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Visiting Lecturer
Appointment Details
- Title: Visiting Lecturer
- Job Class Code: 0135
- Service Period: 9 or 12 months
- Limitations on Appointment: "An employee who does not hold a professorial position elsewhere, but who is otherwise qualified, may be designated as a visiting Lecturer." (UW Handbook 2.24.34.B.12)
- Length of Appointment: 3,6,9, 12 months
- Eligible for Tenure: No
- Voting rights: N/A
- Allowable Earn Types: REG, PDR, E/C, S/L, SUM, ADS, ENS, WOS
- Salary Requirements: Must meet University minimum
- Full-Time/Part-time: Both
- Promotable: No
- National Search Required: No
- Required Approvals: AHR approval not required prior to OPUS entry
New Appointment Details
- Educational/Experience Requirements: Determined at the local level
- Documentation Required:
- Dean/Chancellor's letter, or concurrence on Chair/Director's letter
- Chair/Director's letter
- Faculty Vote
- Letters of recommendation (3 preferred, but only 1 is mandatory)
- Curriculum Vitae
- UW Biography Form, signed
- Visa documents, if applicable
- Background Check documents, if applicable
Promotion Details
Reappointment Details
- May be reappointed on a quarterly or annual basis
Separation Details
- When the appointment is over, the unit must separate the faculty member in OPUS. If they leave prior to the end of their appointment, a resignation letter should be sent to AHR.
- Separation action needs to be entered in OPUS.
