Ranked Faculty Service
Committee service and other service to the college is required for all ranked faculty. Service expectations are commensurate with teaching lines. For example, full-time faculty are expected to provide more service than part-time faculty, and a faculty member with an average course load of three lines per year is not expected to provide as much service as one with a five-line appointment. Faculty service constitutes 22% of the annualized evaluation of each ranked faculty member.
All ranked faculty are expected to meet with their chair to discuss service opportunities and load on an annual basis. Service opportunities should be discussed between faculty and program chair or dean in advance of undertaking tasks or assignments.
Paid coordinatorships, stipended work, or any work related specifically to a faculty member’s instructional duties (e.g. syllabus creation/revision, participation in assessment work, attendance at program/division/senate faculty meetings, etc.) are not considered service, and are part of a ranked faculty’s regular work expectations.
Service Opportunities
This is a preliminary guide to college-wide service and some other division- or program-wide opportunities that are standard across the college. This is not an exhaustive resource - additional service opportunities may exist.
Faculty should refer to their program chair for information about program-specific service opportunities, and to their dean for additional division-specific service opportunities.
If you are interested in participating in any of these opportunities, please meet with your chair to discuss them.
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Service |
Focus |
Seats |
Eligibility |
Details |
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Executive Committee |
College wide |
11 total: |
Regular faculty senate members |
Members serve 3 year terms. Nominations for new members are solicited every spring. |
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Curriculum Committee |
College wide |
9 members including chair |
Regular faculty senate members |
Members serve 3 year terms. Nominations for new members are solicited every spring. |
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Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee |
College wide |
9 - 10 members including chair(s) |
Members must have taught at CCA for 7 years or more |
Members serve 3 year terms. Nominations for new members are solicited every spring. |
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DEIB Community Forum |
College wide |
3 faculty |
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Ranked Faculty Search Committee |
College wide |
6 members including a chair |
Varies by year. Contact your divisional dean at the end of the spring term if you are interested in participating in a search the following academic year. |
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Tenure-track mentorship |
College wide |
Varies |
Must be tenured faculty |
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Graduate admissions committee |
College wide |
Varies |
Contact graduate program chairs for more information. |
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Faculty of Color Alliance (FOCA) |
College wide |
No limit |
Open to all |
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Initial Review Committee member |
College wide |
4 members per IRC |
Specific eligibility rules apply based on level of review (see Details). |
Pretenure IRC: Members must have completed pretenure review or be Associate Professors |
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External Program Review Committee (xPRC) |
College wide |
4 faculty during pilot year (2019-20) |
Organized in collaboration with the Associate Provost for Educational Effectiveness. |
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Undergraduate and Graduate Reviews |
College wide |
>100 per year |
Contact program chairs for more information. |
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Commencement Exhibition Curator |
College wide |
Selected by Director of Exhibitions in collaboration with divisional deans. Contact your dean at the end of the spring term if you are interested in participating the upcoming academic year. |
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Faculty Grant juror |
College wide |
Varies annually |
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Task forces |
College wide |
Varies: typically 4 - 5 active task forces per year, with 3 - 5 members each |
Past examples: |
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Leading pedagogy workshop |
College wide |
Varies |
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Assisting with faculty orientation |
College wide |
Varies |
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Staff or administrative search committee |
College wide |
Varies |
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Course substitution |
Program wide |
Varies |
Coverage of a class meeting session as a substitute. Contact your program chair to let then know if you are interested and what your availability is. |
Job Expectations
The following are expectations of all ranked faculty and are not considered service:
- Attending commencement
- Attending faculty weeks (fall and spring)
- Attending faculty senate meetings
- Attending faculty meetings at the program or divisional level
- Attending faculty meetings called by the Provost or President's office
- Attending opening receptions, open studios, lectures, or other events
Please refer to the faculty position descriptions for additional instructional-related work that is considered a job expectation and not service.
As a general rule, any event or meeting which faculty attend is not considered service. For example, attending a public panel discussion organized by your program is not service. Acting as a panel member or moderator is.
