1. Recommendations of the Renewal, Tenure and Promotion Task Force 2
Recommendations for Improving Renewal, Tenure and Promotion at SUNY Oneonta
Recommendations of the Renewal, Tenure and Promotion Task Force 2

2. Reviewed RTP process & policies
Introduction
RTPTF I March 2013
Reviewed RTP process & policies
Final Report Nov. 2013
2013
RTPTF II March 2014
Solicit input
Interim
Report Aug. 2015
Final Report June 2016 AY AY
Open Forums
Deans
P&T
Library
Senate Steering
School meetings
Council of Chairs IT

3. Membership Faculty Representatives
Craig Bielert, Professor, Psychology and Anthropology
Jerome Blechman, Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Amie Doughty, Associate Professor, English
Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs, Professor, Secondary Education
Stephen Walsh, Associate Professor, Management, Marketing and Information Systems
Michelle Hendley, Librarian, Reference and Instruction
 Administrative Representatives
Donna Vogler, Professor, Biology (RTPTF2 Co-Chair)
William Proulx, Associate Professor, Human Ecology (RTPTF2 Co-Chair)
Lisa Wenck, Senior Executive Employee Services Officer
Venkat Sharma, Dean, School of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

4. The Charge
Building on the research provided by the Renewal, Tenure and Promotion Fact Finding Task Force, the Renewal, Tenure and Promotion Task Force will solicit input campus-wide and recommend two or more models of review that would improve the processes of contract renewal, tenure and promotion. Such recommendations should include
Common definitions, terminology and criteria for review.
Expectations for faculty at different ranks.
Guidelines for developing a process that personnel reviews are clear, consistent, transparent and fair.

5. Recommendations The DACs and the P&T
Performance Criteria and Standards
Evaluation: Teaching, Recommendation Letters and Dossiers
Support
Monitoring

6. DACs and P&T The College should
Establish a protocol for the membership of DACs and P&T
A Director of Libraries Advisory Council should be created
Each DAC and the P&T Committee should follow discipline-specific standards when evaluating a candidate’s performance.
Greater coordination between the DACs and the P&T Committee is necessary

7. Performance Criteria and Standards
The College should specify effectiveness in teaching (effectiveness in teaching and librarianship for Library faculty), scholarly ability and creative works, and effectiveness of university service as the primary criteria upon which RTP decisions will be based at SUNY Oneonta.
The College should weight teaching effectiveness/librarianship
the same for all faculty
given the greatest weighting in RTP decisions.

8. Performance Criteria and Standards
The weighting of scholarship and service should be established by each faculty member in consultation with the Department Chair/Head and Dean/Director of Libraries
Faculty should maintain mastery of subject matter and demonstrate continuing growth throughout the RTP process

9. Performance Criteria and Standards

10. Performance Criteria and Standards
All Departments and the Library should establish and submit their discipline-specific standards to their Dean/Director for review.
All Departments/Library should establish rank-specific performance expectations.
Clarify performance expectations for all five criteria for each renewal cycle, for tenure and for promotion.
Provide examples of the types of evidence that demonstrate effectiveness and proficiency.

11. Evaluation: Teaching
The College should improve the evaluation of teaching by
Establishing protocol and methods for the evaluation and observation of teaching.
gather student input using one form across the institution
Relying more on peer observations and supervisory evaluations and less on student perceptions.
Clarifying whether student free responses should be included in the dossier and, if so, where they should be included.

12. Evaluation: Teaching
The College should improve the evaluation of teaching by
Providing training on the evaluation/observation of teaching including writing letters.
Clarifying expectations for self-evaluations including establishing word or page counts

13. Evaluation: Recommendation Letters
The College establish protocol and methods for recommendation letters (e.g. format, content, acquisition and submission.
The College should consider external peer evaluation of dossiers for tenure and promotion.

14. Evaluation: Letters & Dossiers
The College establish protocol and methods for acquisition and submission of recommendation letters
The College should consider external peer evaluation of dossiers for tenure and promotion.
The College should standardize dossiers by
Being explicit about the types and amounts of materials
Retaining DAC letters from previous renewals in dossiers throughout the renewal and tenure process.

15. Support
The College establish best practices in mentoring across the institution.
The College maintain a centralized, intuitive, and easy- to-navigate webpage for all RTP information.
The Faculty Center provide professional development and mentoring focused on RTP.

16. Monitoring
The College should establish a process for monitoring RTP policies and practices across the institution by a committee primarily composed of faculty.