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Academic Affairs

Promotion Process for Faculty, Chairs, and Deans

For important forms, timelines, processes, and guidelines, please visit the Academic Affairs Resources card in MyCCRI.
Promotion decisions involve a thorough review of a Faculty member’s performance and contributions to the College.

Faculty Promotion Overview

Promotion decisions involve a thorough review of a faculty member’s performance and contributions to the College. The requirements for promotion vary by rank and are established in Article XIII of the CCRIFA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Eligible faculty applying for promotion should prepare a complete OneDrive portfolio of information that includes how they have met the following criteria:
  1. Teaching Effectiveness (or Professional Effectiveness in the case of Library faculty)
  2. Productive Scholarship
  3. Professional Improvement
  4. Committee Work at the College
  5. Professional Activity in One’s Field of Specialization

Roles and Responsibilities

At CCRI, the request for Promotion originates with the faculty member. Faculty members need to assume that the full “burden of proof” for a positive review on their requests lies with the originating Faculty member. To assist faculty in preparing their electronic portfolios, the faculty request for promotion form provides guidelines to the faculty regarding what their narrative and portfolio should contain. Faculty members need to be aware of the seriousness of this process and should assume a need to make a persuasive case.
Required Promotion Forms to be Completed by the Faculty:
Faculty Request for Promotion
 
The Department Chair plays a critical role in evaluating a faculty member's teaching effectiveness, productive scholarship, professional growth, participation in college-wide committee work, and professional activity within their discipline. The Chair is responsible for conducting a thorough review of the faculty member's electronic promotion portfolio and submitting a DocuSign recommendation regarding promotion to the Dean for review.
Required Promotion Forms to be Completed by the Department Chair:
Faculty Promotion Checklist
Chair Promotion Recommendation Form with narrative
 
The Academic Dean is responsible for evaluating a faculty member's qualifications for promotion. Following a review of the promotion portfolio, the Chair's recommendation, and their own observations, the Dean prepares and submits a narrative recommendation in DocuSign to the VPAA, outlining the rationale for their decision regarding promotion.
Required Promotion Forms to be Completed by the Dean:
Dean Promotion Recommendation Form with narrative
 

Promotion Process

Below is the general process for faculty applying for promotion only. You may find the specific timeline, based on year of hire or rank date in MyCCRI under Academic Affairs Resources.
 
  1. March or September - The Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) Office reminds Chairs of the deadline for eligible faculty to apply for
  2. April or October - Eligible faculty submit their letter of intent for promotion to their respective Chair and Dean. Following receipt, Academic Affairs will email the faculty, providing resources and a link to a personal OneDrive
  3. September or December - Faculty submit completed portfolios in OneDrive for Chair review.
  4. September or January - Academic Affairs will share the OneDrive portfolio with the respective Chair. The Chair will review the portfolio and submit a Docusign recommendation to the respective Dean.
  5. October or February - The Dean reviews the portfolio and Chair recommendation and submits a Docusign recommendation to the VPAA.
  6. March or November - The VPAA reviews the portfolio, Chair and Dean recommendations, and submits a recommendation to the College President.
  7. Faculty approved for promotion will receive a letter from the College President and will have their name forwarded to the Council on Postsecondary Education for notification.

Please note: Reviewers at each level of the process may request additional information. If the requested materials are not submitted on or before the stated due date at each level of review, it may be necessary to withdraw the faculty member’s name from the current round of review.

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