Notification of Delay of Mandatory Tenure Review Due to Childbirth or Adoption Procedures and Form

A tenure-track faculty member who has become a parent through birth or adoption of a child, will automatically be granted a tenure delay, upon mandatory written notification by the faculty member’s unit. NOTE that a second automatic extension for the birth or adoption of another child will be granted as long as the total number of all extensions does not exceed two. The procedures for completing the notification process follow.

1. After having been given notice by the faculty member of the child’s arrival, it is the Chair’s responsibility to initiate the formal process. Normally, this process should be initiated within a month of the child's arrival.
2. The Chair and faculty member should sign the Notification of Delay of Mandatory Tenure Review Due to Childbirth or Adoption form.
3. If this process is initiated significantly after the arrival of the child, the Chair should indicate the reason for the delay on the notification form.
4. The completed form should be forwarded to the Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs.
5. The Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs will provide copies of the notification to the Provost, Dean, Chair, faculty member and to the Office of Academic Personnel and Budget, which will make the actual change of tenure review year in the University's database systems.

For additional information, see the full policy, II-1.00(D) University Of Maryland Policy On Extension Of Time For Tenure Review Due To Personal And Professional Circumstances.