Flyer to all academic staff; December 2004
Interested in job security?
Do you have five or more years of academic staff service at UW-Madison?
You may be eligible for increased job security through a longer-term appointment.
The Longer-Term Appointment Review
Academic Staff Policies and Procedures require departments to conduct
an annual review
of all academic staff with five or more years of academic staff service
at UW-Madison. The purpose of this review is to identify individuals to
be considered for increased job security when the following three conditions
are met:
1) the quality of their performance warrants acknowledgment through increased
job security;
2) their role is an integral part of their department's or program's continuing
mission; and
3) a funding source can be identified that can permit rolling-horizon,
multiple-year,
or indefinite appointments.
Departments make recommendations on longer-term appointments to deans
and directors, who must approve these recommendations before they can
take effect.
Types of Longer-Term Appointments
A multiple-year appointment is a form of fixed-term renewable appointment
made for more than one year. This type of extended appointment may be
especially appropriate for individuals on multiple-year grants. Renewals
are possible if funding sources permit.
A rolling-horizon appointment is a form of fixed-term appointment that extends daily for the term specified. The term may be for one or more years (ASPP 2.01.1.b).
An indefinite appointment is an academic staff appointment with permanent
status and
for an unlimited term in a specified operational area. Indefinite appointments
confer the greatest job security of any academic staff appointment. Indefinite
appointments are neither limited to nor specific to any academic staff
title series or position (ASPP 2.09).
Who is Eligible for Review?
After employees have five years of academic staff service at the university,
departments are required to review them annually for longer-term appointments.
However, no presumption is made that an individual must have had five
years of service before being considered;
that is, employees can be considered for longer-term appointments with
fewer than five years of service. Individuals who currently hold rolling-horizon
appointments shall be reviewed and a determination made about their eligibility
for an indefinite appointment.
Academic staff with five years or more of service who do not have a multiple-year or a rolling horizon appointment. Academic staff with five years or more of service who do not have a multiple-year or a rolling-horizon appointment shall be given written reasons upon request (ASPP 2.05).
Eligible individuals must be reviewed even though financial constraints
may preclude awarding longer-term appointments at this time. You may want
to take this opportunity
to discuss this review with your supervisor or personnel manager and also
discuss any additional information you might want to provide.
Questions?
If you have questions, you
are invited to contact any of these committee members:
PERSONNEL POLICIES &
PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
UW-Madison
Academic Staff Assembly
MEMBERS 2004-2005
Ann Wallace, Chair
Education Dean's Office
Daniel Barnish
Biochemistry
Maureen Noonan Bischof
Provost's Office
Carlotta Calmese
Letters and Science
Student Academic Affairs
Jeanne Hendricks
Engineering Dean's Office
Carla Love
German Department
Amy Pritchard
Medicine Department
John Mather
Horticulture Department
Rebecca Ryan
Cross-College Advising