• Documentation of the completion of mandatory continuing education activities approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (14 contact hours in a licensure period);
  • Faculty seeking such promotion may meet minimum requirements through:
  • Demonstration of professional competence;
  • Successful completion of scholarly/creative activity which contributes to the discipline or field of study and offers promise for future achievement;
  • Demonstrated participation in service and activities appropriate to the discipline and academic unit;
  • Demonstration of continuing growth in nursing.

IV. Associate Professor

The minimum qualifications for appointment and promotion to the faculty in the rank of associate professor include the following:

  • The person who is appointed or promoted to this rank must meet criteria for assistant professor;
  • Five years of full-time teaching and/or practicum supervision of students at varying levels of competency;
  • Fifteen additional graduate credit hours beyond the Master's Degree;
  • Evidence of professional achievement;
  • Represents University in a professional manner when collaborating with administrators and professional and non-professional staff members in matters relevant to clinical practicums for students at health related agencies, organizations, and institutions throughout the state;
  • Faculty seeking such promotion may meet minimum requirements through:
  • Demonstration of professional competence;
  • Successful completion of scholarly/creative activity which contributes to the discipline or field of study and offers promise for future achievement;
  • Participation in service and activities appropriate to the discipline and academic unit;
  • Demonstration of continuing growth in nursing.

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