Professional Teaching Fellow and Senior Tutor Promotion Procedures

Application

All academic staff members.

Purpose

To set out the procedures specific to the Professional Teaching Fellow and Senior Tutor Promotion process. The Academic Promotions Policy and Procedures covers the generic procedural steps for all academic promotions at the University.

Nothing in this document shall override any collective agreement (CA) or any individual employment agreement (IEA); where there is conflict in the wording, the CA and/or IEA is to prevail.

Procedures

Academic head advisor

1. The applicant is to nominate one academic head advisor.

2. The academic head advisor must be:

  • capable of analysing the applicant’s teaching
  • able to offer rigorous, expert and impartial advice
  • not an applicant for promotion in the same round (unless other advisors are unavailable)
  • not be a member of the FSC

3. The academic head advisor is to analyse and evaluate the applicant’s teaching and service on the basis of the application and their own observations and knowledge, and is to report to the FSC on the Academic Head Advisor Report HR form through the academic head

4. The report is to be available to the applicant (refer to Disclosure of Reports to Applicant below).

Note – the academic head advisor must also be able to comment on research in the case of a senior tutor who has research as part of their workload.

Definitions

The following definitions apply to this document:

Academic head means heads of departments, schools and other teaching and research units at Level 3 in the University Organisational Structure.

Staff member refers to an individual employed by the University on a full time or part time basis.

University means the University of Auckland and includes all subsidiaries.

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Document management and control

Content manager: Associate Director, HR Advisory
Owner: Human Resources Director
Approved by: Vice-Chancellor
Approval date: 16 February 2024
Review date: 16 February 2029