FROM A PROVOST’S PERSPECTIVE Faculty evaluations, promotion and/or tenure

PERSONAL RESILIENCE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WORLD OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YOURSELF FOCUSED ON MISSION OF THE INSTITUTION AND YOUR GOALS CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS; MENTORS; SOCIAL RESOURCES ORGANIZED PROACTIVE

PERFORMANCE & ASSESSMENT ANNUAL EVALUATION SUMMATIVE; ACCORDING TO DEPT BYLAWS; BASED ON THE YEAR’S AOR ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES (AOR) RESEARCH TEACHING SERVICE

ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, CONT. PEER EVALUATIONS CHAIR/DEAN/DIRECTOR EVALUATIONS PROGRESS TOWARD TENURE AND/OR PROMOTION LETTER: SUMMATIVE +FORMATIVE for everyone except full professors with tenure and highest ranked specialized faculty

2ND AND 4TH YEAR REVIEWS Tenure Track Faculty CUMULATIVE COMPREHENSIVE FORMATIVE EARLY REVIEWS (2ND) TIME IS GETTING VERY, VERY SHORT REVIEWS (4TH)

PROMOTION &/OR TENURE: TELL YOUR BEST STORY WELL WHAT ARE YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS? WHY IS YOUR WORK IMPORTANT TO THE UNIVERSITY, NATION, AND WORLD? WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY’S ROI WITH YOU? WHAT’S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY?

PROMOTION to ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR with TENURE TYPICAL TIME FOR P&T CONSIDERATION IS DURING 6TH YEAR. NOMINATIONS HAPPEN AT END OF 5TH YEAR. THEY MAY BE EARLIER. IF NO TENURE AT END OF 6TH YEAR=NONRENEWAL LETTER MUST HAVE TENURE BY END OF 7TH OR OUT

WHAT WILL REPRESENT YOU? DEAN’S AND CHAIR’S LETTERS EXTERNAL LETTERS C.V. [FEAS] SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS ANNUAL LETTERS OF PROGRESS TOWARD P& T 2ND AND 4TH YEAR REVIEW NARRATIVES PUBLICATIONS/SUPPORTING MATERIALS

WHO WILL VOTE? DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE FACULTY/TENURED FACULTY CHAIR COLLEGE COMMITTEE DEAN UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE PRESIDENT/PROVOST BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Promotion for Specialized Faculty Specialized faculty are typically reviewed for promotion during the 5th year in their current rank. Faculty members who are recommended for promotion prior to completion of five years in rank must include a justification for early promotion in the chair’s/director’s /supervisor’s (or equivalent) letter.

Promotions… All departments/units/colleges must have written promotion criteria and procedures for all applicable Tenure Track and Specialized Faculty available in the department/unit/college, posted on a single publicly accessible University Web site, and on file in the Office of the Vice President for Faculty Development and Advancement.

DON’T PROCRASTINATE LEARN YOUR DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EXPECTATIONS AND THE TIMELINES YOU MUST MEET FOR SUCCESS (BOOKS? JOURNAL ARTICLES? GRANTS? EXHIBITS?PERFORMANCES? CITATIONS OF YOUR WORK? ETC.) SEEK AND HEED GOOD MENTORS & ADVICE; LOOK FOR AFFINITY GROUPS; SEEK RESEARCH SUPPORT EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY THERE ARE MANY WHO WILL HELP YOU

IN CONCLUSION Every day's a holiday on the green side of the grass. And yes, our promotion raises are state of the art at 12% and 15%.