Faculty Resources: Faculty Handbook

I. Department Organization and Administration

A. Organization

• Department Voting Policies and Procedures
  
• Office Policies (Work Requests and Use of Copier)
  
• Technology Policies and Guidelines
  
• English Faculty Orientation Schedule
  
• New Faculty Orientation

B. Administration

• Chair, Department of English and Philosophy
  
• Director of Graduate Studies in English
  
• Co-Directors of First-Year Writing Program

C. Standing Committees

• 2008-2009 Department Committee Assignments
  
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Mission Statement)
  
• Graduate Program Committee (Mission Statement)
  
• Writing Committee (Mission Statement)
  
• Advisory Committee (Mission Statement)
  
• Faculty Status Committee

II. Responsibilities and Professional Development

A. Temporary Full- and Part-Time Faculty

• Guidelines for Hiring and Responsibilities/Opportunities within the Department
  

B. Lecturers  

Department Criteria for Promotion to Lecturer

C. Tenure Track Faculty 

• Faculty Responsibilities (Tenured and Tenure- Track Faculty)
• Department Criteria for Tenure (Assistant Professor)
• Department Criteria for Promotion to Associate Professor
• Department Criteria for Promotion to Full Professor
• 2-, 3-, and 5-Year Plans for Faculty Members
• Department Criteria for Post-Tenure Review
• Department Criteria for Third Year Advisory Review
• Department Criteria for Tenure and Promotion for Faculty in English Education
• Appendices A, B, and C: Professional Growth

D. Teaching

• ADE Statement of Good Practice: Teaching, Evaluation, and  Scholarship
  
• Teaching Evaluation Guidelines for Full- and Part-Time Instructors and Visiting Assistant Professors

E. Annual Reports and Evaluations

• Annual Report Form
  
• Annual Report Guidelines

F. Travel Policies

• Policy for Allocation of Travel Funding
  
• Travel Authorization Form
• Travel Expense Statement
• UWG Travel Policies and Procedures
  
• Board of Regents Travel Policies

G. Other Professional Development Policies

• Criteria for Faculty Reassigned Time
• Reassigned Time for Direction of Master's and Honors' Theses
• Reassigned Time Application (Form)

III. Curriculum

A. First Year Writing Program

• First Year Writing Program Policies and Recommendations (Approved 10-22-02)
  
• First Year Writing Program Policies (Approved 04/01)

B. Scheduling

• Course Offerings and Projections
  
• Scheduling of Summer Courses
  
• Summer Budget/Scheduling Guidelines (College of Arts and Sciences) DRAFT
  
• Request for Desk Copies (pdf form)
  
• Request for Textbooks (pdf form)

C. Approved Syllabi and Course Policies

• Approved ENGL 1101/1102 Syllabi and Policies
  
• Approved Undergraduate Syllabi and Course Policies
  
• Approved Graduate Syllabi and Course Policies
  
• Approved Learning Outcomes and Program Goals for ENGL 4000- and 5000-Level Literature Courses
  
• Department Plagiarism Policy

D. Course Assignment Policies

• Criteria for the Assignment of Upper-Division and Graduate Courses in English
  
• Criteria for Assignment of Summer Courses

IV. Related Faculty Policies and Resources

• USG Information for Faculty and Staff
  
• USG Regents Academic Advisory Committee on English
  
• USG Academic Affairs