Faculty Promotion and Tenure NYU SOM

Faculty Tracks Criteria for appointments and promotions Q&A Faculty Appointments NYU SOM

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Part Time Full Time Part Time Tenure Track Research Track Research/ Educator Track Investigator/ Educator Track Investigator Clinician/ Educator Track Clinician Investigator/ Educator Track Clinical Track Research Assistant Professor Research Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Research Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical Associate Professor Clinical Professor 10 years 3 years Assistant Professor (Research) Associate Professor (Research) Professor (Clinical) Associate Professor (Clinical) Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Faculty Tracks Primary career: independent, investigator-initiated research (some time for education and service) Primary career: combines independent research with clinical activities / (some time for educ. and service) Primary career: research (a portion of efforts for education and service Primary career: provision of clinical care / (substantial portion of efforts to teaching, research, and service) part-time or time- limited research in other's laboratories (limited time to teaching and service) Primary career: provision of clinical care / (some time to teaching, research and/or service

2010 Revisions to Recognize Excellence in Teaching Promotion as an educator on tenure track remains Criteria added to non-tenure tracks Recognition of teaching excellence without requirement for publications or extramural reputation

Excellence in Education “Excellence in education represents a valued academic endeavor, and will be sufficient for promotion even in the absence of publications and national reputation” Levinson, W., Rubenstein A., New England Journal of Medicine Vol 341, No 11: , September 9, 1999.

Promotion to Rank of Associate Professor …. As members of the academic community they should publish the results of their observations…Exceptional candidates may also qualify for promotion based upon evidence of distinguished contributions to the educational mission without publications. Such evidence, which should be documented in an academic portfolio…beyond what is expected from the average faculty member..…

Revisions 2010 “Therefore, to be considered for promotion, documenting the scholarship of education requires demonstration of accomplishments, which should take the form of a teaching portfolio. Course leadership and design, the judgment of students, trainees, and peers, and meritorious publications may also be considered when a faculty member's teaching is assessed.”

Criteria for Full Time / Non-Tenure Tracks Education: exceptional mentorship and training as evidenced by supporting documentation (i.e. names of individuals trained, records of their stature and productivity) outstanding performance on trainee evaluations awards development of innovative curricula, rotations and course work leadership of a medical school course, residency fellowship documentation of effectiveness of teaching programs (pass rates on exams, national boards, etc) outstanding evaluations of courses/programs where candidate was a leader Part Time Full Time Part Time Tenure Track Research Track Research/ Educator Track Investigator/ Educator Track Investigator Clinician/ Educator Track Clinician Investigator/ Educator Track Clinical Track Research Assistant Professor Research Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Research Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical Associate Professor Clinical Professor 3 years Assistant Professor (Research) Associate Professor (Research) Professor (Clinical) Associate Professor (Clinical) Assistant Professor (Clinical) Academic distinction: educational, clinical / service excellence

Criteria for Full Time / Non-Tenure Tracks Clinical Care: (in addition to excellence as educators) election to distinguished medical societies application of new knowledge meritorious publications local, national or international reputation for clinical care Service (in addition to excellence as educators and contributions to academic missions) distinguished service as director of clinical services service as chair, member or service representative to hospital or school/departmental committees related to education selection for and leadership of hospital or school committees which are integral to the educational mission of the institution distinguished service as director of core research facilities serving the academic community Part Time Full Time Part Time Tenure Track Research Track Research/ Educator Track Investigator/ Educator Track Investigator Clinician/ Educator Track Clinician Investigator/ Educator Track Clinical Track Research Assistant Professor Research Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Research Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical Associate Professor Clinical Professor 3 years Assistant Professor (Research) Associate Professor (Research) Professor (Clinical) Associate Professor (Clinical) Assistant Professor (Clinical) (continued)

Criteria for Part Time Tracks Research Track usually dependent upon the grants of others maintain a high level of proficiency and participation in the research program and, when appropriate, may contribute to educational and service activities Clinical Track variety of teaching, clinical and service responsibilities excellence in patient care and teaching, and may contribute to service activities

Mentoring Committees and Three and Six Year Reviews

Mentoring Committees All full-time Assistant Professors must have a mentoring committee. The goal of the committee is to provide the junior faculty member with a critical assessment of his/her progress. Two senior faculty, including one from the same department. Meet annually. The committee must provide annual written reports to the faculty member, the department Chair and (where appropriate) the Program Coordinator/Division Director.

Education Promotion Liaison Committee (EPLC) Promotion materials to Dean (Faculty Records) Academic Portfolio Referee letters can be internal Review by EPLC Feedback to Department Recommendation to PromCom Ex officio member (Kate Henry)

EPLC Membership Katherine Henry (Chair) Georgeann McGuinness Martin Kahn Benard Dreyer Sondra Zabar William Slater Mark Hochberg Gert Kreibich

Academic ePortfolio Sabrina Lee Program Director Division of Education Informatics

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