Jeff Waddoups Chair, Sabbatical Leave Committee Department of Economics

 To enhance faculty member’s value to the university ◦ Research and study intended to result in publication, invention of creation ◦ Program of study designed to keep the faculty member abreast of the latest developments in a related area of specialization (but not working toward an academic degree)

 Tenure-Track Faculty: first-time application ◦ Sixth academic year of tenure-track employment  Faculty: subsequent applications ◦ must serve a minimum of six years in full-time service before becoming eligible for another leave (either sabbatical or faculty development leave)

 Description of the Activity (non-technical language to the extent possible) (50%) ◦ Summary/timeline (20%) ◦ Value of the plan (how does the plan make the applicant of more value to the university?) (20%) ◦ Letters (confidential letters of assessment) (10%)

 Teaching (20%) ◦ Evidence of teaching performance during past 5 years ◦ Summaries of student evaluations ◦ Peer evaluations of teaching ◦ Advising/mentoring ◦ Teaching awards

 Research or Creative Activities in past 5 years (20%) ◦ Books ◦ Refereed articles ◦ Articles in non-refereed journal ◦ Reports ◦ Book reviews ◦ Other professional papers, speeches, or creative works ◦ Other professional work.

 Service Activity for the past 5 years (10%) ◦ University, college, departmental committees ◦ Professional associations ◦ Editorships/Editorial boards ◦ Speeches/media appearances ◦ Charity work ◦ Consulting ◦ Other service work

 Also Include: ◦ Complete copies of annual faculty evaluation for past three years ◦ Copies of two most significant publications or descriptions of two most significant creative or scholarly accomplishments ◦ Signed letter in support of application from applicant’s chair/director and/or dean

 Blends group discussion with individual analysis ◦ Committee meets and discusses each application over the course of fall semester ◦ Every committee member evaluates and scores each application ◦ The committee determines whether the application should receive a ‘Positive’, ‘Alternate’, or ‘Negative’ recommendation. ◦ Chair compiles the scores, throwing out the highest and lowest score, and ranks them according to the score ◦ The committee’s judgement (‘Positive’ ‘Alternate’ and ‘Negative’ along with the ranking becomes the recommendation to the Provost, who makes the ultimate decision

 Description of Activity ◦ Summary/Timeline (20 points) ◦ Value (20 points) ◦ Letters(10 points) ◦ Teaching(20 points) ◦ Research(20 points) ◦ Service(10 points) ◦ Total(100 points)

 All the materials above (except for the confidential letters of evaluation) will be submitted electronically in the form of one Adobe pdf file  Due date: No later than noon on the first Thursday in October (October 4, 2012)  Keep good records, because a sabbatical report is due after the leave, which addresses the extent to which objectives outlined in the application were fulfilled.