# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2013_S146
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(a) Part-time or temporary faculty members are distinguished by an appropriate prefix or suffix (“visiting,”
“guest,” “adjunct,” “emeritus”) or the term “graduate
assistant.”
(b) Part-time or temporary faculty members shall hold
nonvoting membership on the faculty.
3.10.5.6.1 At each school, the president shall propose creation,
modification, or abolition of administrative positions
to the board of regents for its approval.
(a) The board of regents at each school shall maintain
clear policies for filling and vacating administrative
positions.
(b) Administrative appointments shall be made by the
board of regents on recommendation by the president
of the institution. The Board of Directors of Concordia
University System shall periodically review the internal
administrative organization of the Synod’s institutions.
(c) Each board of regents shall maintain a clear plan
of succession of administration to assure that the institution continues to function effectively in the case of
incapacity or lengthy absence of the president.
3.10.5.6.21 Each educational institution shall state policies and
procedures related to faculty appointments, employment contracts, contract renewal, contract termination,
faculty organization, modified service, sabbaticals,
and dispute resolution within the Concordia University System Standard Operating Procedure Manual
for Dispute Resolution. Each educational institution
shall have established policies and procedures related
to appointments. There shall be two levels of faculty
appointments: (1) Initial level, where the appointment
can be terminated with no formal requirement for a
show of cause; and (2) continuing level, where termination requires a formal show of cause.
(a) Institutions are free to decide for themselves what
names to apply to these two levels of appointment.
(b) Each educational institution of the Synod normally
shall have at least 35 percent of its full-time faculty
serving at the continuing-level appointment level.
(c)Each institution shall require specific action by the
board of regents for promotion from an initial-level
appointment to a continuing-level appointment.
(d) Standards or qualifications for moving a faculty
member from initial-level appointment to continuing-level appointment shall be the following:
(1) The faculty member shall ordinarily have
completed four to six years of creditable service
(periods of leave are not included) as a member of
the faculty of one or more educational institutions
of the Synod, at least the last two years of which
shall have been in the institution currently served.
(2) The faculty member shall, as determined by his
or her academic discipline, regularly continue to
demonstrate scholarly achievement that may be
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institutionally funded as determined by the board
of regents.
(3) The faculty member’s reputation, character,
concern for students, and ability to honor leaders
shall present a good reflection on the institution
and the church.
(4) The faculty member’s aptness to teach has been
demonstrated by effective communication in the
classroom.
(e) Steps in moving a faculty member from an
initial-level appointment to a continuing-level appointment shall be the following:
(1) If the board of regents, on recommendation
of the president of the institution, determines
that a faculty member meets the above requirements and is still at the initial-level appointment,
it shall either carry forward the procedure for
promotion to a continuing-level-appointment
or inform the faculty member of its decision
not to do so, in which case the individual either
may continue at the initial-level appointment
or be terminated. Any continuation of employment at the initial-level appointment shall be on
a year-to-year basis. Faculty employment during
the initial-level-appointment period may be terminated without disclosure of cause. In cases in
which the decision is made to terminate the individual’s contract, the contract shall be extended
for at least six months beyond the time at which
notice is given. If the board of regents does not
take up the question of promotion to a continuing-level appointment at least nine months prior
to the end of the sixth year of service, the faculty
member may petition the board of regents to do
so.
(2) After final review, the board of regents may
promote to a continuing-level appointment status.
(f) Promotion to continuing-level appointment status
shall in no case be construed as requiring or indicating
advancement in rank or increase in salary.
(g) Other types of faculty appointments may be established by institutions as the need arises.
3.10.5.6.32 Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the
board of regents on recommendation of the president
of the institution shall appoint all full-time members of the faculty. The terms and conditions of every
appointment shall be stated in writing and be in the
possession of both the institution and the prospective
faculty member before the appointment is consummated. Limitations of academic freedom because of
the religious and confessional nature and aims of the
institution shall be stated in writing at the time of
the appointment and conveyed to the person being
appointed. Faculty members, full- and part-time,
shall pledge to perform their duties in harmony with
the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of God, the
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