Fall 2008 Career Progression Deadlines & Workshop

New Instructional Academic Staff Orientation
IAS Successfully Progressed to New Ranks
Career Progression Workshops to be offered
Career Progression deadlines extended
Career Progression Workshops UW-L
IAS Committee elects IAS Liaison

UW-L offers first IAS orientation session

Chancellor Gow signs new IAS policies


Fall 2008 Career Progression Deadlines & Workshop

DEADLINES FOR FALL 2008 CAREER PROGRESSION APPLICATIONS

First Friday of December * CP Portfolio w/ Dept. Materials due to Deans from Dept. Chairs
First Friday of January CP Portfolio due to Faculty Senate Office from Deans
First Friday of February IASCPC recommendations due to Provost's Office
W/in 14 days of receiving CPC Recommendations Provost recommedations due to Human Resources
W/in 7 days of receiving Provost Decisions Human Resources issues notification letters to all IAS applicants
July 1 of NEXT Academic Year New Title takes Effect

*NOTE: CP Portfolio is due to Department PRIOR to First Friday of December. See your department chair for specific departmental deadline.

CAREER PROGRESSION WORKSHOP
An Instructional Academic Staff Career Progression Workshop has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at 3:00pm in 331 Cartwright. Topics to be discussed are CP deadlines, portfolio preparation (entering information into Digital Measures, writing narratives, adding hyperlinks, and extracting & modifying report). A member of the IAS Career Progression Committee will be on hand at 3:00pm to answer questions about the work of the CPC.

Contact Kerrie Hoar if you have questions about Career Progression.

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New Instructional Academic Staff Orientation

An orientation session for new IAS has been scheduled for Monday, August 25 at 1:00pm in 116 Cowley Hall. While this session is directed toward new hires, all IAS are welcome to attend. A tour of Murphy Library will be included in this session.

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IAS Successfully Progressed to New Ranks

Congratulations to the following Instructional Academic Staff who have been advanced to higher title ranks through career progression!

Suzanne Anglehart (Microbiology Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Joel Chilsen (Marketing Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Kay Dailey (ESL Institute) - progressed to Lecturer
Scott Doberstein (Exercise & Sports Science Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Deborah Dougherty (Health Professions Dept.) - progressed to Clinical Associate Professor
Cordial Gillette (Exercise & Sports Science Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Kerrie Hoar (Biology Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Elizabeth Knowles (Economics Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Robin McCannon (Health Professions Dept.) - progressed to Clinical Associate Professor
Diane Morrison (Finance Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Lori Peterson (Exercise & Sports Science Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Karyn Quinn (Music Dept.) - progressed to Senior Lecturer
Diane Sewell (Microbiology Dept.) - progressed to Clinical Associate Professor
Joseph Van Oss (Communications Studies Dept.) - progressed to Lecturer

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Career Progression Workshops to be offered

Career Progression Workshops will be offered in September 2008.

Are you eligible for career progression? Are you planning to apply for career progression this year? Would you like more information on UW-L's new career progression policies and procedures? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then you should mark your calendar and plan to attend one of the IAS Career Progression Workshops that will be offered in September 2008. During this meeting, you will learn about eligibility requirements for career progression, the application process and the deadlines for submission.

Please contact Kerrie Hoar (IAS Liaison) with any questions or concerns.

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Career Progression deadlines extended

The Provost's office has authorized an extension for Fall2008 Career Progression deadlines. The new deadlines are:

February 9, 2008
Career Progression Portfolio w/ Department materials due to Dean from Department Chair
March 7, 2008
Career Progression Portfolio due to the Faculty Senate office from Dean
April 4, 2008
IAS CPC recommendations due to the Provost office
Within 14 days of receiving IAS CPC recommendations
Provost recommendations due to Human Resources office
Within 7 days of receiving Provost recommendations
No Later than April 30, 2008
Human Resources office issues notification letters to all IAS applicants
July 1, 2008
New Title takes effect

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Career Progression Workshops

Are you eligible for career progression? Are you planning to apply for career progression this year? Would you like more information on UW-L's new career progression policies and procedures? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then you should mark your calendar and plan to attend one of the IAS Career Progression Workshops that will be offered on Tuesday, October 16 at 3:00pm and Monday, October 22 at 4:30pm. Both sessions will be held in 331 CWC. During this meeting, you will learn about eligibility requirements for career progression, the application process and the deadlines for submission.

If you are unable to attend either session, but would like more information about Career Progression, contact Kerrie Hoar for more information.
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UW-L IAS Committee elects IAS Liaison

Among the several recommendations regarding changes in policies and procedures applying to Instructional Academic Staff (IAS) was the recommendation to have an individual serve as an IAS Liaison.

The IAS liaison would be responsible for:
- working with administrative offices, the IAS committee and individual IAS to ensure good communication;
- establishing, organizing and leading a new IAS orientation session each semester;
- organizing a career progression informational meeting each fall to aid IAS in portfolio preparation and to provide an introduction to the career progression process;
- organizing the IAS mentoring program;
- maintaining the IAS webpage.

Kerrie Hoar was elected by the Faculty Senate IAS committee to serve as the IAS Liaison.

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UW-L offers first IAS Orientation session

The first IAS Orientation session was held on Monday, August 27, 2007, from 1:00 to 3:30pm. The session was offered to all new and continuing IAS. Similar sessions for new IAS are planned for January and August 2008.
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Chancellor Gow signs new IAS policies

Chancellor Gow signed a document that formally recognizes new IAS policies during a ceremony in Port O' Call on May 14, 2007. Included in the documentation are guidelines for IAS workload, policies for IAS career progression and endorsements for new IAS programs in mentoring and orientation, as well as support for the creation of an IAS website.
The full set of recommendations supported by the chancellor is available at: http://www.uwlax.edu/FacultySenate/committees/06-07/End%20of%20Year%20Reports/IAS.htm.

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