Faculty Resources

Employment

Thank you for your interest in Georgia Southern University! Use the first link below to review open faculty positions. To help us comply with federal data collecting requirements, we ask that you take a moment to download and complete the AA/EO Data Request Card at the link below for each search to which you have applied. Completed forms are automatically entered into a Google spreadsheet, are not used in any employment decisions, and will not affect your candidacy. Thank you again for your interest and help!!

• Open Faculty Positions
• AA/EO Data Request Card

Faculty Appointments

Policies and forms to manage faculty appointments.

• Required Paperwork
• Faculty Information Data Form
• Contract Addendum Form
• Part-time Faculty Form – (Policy)
• Employee Compensation Form
• Credentialing Manual
• Individual Justification Form
• Faculty Roster Form (.doc) – (Instructions)
• Emeritus/a Status Application – (Policy)

Awards

Established in 1985, Georgia Southern University’s Awards for Excellence Program recognizes and rewards faculty for exceptional achievements and provides opportunities for faculty development. Recipients must be nominated by their colleagues or students and are selected through a peer review process by several standing committees of the Faculty Senate: the Faculty Research Committee, the Faculty Development Committee, and the Faculty Service Committee.

• Excellence in Instruction
• Excellence in Research/Creative Scholarly Activity
• Excellence in Service
• Excellence in Service (Proposal Guidelines)
• Regents’ Teaching Excellence
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Leave

Faculty at Georgia Southern may be granted paid leave to pursue scholarly work or professional development. Use the following forms to apply.

• Educational Leave Policy
• Educational Leave Application Cover Page
• Leave of Absence Form

Major Faculty Evaluations

Major faculty evaluations for promotion and/or tenure are initiated and conducted through Sharepoint (using Internet Explorer).

• Submitting Promotion and Tenure Documents
• Student Ratings of Instruction (forthcoming)
• Timetable for Promotion and Tenure Review
• Types of Faculty Evaluation (link to table in Handbook)
• Tenure Guidelines (link to Handbook, section 310)
• Promotion Guidelines (link to Handbook, section 311)
• Appeals (link to Handbook, section 313)
• Lecturers and Senior Lecturers (link to Handbook, section 316)
• Pre-Tenure Review (link to Handbook, section 308)
• Post-Tenure Review (link to Handbook, section 312)
• Request Extension of Tenure Clock Review Process (FMLA, Sickness, etc.) – (Policy) (link to Handbook, section 308)

Policies

Please see Digital Commons for a complete listing of University policies.

State Policies

• Board of Regents, University System of Georgia
• Board of Regents Policy Manual
• University System of Georgia Academic and Student Affairs Handbook

Handbooks & Bylaws

• 2022-2023 Faculty Handbook (includes USG Approved Changes
• 2022-2023 Faculty Handbook Record of Changes
• 2021-2022 Faculty Handbook
• 2013-2018 Armstrong State University Faculty Handbook
• Historical College and Departmental Bylaws

Searches

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• Open Faculty Positions
• Faculty Search Procedures
• Sample Letter Matrix
• Recruitment Plan and Screening Review Form
• AA/EO Data Request Card
• Recommendation for Campus Interview
• Employment Approval Form
• Applicant Flow Report
• Required Faculty Appointment Paperwork
• Full Ad Template for Full-Time, Regular Faculty Hires
• Abbreviated Ad Template for Full-Time, Regular Hires
• Effective Fall 2023 Letters