This policy defines appointment categories regular, research, visiting, adjunct, special , appointment types tenured or permanent, probationary, definite-term and appointment intensities full-time, part-time, fractional load for faculty appointments at the University of Waterloo. Hiring procedures for regular faculty appointments are described in Section 6. Faculty appointments can be made in departments, schools, Faculties, or other academic units approved by the Board of Governors.
Faculty appointments are reported to Senate for information. As of September 1, , Regular Faculty appointments are made in two mutually exclusive categories: Tenure Stream and Teaching Stream. Additionally, there may remain Lecturers with permanence Continuing Lecturers, see section 3D appointed before September 1, ; these are also deemed Teaching Stream appointments. Examples of appropriate definite-term appointments, include, but are not limited to, replacing faculty members on extended leave, or who have been assigned duties outside the Department, or to serve in a Department where there are specific and time-limited Department workloads that do not require permanence or Tenure Stream appointments.
Definite-term appointments in the Teaching Stream are limited to teaching and service, and formal teaching duties are normally assigned in all three terms. Definite-term appointments in the Tenure Stream normally have duties in teaching, service, and scholarship; formal teaching duties are often assigned in all three terms. When considering the creation of definite-term appointments, it is important to ensure that the duties involved are appropriate to the job category, whether Tenure Stream, Teaching Stream, or a professional staff appointment.
These appointments may be made on a full-time or fractional-load basis. Clinical faculty appointments can be made at all these ranks.
Reference to faculty ranks in this policy include all regular faculty appointments, including clinical appointments, except where explicitly noted otherwise. Faculty members in the Tenure Stream contribute to teaching, scholarship and service.
