On this website, you will find information on governance, awards, appointments,  promotion, and tenure.  Select this link for more information on appointments, promotion, and tenure. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development in the Kresge Learning Resources Center (LRC), 2nd floor, at 615-327-6862 or pmatthews-juarez@mmc.edu

Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD
Associate Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Development
Professor, Family Medicine

Staff:
Linda Buckley, Administration
Natalie Stevenson, Faculty Affairs and Development

Policy Statement

Faculty, please review the following statement for approval.  
This statement will be included in the APT Guidelines

Contact Dr. Robert Holt, Faculty Senate President for more information

Non-Renewal of Appointment

1. A faculty member shall be advised of a regular time period (January through March) when evaluation affecting appointment renewal is ordinarily made and will be given timely opportunity by the chairperson to submit materials, which the faculty member believes will be helpful to an adequate consideration of his/her performance.


2. When a recommendation or a decision not to renew an appointment has been reached, the faculty member involved will be informed in writing of that decision by the appropriate dean. The faculty member shall be advised orally and in writing of the reasons, which contributed to the recommendation and/or decision. Except for dismissal for adequate cause, notice of non-renewal shall be six months. However, any faculty member who receives written notice of a recommendation or decision by the appropriate dean not to renewal his or her contract and where such notice does not provide a minimum of six months (between the date of notice and the date of contract end) shall receive an extension of 3 months or 90 days. This extension shall begin on the effective end date reflected on the faculty member’s individual contract.