1. Preparing for Promotion and Annual Review August 22, 2018
New Faculty Orientation 2016
August 16, 2016
Preparing for Promotion and Annual Review August 22, 2018
Kevin West, Senior Director, Faculty Labor Relations
Kevin West and Marcia King-Blandford

2. New Faculty Orientation 2016
August 16, 2016
Collective Bargaining Agreement or Rules and Regulations
College Elaborations
Department Elaborations
Offer Letter
Statement of Expectations
Current Vitae
Philosophy of Teaching
The listing below shall include, but not be limited to, the specific items to be considered solely when evaluating teaching and for no other purpose. (1) Number of course preparations (2) Availability of teaching support resources (3) Class size, credit hours, and/or FTE’s (4) Course time requirements (5) Development of new courses, laboratories, or instructional facilities (6) Integration of new technologies and pedagogies (7) Student conferences inside and outside of office hours (8) Off-campus instruction and supervision (9) Individual and special instruction, including independent studies (10) Advising (11) Clinical supervision of students (12) Supervision of thesis and dissertation research and writing (13) Preparation and evaluation of graduate exams (14) Coordinator responsibilities (15) Professional librarian responsibilities
It is intended that the member shall utilize the member's expertise to address problems in the member's discipline or area of specialization through professional, scholarly and/or creative activity which clearly contributes to the discipline and/or the wider society through: (1) Scholarly investigation, creative activity and/or research of an original and/or previously unreported nature; or (2) Applied research (including professional publications and patents), investigation, or scholarly analysis of existing research, information, and creative endeavors resulting in the development of new data, information, applications, and/or interpretations; or (3) Commercialization, licensing, development and commercialization of University discoveries, inventions or patents; or (4) Artistic creations, shows and performances; or (5) Activities for acquiring and maintaining professional certification, licensing, and continuing education; or (6) Community-based research projects.
Kevin West and Marcia King-Blandford

4. Academic Review Process
New Faculty Orientation 2016
Academic Review Process
August 16, 2016
Department
Department Personnel Committee
Department Chair
College
College Personnel Committee
College Dean
University
University Committee on Academic Personnel (UCAP)
Provost
President
Board of Trustees
First two years, there is a limited review for tenure/tenure track appointments
Kevin West and Marcia King-Blandford

5. Academic Rank
Assistant Lecturer- Members with three (3) or fewer years of service as Lecturer.
Associate Lecturer- Members in their fourth (4th) through (9th) year of service as a Lecturer.
Senior Lecturer- Members who have completed their 9th year of service as a Lecturer.

6. Observation
The observation shall be done by the department Chair in which the Member teaches. The Chair may conduct scheduled classroom observations. If the Chair has significant concerns regarding the Member’s teaching following an observation, the Chair may select a designee from the Department to observe the Member.
Members may be observed in the Members’ first, second, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, fourteenth, nineteenth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-ninth year of employment with the University.

7. Annual Evaluation
Bargaining unit Members shall be evaluated annually with the highest priority given to teaching and teaching related duties, field work and field supervision. Members may rely upon objectives identified by the department Chair as a guide for creating an evaluative narrative of quality and satisfactory performance.

8. Annual Evaluation
Members shall compile and submit the evaluative materials outlined in 9.4 to their department Chair no later than the end of Fall semester each academic year. Chairs must have Fall semester’s student evaluations available to Members by the last day of the second week of Spring semester. Members may respond to Fall semester’s student evaluations and have those responses added to their evaluative materials. If Members choose to respond, they must submit comments to the Chair by the last day of the third week of Spring semester.

9. Family Childcare Leave
Upon confirmation of pregnancy or adoption, a member who intends to request Family Childcare Leave under this section must provide his/her Department Chair with written notification of the pregnancy or intention to adopt and a certificate from the treating physician or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or adoption agency identifying the expected time of childbirth or adoption as soon as is reasonably practical to provide appropriate time for all parties to plan for the expected leave.

10. Faculty Considerations
New Faculty Orientation 2016
August 16, 2016
Faculty Considerations
Setting clear expectations and goals for new faculty
How the departmental culture can affect your work life
Important networks including mentors, advocates, and peers
How to set reasonable boundaries and choose professional involvements wisely
How to be a good colleague
How to effectively and “realistically” integrate your faculty work with your life
Kevin West and Marcia King-Blandford

11. New Faculty Orientation 2016
August 16, 2016
Questions? or
Kevin West and Marcia King-Blandford