1. FROM A PROVOST’S PERSPECTIVE
Faculty evaluations, promotion and/or tenure

2. PERSONAL RESILIENCE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WORLD
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YOURSELF
FOCUSED ON MISSION OF THE INSTITUTION AND YOUR GOALS
CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS; MENTORS; SOCIAL RESOURCES
ORGANIZED
PROACTIVE

3. PERFORMANCE & ASSESSMENT
ANNUAL EVALUATION
SUMMATIVE; ACCORDING TO DEPT BYLAWS; BASED ON THE YEAR’S AOR
ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES (AOR)
RESEARCH
TEACHING
SERVICE

4. ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, CONT.
PEER EVALUATIONS
CHAIR/DEAN/DIRECTOR EVALUATIONS
PROGRESS TOWARD TENURE AND/OR PROMOTION LETTER: SUMMATIVE +FORMATIVE for everyone except full professors with tenure and highest ranked specialized faculty

5. 2ND AND 4TH YEAR REVIEWS Tenure Track Faculty
CUMULATIVE
COMPREHENSIVE
FORMATIVE EARLY REVIEWS (2ND)
TIME IS GETTING VERY, VERY SHORT REVIEWS (4TH)

6. PROMOTION &/OR TENURE: TELL YOUR BEST STORY WELL
WHAT ARE YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
WHY IS YOUR WORK IMPORTANT TO THE UNIVERSITY, NATION, AND WORLD?
WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY’S ROI WITH YOU?
WHAT’S YOUR STORY, MORNING GLORY?

7. PROMOTION to ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR with TENURE
TYPICAL TIME FOR P&T CONSIDERATION IS DURING 6TH YEAR.
NOMINATIONS HAPPEN AT END OF 5TH YEAR. THEY MAY BE EARLIER.
IF NO TENURE AT END OF 6TH YEAR=NONRENEWAL LETTER
MUST HAVE TENURE BY END OF 7TH OR OUT

8. WHAT WILL REPRESENT YOU?
DEAN’S AND CHAIR’S LETTERS
EXTERNAL LETTERS
C.V. [FEAS]
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS
ANNUAL LETTERS OF PROGRESS TOWARD P& T
2ND AND 4TH YEAR REVIEW NARRATIVES
PUBLICATIONS/SUPPORTING MATERIALS

9. WHO WILL VOTE? DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE FACULTY/TENURED FACULTY CHAIR
COLLEGE COMMITTEE
DEAN
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT/PROVOST
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

10. Promotion for Specialized Faculty
Specialized faculty are typically reviewed for promotion during the 5th year in their current rank.
Faculty members who are recommended for promotion prior to completion of five years in rank must include a justification for early promotion in the chair’s/director’s /supervisor’s (or equivalent) letter.

11. Promotions…
All departments/units/colleges must have written promotion criteria and procedures for all applicable Tenure Track and Specialized Faculty available in the department/unit/college, posted on a single publicly accessible University Web site, and on file in the Office of the Vice President for Faculty Development and Advancement.

12. DON’T PROCRASTINATE
LEARN YOUR DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EXPECTATIONS AND THE TIMELINES YOU MUST MEET FOR SUCCESS (BOOKS? JOURNAL ARTICLES? GRANTS? EXHIBITS?PERFORMANCES? CITATIONS OF YOUR WORK? ETC.)
SEEK AND HEED GOOD MENTORS & ADVICE; LOOK FOR AFFINITY GROUPS; SEEK RESEARCH SUPPORT EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY
THERE ARE MANY WHO WILL HELP YOU

13. IN CONCLUSION Every day's a holiday on the green side of the grass.
And yes, our promotion raises are state of the art at 12% and 15%.