Junior Promotion

Process required for Junior Promotion from Lecturer to Assistant Professor

Criteria for Appointment at the Rank of Assistant Professor 

Faculty Appointments Advisory Committee

The Physician-in-Chief’s office normally submits the full promotion package to the Chair’s administrative office.  The documents required are as follows:

• Application for Clinical (MD) Promotion – Lecturer to Assistant Professor
• Time Commitment /Confirmation of Terms and Conditions
• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Academic Job Description
• Educational Activities Summary (normally for clinician-teacher and clinician-educator job descriptions)
• Academic Planning Document (unless already on file)
• Joint letter of support for the promotion signed by Physician-in-Chief (PIC) and University Department Division Director (DDD)
• Internal letters of support (2-3) solicited by your PIC and/or DDD

Once the above documentation has been submitted to the Chair’s Office, the Chair’s office produces the following

• Draft letter of offer
• Chair’s letter to Dean supporting the promotion
• Copy of original letter of offer for faculty member’s first U of T appointment

All of this documentation is scanned and sent for the review and approval of the Department Advisor Committee (DAC)

Once DAC has approved, the Chair signs off on the promotion package and it is sent electronically to the Administrator of the Faculty Academic Advisory Committee (FAAC).

FAAC meets at the end of most months to review and approve submissions.  Once approved by FAAC, the Dean or their representative signs off on the promotion and notifies the Chair’s Office.  The Chair’s Office will then write to the faculty member advising them of their promotion, with copies to the respective PIC and DDD.