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Appointment, Retention, Tenure, & Promotion (ARTP) Process Resources
Appointment
Interview forms
- Candidate Accommodation Form - All Candidate Accommodations must be preapproved by the department Search Committee. This is for any candidate that will travel to SacState for an interview, tour, or meeting. It is to arrange their travel, even if they are driving their personal vehicles and are local, the Candidate Accommodations Form is to be completed.
Retention, Tenure, & Promotion (ARTP) Processes
2024-25 RTP Review Calendar
2024-25 RTP Faculty Review Candidate List
2024-25 RTP Tenure Track Faculty Review Candidate List - 02.10.2025
2024-25 RTP Post-Tenure Review Candidate List - 02.10.2025
2024-25 RTP Lecturer Range Elevation List - 02.11.2025
2024-25 RTP 3 Year Lecturer List Coming Soon
2024 - 25 RTP Workshops for Faculty Under Review - updated 03.2025
Tenure Track 2024-25 - Sept 6, 2024 recording
ARTP Tenure Track Faculty Workshop 2024
ARTP Tenure Track Workshop video 09.06.2024
Lecturers Workshop 2024 - 25
ARTP Lecturer Workshop Video 02.28.2025
RTP Processes for Everyone
2024 - 25 RTP Processes for Reviewers - Updated 03.2025
Dept Chair Workshop - August 20, 2024
Dept Chair Workshop Powerpoint
Adobe Sign - Sending the WPAF Verification Form
Secondary Committee Workshop - October 10, 2024
Secondary Committee Workshop Powerpoint
24-25 Secondary Committee Workbook Reviewing a Digital WPAF
College of Arts & Letters Range Elevation business process:
- The college will send an email with the proposed faculty to the department.
- The department confirms the names.
- The college will notify Faculty Affairs per the MOU. See inside Faculty Affairs - Range Elevation for more information.
- Faculty Affairs sends a final list to the department chairs and the college.
- The college notifies the department of eligible instructors with instructions, a formal memo to be posted on an employee board in a public place (as agreed upon/past practice by the department) with a specified timeframe, and an acknowledgment form for faculty to sign.
- Faculty are notified by the department and either accept or decline the review process; if accepted, the faculty sign the acknowledgement form and return it to the department.
- The signed acknowledgement form is sent to the college by the department.
- College adds, if needed, a faculty WPAF in Teams/OnDrive.
- College notifies the department chair that they can access & review the WPAF.
- Department chair opens the WPAF (per their department policy) to the faculty to upload any needed documentation and collects verification of closed WPAF.
- The department chair informs the college of their review recommendation per the MOU.
- The college informs faculty of the Chair's recommendation letter per the MOU.
- The college sends out the Dean's final decision to the faculty and sends the Provost & Faculty Affairs the copies of those final decisions for range elevation per the MOU.
ARTP Policy Documents - Updated 04.2025
Office of Faculty Advancement Policy Documents
- Article 12: Appointment
- Article 13: Probation and Tenure
- Article 14: Promotion
- Article 15: Evaluation
University Appointment, Retention, Tenure and Promotion Policy (UARTP)
ARTP Policy: College of Arts & Letters 2008
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ARTP Proposed Policy: College of Arts & Letters 2024 Revision Under Vote/Review
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ARTP Proposed Procedure: College of Arts & Letters 2024 Populating Secondary Committee Under Vote/Review
ARTP Policy: Department of Art
ARTP Policy: Department of Communication Studies effective Fall 2024
ARTP Policy: Department of Design effective Fall 2023
ARTP Policy: Department of English
ARTP Policy: Department of English Addendum Lecturer Faculty
ARTP Policy: Department of History
ARTP Policy: Department of Humanities & Religious Studies
ARTP Policy: School of Music - School of Music UARTP Approval Page 09.06.2011
ARTP Policy: Department of Philosophy
Additional Resources
Office of Faculty Affairs Range Elevation
Office of Faculty Affairs Temporary Faculty Lecturer Information
Office of Faculty Affairs Three-Year Appointment Eligibility
Office of Faculty Affairs Department Chair Appointment
Archive of Last Years RTP Workshop Resources
Lecturers 2023-24
2023-24 ARTP Workshop - Lecturers Workshop video
Tenure Track 2023-24
RTP - Workshop for Tenure Track Faculty - Updated 9/15/23
WPAF Instruction Booklet - Updated 9/14/23
RTP - Post Tenure Review Information - Revised 9/14/23
2023-24 Probationary Faculty Ranks
RTP for Reviewers 2023-24
2023-24 Secondary Committee Workshop recording
2023-24 Secondary Committee Workshop