[Vpaaetal] Deadline - FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE Applications

[Academic Affairs]

REMINDER of DEADLINE:  5:00 P.M., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006 

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE
Criteria Requirements
1. A faculty member is defined as a person employed by A&M-Commerce whose
full-time duties, as specified in his/her contract, are teaching and/or
research.

2. Faculty members are eligible to be considered for a Faculty Development
Leave when they have served as members of the faculty of A&M-Commerce for a
minimum of two consecutive, full-time, academic years.

3. Applicants must submit all required documentation to the Faculty
Development Leave Committee according to established time lines. 

4. The Faculty Development Leave Committee shall give due consideration to
each applicant and base its deliberations and decisions upon the following
criteria:
a. Prior record of scholarly or professional achievement;
b. Description of the potential contribution of research or writing to an
academic or professional discipline;
c. Evidence that the development leave activity can be completed during the
requested leave.
5. Within ninety (90) days following completion of faculty development
leave, each applicant will present to the Department Chair, Dean, and
Provost a brief written report on accomplishments resulting from the leave.
(Eligibility starting date for succeeding faculty development leave begins
with the delivery of the report of accomplishments to the chair.)
Application Packet
To be considered for award, application packets must include the following
documents and must be received in the Provost Office no later than 5:00 p.m.
on Friday, December 8 
(1) The application form is available at
http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl/general_info.htm
<http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/vpaa/fdl/general_info.htm>   (Applications
must be signed by the applicant, Department Head and Dean.)
(2) Explanation of the proposed Faculty Development Leave project (including
an abstract, project description, timeline, and bibliographic or background
sources), and
(3) Current vita.

Completed application packets must be submitted to Cynthia Rhodes, Assistant
to the Provost, McDowell Business Administration Building, Room 280. 
Faculty Development Leave information can be found at
http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/administration/Rules%26Procedures/rules_procedu
res.asp?RID=77
<http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/administration/Rules%26Procedures/rules_proced
ures.asp?RID=77> 
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