D. Paul Lunn, CSU AAVC-Atlanta 2011 Faculty Evaluation Using an Electronic Reporting System and a Senior Faculty Committee

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 86 faculty members 64 tenure track faculty 22 special appointment faculty 5 non-DVMs 71 faculty have formal VTH assignments Home to numerous centers Animal Cancer Center Orthopedic Research Center Animal Population Health Institute Argus Institute for Veterinary Communication 86 faculty members 64 tenure track faculty 22 special appointment faculty 5 non-DVMs 71 faculty have formal VTH assignments Home to numerous centers Animal Cancer Center Orthopedic Research Center Animal Population Health Institute Argus Institute for Veterinary Communication Department of Clinical Sciences

Evaluation process Proscribed in Department Code Annual written evaluation Information collated in December Faculty Evaluation Committee review - January Final dept. hd. Review - February (3-4 days) Individual meetings (3-6 weeks) Proscribed in Department Code Annual written evaluation Information collated in December Faculty Evaluation Committee review - January Final dept. hd. Review - February (3-4 days) Individual meetings (3-6 weeks)

Inputs Faculty Activity Summary (FAS) web-based, self-populating fields, faculty input Teaching evaluations predominantly web-based didactic & clinical Center Head evaluations written VTH Director evaluation web-based Letters, flowers, napkins etc. Faculty Activity Summary (FAS) web-based, self-populating fields, faculty input Teaching evaluations predominantly web-based didactic & clinical Center Head evaluations written VTH Director evaluation web-based Letters, flowers, napkins etc.

Faculty Evaluation Committee 5 tenured Full Professors & 3 Associate Professors Each assigned 10 files Materials collated and provided as hard-copy Draft report and discuss selected cases as a group Assign performance grades & finalize 5 tenured Full Professors & 3 Associate Professors Each assigned 10 files Materials collated and provided as hard-copy Draft report and discuss selected cases as a group Assign performance grades & finalize

The Faculty experience… Must solicit student and peer-reviews year round Circa 2000, first web-based FAS No self-population Algorithms calculate workload performance Viewed with suspicion at best New FAS used in 2008, 09, 10FAS No algorithms, solely reporting Teaching self-populates for instructor of record Research self-populates for external funding agencies Accepted, irritating at worst, takes 1-2 days to fill out Departmental FAS guide is essential Must solicit student and peer-reviews year round Circa 2000, first web-based FAS No self-population Algorithms calculate workload performance Viewed with suspicion at best New FAS used in 2008, 09, 10FAS No algorithms, solely reporting Teaching self-populates for instructor of record Research self-populates for external funding agencies Accepted, irritating at worst, takes 1-2 days to fill out Departmental FAS guide is essential