General information#F7F7F7noneFor professional (non-tenure) track and tenured faculty, the Personal Circumstances Flag can be requested to stop the promotion clock for a year, analogous to the probationary period extension available to tenure-track faculty. See EVPP: Probationary Period Extensions for Tenure-Track Faculty. The probationary period refers to the period of time at the end of which a tenure-track faculty member is put up for tenure. A tenure-track assistant professor must be reviewed no later than the sixth year of the probationary period and individuals appointed to the associate professor or professor ranks without tenure must be reviewed no later than the third year of their probationary period. A probationary period extension is a tenure-clock extension. A year during which an extension is applied does not count toward the maximum number of years allowed for the probationary period. A tenure track faculty member who determines that certain personal circumstances may impede their progress toward achieving demonstration of eligibility for recommendation of the award of tenure may make a written request for extension of the probationary period specifying the reasons for the requested extension. Personal circumstances that may justify the extension include, but are not restricted to: disability or illness of the faculty member; status of the faculty member as the principal caregiver of a preschool child; or, status of the faculty member as a principal caregiver of a disabled, elderly, or ill member of the family of the faculty member. A probationary period extension may also be granted in conjunction with Modified Instructional Duties, but must be requested separately. Probationary period extensions related to COVID-19Assistant Professors who were in rank during academic years 2020-21 and/or 2021-22 who were impacted by COVID-19 are eligible for an additional COVID-related probationary period extension, which does not count towards the maximum two available in rank. See COE: Extension of Probationary Period for COVID-Related Impact for more information. Requesting a probationary period extensionThe probationary period extension request must be made no later than the end of the spring semester (i.e. by May 31st) before the faculty member’s mandatory tenure review year. 1) Before beginning, review EVPP: Probationary Period Extensions for Tenure-Track Faculty and HOP 2-2020: Extension of the Tenure Track Probationary Period. 2) Department AM submits form "Personal Circumstances FlagProbationary Period Extension" at Faculty Affairs/APS ServiceNow: Complete Forms. - In the section "Required Approval Routing," add the following:
- Dean's Staff: Claire Bush. Field is required in COE
- Dean or Dean Designate: Beth Maloch
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