Best Teaching Practices (from CUNY's Office of Academic Affairs)

Faculty professional development opportunities

Queens College Faculty Scholarship

Department chairs have many responsibilities related to their faculty and staff. Some useful information and needed forms are provided here. In this context, also see Policies and Record-keeping.

• Faculty handbook
• Faculty hiring process
• Full-time faculty and CLT's: reappointment, promotion, and tenure
• Starting date for new faculty, and summer pay for faculty who work only one semester (additional information).
• Information for department chairs (Malone memo 2004)
• Procedures for workload reports for full-time faculty (under development)
  
  • Policy on workload averaging over multiple academic years 
• CUNY policy on multiple positions
• • Statement of Implementation of  Multiple Position Policy, revised 3/2/2011
  • Reporting form
  • Summer reporting form
• Adjunct faculty
  • Adjunct instructional staff policy on workload and waivers of article 15.2
  • Duties of adjuncts with additional professional hour
  • Adjunct Winter Session agreement 2012
  • Guidelines for initial step placement
• Queens College Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Faculty Leaves
  • Application for Fellowship leave and  Schedule of Due Dates for Fellowship leaves
  • Application for Scholar Incentive Awards and Schedule of Due Dates for Scholar Incentive awards
  • Application and Information  for Library Professional Reassignment Leave (Due dates: June 1 - for leaves to be taken between September 1 and January 31 &  December 1 - for leaves to be taken between February 1 and August 31)
  • Application for Special Leave of Absence without Pay
• Distinguished Professor Appointments
  • CUNY guidelines and procedures (2010 November 19)
    
  • Obtaining letters of recommendation for distinguished professor candidates
• CUNY policy on Summer Assignments for Graduate Assistants
• CUNY policy on Intra-University mobility guidelines
• CUNY policy on sexual harassment
• CUNY ethics policy on expert testimony and other services
• Other CUNY policies
• PSC/CUNY contract