New/Early Career Faculty Faculty Annual Review (FAR) Workshop December 2nd, 2016 1:00 – 2:30 pm; SAGE 222 Target Audience: New/Early Career Faculty What is the Faculty Annual Review? How FAR do I have to go when preparing one? How important is the self-reflection narrative? This workshop will help you to prepare this very important component of merit pay and tenure and promotion decisions.

What is the role of the faculty annual review? Facilitators Kimberly Flint-Hamilton <kflintha@stetson.edu> Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, ALANA’IA Andrew Larson <alarson@stetson.edu> Professor of Music and Interim Associate Dean for School of Music Carolyn Nicholson <cnichol@stetson.edu> Professor and Dennis C. McNamara, Sr. Endowed Chair of Marketing; Chair, Tenure & Promotion Committee Rajni Shankar-Brown <rshankar@stetson.edu> Associate Professor and Jessie Ball duPont Chair Social Justice Education Julia Metzker <jmetzker@stetson.edu> Executive Director, Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence Think | Pair | Share What is the role of the faculty annual review?

Notes: You will … Today’s Goals The FAR is formative AND summative … describe the FAR and explain its role of the FAR in tenure- promotion and merit review process interpret the FAR schedule and feedback process compose an appropriate FAR narrative identify and assign appropriate artifacts as evidence to support the narrative contextualize impediments honestly and critically self-evaluate teaching, scholarship, and service/leadership with respect to expectations for tenure- promotion The FAR is formative AND summative … Notes:

Think | Pair | Share How will you use the FAR to GLOW? to GROW? in your teaching/librarianship THINK: Review the Teaching (Librarianship) evaluation Rubric Jot down one idea of an accomplishment you want to humble-brag about (achievements and accomplishments) ; Jot down one area that you desire to develop and/or improve (enhancement opportunities). PAIR and SHARE with your partner. Julia

Notes: Early-/mid-January: Early February: Submit to your chair The FAR is an important component of T&P … Notes: Important Dates Early-/mid-January: Memo from the Office of the Provost Download 2016 FAR form Check for any changes to the process Early February: Submit to your chair Early Mar: Chair provides comments to you Early March: You respond to your chair (optional) Mid--March: Chair submits FAR to dean May: Dean sends merit letter to you

Revisit that single area of development that you identified … THINK | PLAN | SHARE Revisit that single area of development that you identified … Develop a multi-year plan for what meeting/exceeding standards for that area of development. How will you know that you have been successful? Discuss at your table Your Plan:

Reflect on your accomplishments & challenges Describe the context Tell your story! Reflect on your accomplishments & challenges Describe the context Use evidence to support your narrative Specific Teaching evidence by course Objective and subjective Work in progress Remember! You’re building an evidence trail. Evidence supports your claims in your narratives, in your FAR reports, and in your portfolios! FAR FAR Response 2-year Review Don’t forget the role of the FAR response from your chair or program director! Indicate how you have/will address feedback through faculty development activities in 2-yr, 4-yr, tenure, promotion narratives.

Q&A Notes:

Who is your accountability buddy? Action Plan My Goal: Completed by? Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Who is your accountability buddy? Contact us for further resources: browncenter@stetson.edu