PERSONNEL POLICY DEVELOPMENT

RESPONSIBILITIES.

Academic Staff Members.

Each unit’s academic staff members have primary responsibility for the development of policies and procedures. In addition, they participate in the evaluation of academic staff for personnel recommendations to the degree specified in those policies and procedures.

Director or Other Supervisor.

The director (or other equivalent supervisor) of each unit with personnel having academic staff appointments has the primary role in evaluation, particularly for
- developing performance objectives;
- assessing effectiveness in meeting performance objectives; and
- recommendations for:
  - appointment;
  - promotion; and
  - indefinite appointment.
In addition, the director shall provide for:
- the opportunity for participation in the development of the unit’s personnel policies and procedures by the unit’s academic staff members; and
- the approval of personnel policies and procedures by the academic staff of the unit.

ACADEMIC STAFF ORGANIZATION.

For the purpose of participation in the development of personnel policies and procedures, academic staff within units may organize as their needs dictate and the academic staff members consider appropriate.

REQUIRED POLICIES.

Institutional Policies and Procedures.

Personnel decisions shall be made in accordance with institutional policies and procedures found in chapter 4B.3 and 4B.4, of this Handbook. These policies and procedures derive from local personnel rules (chapter 4A.2), which in turn derive from system rules (chapter 4A.1). Wherever a unit is required to develop personnel policies or procedures, those policies or procedures must conform to system and institutional rules and procedures.

NOTE. In the consideration of providing for policies and procedures at the unit level, academic staff who so desire may be able to defer to and use the institutional policies without modification or further explication.

Unit Policies and Procedures.

Units with academic staff members are required to develop policies and procedures related to:

recruiting of academic staff;
expectations in fulfilling performance objectives;
procedures and criteria for granting indefinite appointment; and
promotion and changes of title;

Additional Policies.

Unit policies and procedures must also provide for the:

implementation of institutional rules and policies on fixed term and probationary appointments for academic staff;
implementation of institutional procedures and criteria for the reappointment of fixed term or probationary academic staff;
implementation of institutional policies and procedures on nonrenewal or failure to reappoint; and
implementation of institutional procedures for reconsideration of decisions not to reappoint or not to grant indefinite appointment.

Division Policies or Policies Developed by a Group of Units Acceptable.

Academic staff may choose to develop personnel policies and procedures at the division level rather than at the unit level, adapting sections as necessary for individual units, or as a collaboration among a group of units.

Unit Approval Required.

Policies may be developed by a group of units or at the division level provided that the academic staff members of each unit

approve such a process of policy development; and
approve the completed policies and procedures.

Initial Decision.

Wherever UWSP personnel rules, policies, or procedures provide for the development of unit personnel policies and procedures, the academic staff of each unit shall

give careful consideration to whether they wish to develop unit-level personnel policies beyond those at the institutional level;
discuss the issues in a unit meeting;
vote on the whether they wish to develop unit-level policies; and
if so, vote on the appropriate method for the development of personnel policies and procedures.

Alternatives.

If the academic staff within the unit decide not to defer exclusively to institutional policies and procedures, they shall determine whether

policies and procedures shall be developed at the unit or division level or in collaboration with a group of units; and
- if at the unit level, whether
all eligible academic staff members of the unit shall have the opportunity to participate, either in some committee structure or as a committee of the whole; or
policies and procedures are to be developed by the unit’s supervisor; or
the unit’s supervisor and a committee of or from among the academic staff shall develop policies and procedures; or
some other process shall be used for the development of personnel policies and procedures; or
- if at the division level, whether
all eligible academic staff members of the division shall have the opportunity to participate, either in some committee structure or as a committee of the whole; or
policies and procedures are to be developed by the vice chancellor; or
the vice chancellor and a committee of or from among the academic staff shall develop policies and procedures; or
some other process shall be used for the development of personnel policies and procedures; or
- if among a group of units, whether
all eligible academic staff members from among the units shall have the opportunity to participate, either in some committee structure or as a committee of the whole; or
policies and procedures are to be developed by the supervisor(s) of the units; or
the unit supervisors and a committee of or from among the academic staff of the units shall develop policies and procedures; or
some other process shall be used for the development of personnel policies and procedures.

Unit Adaptations.

Any policies and procedures developed at the division level or among a group of units shall specifically provide which parts may be adapted at the unit level to meet specific unit needs.

Individual Adaptations.

Policies and procedures developed at all levels shall specifically provide which parts may be adapted to meet specific unit needs for individual members of the unit. Such individualization shall occur in consultation between the unit supervisor and the individuals concerned.

2.2: Units

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CHAPTER 2 DEPARTMENTS AND UNITS

SECTION 2 UNITS

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