of non-reappointment for persons holding full-time appointments will normally be given in writing according to the schedule indicated below, although failure to provide such notice does not create any right to extension or reappointment.
- For associate research scientists, non-reappointment for reasons other than the absence of salary support normally requires 90 days notice.
- For research scientists who have served at least three years in that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support normally requires six-month's notice.
- For senior research scientists who have served at least five years at that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support requires one year's notice.