Frequently Asked Questions

医学院承认终身教职和非终身教职. These are the only tracks per se. 教师在服务、教育或研究方面的卓越表现可能会得到提升. However, 这些不被认为是“轨道”，因为教师可以根据他们在年度学术期望(AAE)中记录的时间和努力承诺来改变他们的优秀领域。. See Standards Policy for more information.

志愿教员是指有学术任命的教员 .FTE或那些为Upstate COM提供服务而没有通过工资支持直接支付的人. These faculty may be promoted using the Voluntary Faculty Promotion Guidelines.

一些提供服务的志愿教师被认为是作为附属机构工作，并可能使用全职教师标准进行晋升. This may include employees of MedBest, departmental medical service groups, 以及克劳斯医院和退伍军人管理医院的一些员工. 这些教师通过对推荐最近最火的赌博软件学生和/或居民的广泛教学和/或与推荐最近最火的赌博软件教师合作进行研究，为推荐最近最火的赌博软件提供服务.  咨询高级副院长，了解在担任志愿教员期间使用全职教员指导方针进行晋升的问题.

The office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development provides resources for promotion.  教师亦应联络所属院系推广委员会主席及助理，以寻求院系指导及支持. In addition, 学院事务和学院发展办公室提供一对一的指导，由负责晋升的助理院长和负责学院事务和学院发展的高级副院长提供. Please contact the office for an appointment.

支持信是同事用来支持晋升的任何信件，可以由教员要求提交给系委员会或以后, with institutional promotion dossiers. 一封典型的支持信表明了写信人的角色或地位, their professional relationship to the faculty member, their understanding of the faculty member’s work, and their recommendation and support for promotion. Generally, faculty have no more than 5-7 letters of support.

An extramural letter is meant to be evaluative. It should be written by someone who, although they may know the faculty member’s work well, does not necessarily know the faculty member personally. Generally, 系主任要求这些信件由在该教员领域有专业知识的外部信函作者撰写，并要求他们在部门晋升委员会开会审查教员档案并建议将教员档案提交机构委员会审查后提交. The faculty member may suggest names to the chair, however, 主席应核实这些教员信的作者与教员没有关系.

Other details regarding extramural letters include the following:

• COMFAPC委员会至少需要三次校外评价. Individual departments may require more. 一些教师放弃了这一要求(见政策，第13页，VII: B;3);
• 这些信件必须由系主任从教师中征求, at non-Upstate institutions, 所持学术职级等于或高于候选人晋升所考虑的职级;
• There should be no more than two solicited letters from faculty who have had collaborative engagement with the candidate up to three years prior to consideration for promotion and/or tenure; and
• 在候选人考虑晋升和/或晋升的三年内，不得向与候选人有合作关系的教师征求这些意见
• 系主任信函应说明选择评价者的方法, relationship and degree of separation to Upstate and the candidate, and an explanation of the writer’s expertise and objectivity.
• 曾以任何身份为候选人提供过指导的人员(毕业生), post-graduate, 住院医师或研究金主管)被认为没有资格担任三个要求的校外信函作者中的任何一个.

Yes. You need three extramural letters. 其他院校的教员如获委任为相同职级，须具备下列条件:

• Letter from the Upstate Department Chair
• Letter from the Chair of the Department’s FAPC
• Curriculum Vitae

在被任命后寻求晋升到更高级别的教师必须由其部门和机构晋升委员会审查他们的档案.

Tenure eligibility may be offered to faculty upon appointment. If you are on a tenure eligible track, 在聘任书中，你会被告知获得终身职位的最后期限. See Tenure and Stop the Clock.

See Tenure and Stop the Clock.

一些符合终身教职资格的教职员工可能会在不考虑终身教职的情况下提交晋升申请. If tenure is then requested at a later date, 教师将被要求重新提交一份完整的申请材料.

有时医学院教员任命和晋升委员会(COMFAPC)不建议晋升. 这通常使教师有更多的时间来更新他们的宣传材料. 然后鼓励教师更新他们的作品集并重新提交材料，以便在未来的COMFAPC会议上进行审查.

如果你的包是在去年提交给COMFAPC审查的，并且不超过一年前, you may re-use your extramural letters and letters of support. If your submission was greater than one year ago, 你应该要求写信的人更新你的信件，或者你应该获得全新的信件.

如果你的申请仅仅是为了晋升，你以后必须申请终身职位, the letters should reflect the tenure criteria and request.

In addition to letters, you will need:

• An updated letter from the department chair
• An updated letter from the departmental promotions committee
• An updated CV
• Updated portfolio(s)

提供一份个人陈述是一个很好的主意，概述了自上次提交以来你的成就，以及为什么你觉得自己这次达到了升职/终身职位的标准.