CHAIRS & DEANS MEETING Tenure and Promotion November 21, 2002

T & P DISCUSSION TOPICS THE HUMAN SIDE DEPARTMENTAL UNIQUENESS INSTITUTIONAL CONSISTENCY FACULTY ASSESSMENT –TEACHING –SCHOLARSHIP –SERVICE

THE HUMAN SIDE Setting Expectations Clear, Non-Threatening Processes Mentoring Feedback

Setting Expectations Recruit for Success Define Expectations Reinforce Expectations: –Individual Meetings –Departmental Meetings –Annual, Mid-tenure, and Tenure

Clear, Non-Threatening Processes T & P Guidelines that establish: –Performance Standards –Procedures Departmental Cultures of Success Open Communication Consistent Feedback

Mentoring Assignment of Faculty Mentors Roles of Chairs and Deans Lightening Service Roles De-Politicizing Environments Dossier Preparation Assistance

Feedback Day-to-Day Annual Reviews Mid-tenure Reviews Throughout T & P Period Post-Tenure (Professor)

DEPARTMENTAL UNIQUENESS Departmental Mission Departmental Foci Departmental Communications –T & P Guidelines Definition of Scholarly Activity Standards for Peer Review –Strategic Planning Documents –Oral Communications

INSTITUTIONAL CONSISTENCY Bottom-up Decision-making Development/Administration of Guidelines –Departmental –College/School –University –Tennessee Board of Regents

Bottom-Up Processes Roles of: –Departments –Colleges/Schools –Provost –Appeals Committees –President –Tennessee Board of Regents

Development/Administration of Guidelines Teaching/Scholarship Standards –Unambiguous –Quality v. Quantity –New Types of Scholarship Procedural Clarity Feedback

FACULTY ASSESSMENT Teaching Scholarship Outreach/Service

Teaching Types –Classroom –One-on-One –Distance Education –Others Assessments Methods –SIRS –Peer Review –Others

Scholarship Types –Publications, Presentations, Performances, Works of Art, etc. –Community-Based Scholarship –Scholarship of Teaching –Computer-Based Learning Assessment Method –Peer Review

Outreach/Service Types –Departmental –Institutional –Community Assessment Methods –Review of Record –Feedback from Contacts

WRAP-UP Importance of T & P Process and Concomitant Goals for the University Review of Guidelines as Revised –College –Provost –Office of Legal Counsel Outcomes Expected

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