1. Positioning Yourself for Promotion and Tenure at KSU
Dr. Ron Matson
Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

2. Goals By the end of this session you will be able to:
List the components of an annual review (ARD, FPA) and the areas of review at KSU
Distinguish “Scholarly” from “Scholarship”
State your expected review time frame and process
Find (if not able to describe) expectations for your next multilevel review at KSU
Talk about kennesaw being a comprehensive university find definition of comprehensive at the board of regents
Slide about when university rues change, they will change immediately.
Department rules will also change but you will have a choice
There is now credit toward promotion

3. New Guidelines
New university-wide guidelines for Promotion and Tenure appear in the KSU Faculty Handbook.
In particular, note that you will need letters from external reviewers discussing your scholarship (and possibly other areas) when tenure-track/tenured faculty submit a portfolio for promotion and/or tenure.
When the department rules change, you will be able to use the old rules for a one year grace period

4. Types of institutions in the University System of Georgia
Research University
Comprehensive
University (KSU)
State University
State College
Comprehensive Universities
While teaching is a core focus at all USG institutions, the emphasis on basic and applied research is heavier at comprehensive universities than state universities or state colleges, but not emphasized as heavily as research universities. It is expected that institutions within this sector will be committed to being world-class academic institutions.
Carnegie classification: R3

5. Faculty Performance Areas at KSU
Teaching, Supervision, & Mentoring
Scholarship & Creative Activity
Professional Service

6. "Scholarly applies to faculty work in all performance areas
"Scholarly applies to faculty work in all performance areas. It describes the processes that faculty should use within each area. Scholarly refers to a cyclical process that is deliberate and intentional, systematic and planned, measured, and evaluated, revised and rethought.”
Condense slides on scholarly vs scholarship
Emphasize qualtiiy and significance

7. How Does KSU Define Scholarship?
“Scholarship describes the tangible outcomes of the scholarly processes.”
Disseminated in appropriate professional venues
Open to critique & evaluation
Quality & Significance are critical
Scholarship Can Be Done in Any Performance Area
Required in at least one area for tenure
College & Department Definitions

8. Types of Reviews Annual Review Multi-Level Reviews
Instructors: 3rd year progress review toward promotion to assistant professor, 6th year required promotion review, 9th year tenure review
Professorial ranks: 3rd year progress review toward tenure, 6th year required tenure review; eligible in 5th year, but discouraged
Promotion: Other than Instructor, promotion is always optional.

9. Annual Review Faculty Performance Agreement (FPA)
Specifies expectations; negotiated with chair
Annual Review Document (ARD)
Performance evaluated against previous FPA
Tied to Merit Raise Recommendations
Done in Digital Measures

10. Annual Review Timeline
Year
Faculty Performance Agreement
Annual Review Document 1
August
January 2
October 3 4

11. Multi-Level Reviews
Pre-tenure Review (everybody except tenured full professors)
Tenure Review (tenure-track only)
Promotion Review
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer
Assistant to Associate Professor
Associate Professor to Full Professor
Post-tenure Review
Instructors: 3rd year progress review toward promotion to assistant professor, 6th year required promotion review, 9th year tenure review
Professorial ranks: 3rd year progress review toward tenure, 6th year required tenure review; eligible in 5th year, but discouraged
Promotion: Other than Instructor, promotion is always optional.

12. Tenure-Track Multi-Level Reviews
Pre-Tenure Review:
Due in fall of 3rd year
Tenure Review
Required by 6th year, eligible in 5th year
Due in fall of 6th year
Promotions (elective in professorial ranks )
Assistant to Associate (minimum 4 years in rank at KSU + must be tenured)
Associate to Full (minimum 4 years in rank at KSU + must be tenured)
Note: Effective Fall 18, we switch to P&T
4 years from associate to full, it changed
Promotionis elective now but it will change we need to say

13. Credit Toward Promotion & Tenure
May be granted 0-3 years for prior experience
Must be in writing in original offer letter
One-time use, at the discretion of faculty member (affects only the earliest tenure review date, not the latest/required date).

14. Post-Tenure Review Five-year cycle after tenure (due fall of 6th year)
Clock is reset by a successful promotion
BOR Policy: Administrative Faculty do not undergo PTR.

15. Non-Tenure Track Professorial Ranked Faculty (Clinical…)
Elective Promotion reviews
Assistant to Associate (minimum 4 years in rank at KSU)
Associate to Full (minimum 4 years in rank at KSU)
4 years, it changed

16. Levels of Review for Teaching Faculty
Promotion/Tenure Review
Department tenure & promotion committee
Department Chair
College Dean
College tenure & promotion committee-appeals (requests & negative decisions)
Provost
President
Pre-Tenure
Department tenure & promotion committee
Department Chair
College Dean
Post-Tenure Reviews
College tenure & promotion committee

17. Resources and Tips Resources Tips
Department Chair (get college & department guidelines)
Senior Colleagues
Academic Affairs Website:
Tips
Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate
Start a document file (computer folder, folder…)
Look at other ARDs & Portfolios
To be addressed in more detail tomorrow

18. Q&A