<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/board-policy/400/405.01.html" dsn="policies"><number>405.01</number><heading>Appointment and Non-Appointment of Full-time Faculty</heading><revised>02-12-1979, 12-19-1983, 03-23-1987, 10-22-2007, 01-24-2011</revised><reviewed>09-03-2024, 11-18-2025</reviewed><content>
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			<li>The initial appointment of full-time faculty is normally for no longer than one year. Such appointments must be reviewed annually.</li>
			<li>Eligibility for tenure for full-time faculty is based upon completion of three years of full-time professional service and satisfactory performance evaluations at Sauk Valley Community College.</li>
			<li>A full-time faculty member not on tenure who is not to be re-employed at the end of their contract is given written notice no later than March 1 of the contract year.</li>
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