Assistant Professor P&T Workshop Definition of Scholarship WELCOME Assistant Professor P&T Workshop   P&T Expectations & Definition of Scholarship April 9, 2018

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Faculty Success Annual Review We support them 3-Year Intensive Review CELT Annual P&T Workshops Mentoring Position Responsibility Statement

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Promotion & Tenure Policy (Overhauled in 1999) Key Principles: Promotion & Tenure Policy (Overhauled in 1999) Influenced by Ernest Boyer’s “Scholarship Reconsidered” (1990) Our current Promotion and Tenure policy was implemented in 1999. A deliberate effort to bring a new vision to faculty work--to continue our focus on research, but also to support our missions in teaching and extension/outreach. To recognize a world in which collaboration and technology play new roles.

Comprehensive definition of “scholarship” Boyer Hand Out: Comprehensive definition of “scholarship” Flexible definition of faculty roles & responsibilities Encouragement of interdisciplinary & collaborative work Transparent evaluation & feedback Faculty member responsibility in documentation Source: Boyer, 1990

At ISU scholarship described in Faculty Handbook: creative, systematic, rational inquiry honest, forthright application or exposition of conclusions drawn from that inquiry builds on existing knowledge employs critical analysis and judgment to enhance understanding

Key Principles: Promotion and Tenure Policy Scholarship: is umbrella under which research falls research is just one form of scholarship encompasses creative activities, teaching & extension/professional practice

Scholarship Teaching & Learning Research & Discovery Extension & Professional Practice Research & Discovery

Scholarship . . . results in a product that is shared with others & is subject to review.

May be a: Book Journal article Critical review Annotated bibliography Review of existing research on a topic Speech synthesizing thinking on a topic

original materials such as software May be: original materials such as software inventions on which patents are obtained codes & standards scholarly articles published in non-research based periodicals, newspapers & other publications art exhibits by teacher-artists musical concerts with original scores; novels, essays, short stories, poems

Faculty Handbook Section 5.2.2.2 Evidence that a significant portion of a faculty member's scholarship has been documented (i.e., communicated to and validated by peers beyond the university) is required of all. Evidence of impact & quality ISU has a innovative definition of scholarship, which allows us to take a lead among research universities in understanding that our role as faculty is not limited to a single mode, but usually includes a mixture of teaching, research, extension. That is particularly true in Agriculture. You will hear more detail about these ways of conducting scholarship from the panel members. Part of the discussion today is to help you see what “products” count in this realm and how you can show the quality and impact of your work. Listen to some key passages from the policy.

Position Responsibility Statement PRS: Section 5.1.1.5 An individualized statement of your roles & responsibilities Agreed to by faculty member & department chair Where are you expected to expend your time & energy? Where are you expected to excel? PRS is central in making all of this work. AG has a new standard system to make this clear to you, which comes from years of working within this system. Over the past eight years, we have gotten used to a transparent system in which we clarify for each faculty member what s/he is expected to do. This is particularly important at a university in which faculty take on a wide range of responsibilities, no where more so than in Agriculture.

Promotion to Associate Professor Criteria: Excellence in scholarship that establishes the individual as a significant contributor to the field or profession, with potential for national distinction Effectiveness in areas of position responsibility Satisfactory institutional service Contributions of appropriate magnitude and quality & likelihood of sustained contributions to field, profession, university Your PRS is directly linked to the criteria for promotion. (this is what our faculty reported as not being clear to them. It’s because it varies from person to person, from discipline to discipline.)

Conducting a Faculty Life Conducting a faculty life in this “flexible” realm: Pursue important projects & ideas Be conscious of building a coherent career Keep looking ahead Consult with your chair, your mentor, your colleagues (it’s your responsibility)

Your department & disciplinary peers Who Will Be Evaluating? Your department & disciplinary peers 9 full professors from other departments in CALS Dean ( & Associate Deans) of college Provost & President Most important are your department peers--probationary review, annual reviews. You will hear lots about “external “ reviews, but these your colleagues in the discipline. Provost Hoffman talked about “do people in the discipline listen to you”? Consult with them about the basics of what a successful career in your discipline looks like: publications and journals, collaborations, funding, graduate students, outreach/extension, professional organizations, teaching, conferences, editing and professional service, institutional service .

Success Be proactive Communicate often Take advantage of a system designed for your success

Evaluation Product Digital Dossier Tab 1: PRS, Factual Info Summary & CV Tab 2: Portfolio Summary Tab 3: Department Evaluations Tab 4: College Evaluations Tab 5: External Evaluations

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