If the Department chair identifies a continuing curricular need that cannot be met with the existing faculty cohort or other College PRS or regular staff, s/he may seek approval for a Lecturer III position from the Executive Committee. Requests for Lecturer III positions requiring college support should be made during the annual budget process. If a department identifies a need and intends to support the position with departmental funds or other internal resources, a request may be made off cycle through a memo for consideration by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs noting the departmental need and showing the plan for a minimum of 3 years of continuous support for the position. It is important to note that Lecturer III positions are similar to tenure track faculty positions in that when the Lecturer leaves this position, the position reverts back to the College and must be reapplied for through the position request channels.

One Internal Evaluator should be scheduled, by the department, to either interview the candidate or to attend the guest lecture presented by the candidate. The internal Evaluator may be any tenured or tenure-track professor who is familiar with the teaching obligations of the position to be filled. This evaluation is extremely important, as the CoE Executive Committee takes it under serious consideration in its decision to grant the department permission to make a position offer to the candidate. This written evaluation is to be provided as part of the hiring dossier.

• Cover letter from chair: The letter should include a) description of the appointment in the context of the specific instructional needs of the department; b) substantive description of candidate's prior experience and significant contributions to teaching; and c) a balanced summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the case. This letter should address any negative comments in internal letters.
• Candidate's curriculum vitae
• Evidence of teaching experience/performance and Teaching Statement
• Three external letters of recommendation from reviewers are required. The letters should be truly evaluative. Letters from the candidate's advisor or major collaborators are acceptable. However, we discourage letters from reviewers having a personal relationship with the candidate.  (This requirement is waived for approval of candidates from the ranks of current or laid off Lecturers, or recent graduates of the UM)
• One internal letter of evaluation (noted in [3] above and not from the Department Chair) as evidence of the Department's evaluation of the candidate.