1. Joi Patterson, PhD VPAA/COO Tenure Track Process

2. Tenure Tenure Defined What does it mean to have academic Freedom You must have a terminal degree and classified as an assistant professor to be considered for Tenure Track Tenure Track is optional

3. Timeline Year 1: – Concentrate on Teaching Year 2: – Refine Teaching, add Service, – Submit Self Evaluation Year 3 – Continue to refine Teaching and Service – Add Scholarship – Submit Self Evaluation Year 4 – Continue to Teach, Serve the institution and the community and actively engage in scholarly activities – Submit Self Evaluation

4. Timeline Year 5 – Establish best practices in Teaching, refine your Philosophy, actively engage in trademark Service and actively engage in Scholarly activity – Prep for tenure application Year 6 – Continue to model best practices in Teaching, actively engage yourself and your students in trademark Service, and actively engage yourself and students in scholarly/research activities – Submit Rank and Tenure Application

5. Disclaimer This exercise provides a general guideline, tips and highlights of the Tenure Process. It does not strictly adhere or align to the Faculty Handbook. Please refer to the Faculty Handbook for further details.

6. Criteria for Tenure Faculty member must demonstrate competence and promise of long term usefulness to the mission programs of Calumet College of St. Joseph

7. Application Process Traditional Model or Boyer Model effective 2010 Annual Self Evaluations – Due 9/1 to Program Director – Due 9/15to Department Chair – Due 10/15to Vice President of Academic Affairs

8. Application Process for Rank and Tenure Rank from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor Year 6Apply for Rank from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor Rank from Associate Professor to Full Professor – After year 10Eligible to apply for Full Professor

9. Timelines for Rank and Tenure Must Seek approval between each level 9/1to Department Chair 10/1to Rank and Tenure – Receive letter from committee 11/15To Vice President of Academic Affairs – Receive letter from VPAA 12/15To President – Receive letter from President by 1/15 1/15To Board of Trustees – Final Approval in March Board Meeting – Reflected in Board minutes and announced in April Senate Meeting

10. What Happens if You Don’t Get Tenure???? Up or Or Process 1 year contract for Year 7 Program not viable Appeal Process to Tenure Judiciary Committee

11. Collection Process Portable Portfolio Box – Teaching – Service – Scholarship Same process for electronic files

12. Type of Mediums Hard Copy applications Electronic applications via email Electronic application via CD, which could include videos Website application, which could include videos

13. Application Content Annual Self Evaluation – Reflective of one year at a time, does not build Rank and Tenure Application – Reflective of 5 years of teaching, service and scholarship

14. Self Evaluation Content Curriculum Vitae Teaching Philosophy Teaching – Courses that you teach – Aggregate data of course evaluations i.e. excel – Highlights of comments – Best Practices that you use – Observations (evaluations of your teaching)

15. Service Committee that you serve on – Rule of thumb – 2 committees – Leadership role in 1 Service to the College – Open House – Club Sponsor – Marketing Committee Meetings – Enrollment Management Meetings – Service to Community Board Membership Consortiums

16. Scholarship Traditional – Research – Publication of peer reviewed/refereed journals within your dicipline – http://wikipedia.org/wicki/Peer http://wikipedia.org/wicki/Peer – Publications of non-fictional books within your discipline – Presentations at the state and national level – Grants – Handbooks

17. Scholarship Boyer Model of Discovery – Same as Above – Creative Works within your discipline – Artwork – Music – Dance – Poetry – Entrepreneurship

18. How to Maximize Your Chances of Tenure Make your accomplishments visible, quantifiable, locally and nationally Perform consistently and improve Establish independence but balance with collegiality Find a niche, make a name for yourself in a discipline Understand the process Identify with your scholarly area Make it a easy for the reviewers Present a professional product (take pride in your work)

19. Maximize Your Success as a Professor Work with your chair to align your goals with the department and institutions goals Set short and long term goals Get tenured mentor and work with them Join a scholarly group with overlapping interest Share ideas, collaborate on projects Solicit feedback of your scholarship Stay focused be determined Get and give feedback

20. Resources Department Chair Vice President of Academic Affairs Library- Sample Applications and Exhibits Boyer Scholarship Reconsidered Portable Portfolio Box

21. Next Topics of Interest Publication of journals and books National Presentations Packaging your application U-Tube CD and Hyperlinks Website