1. Retention, Tenure and Promotion College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

2. Goal of the RTP Process The reappointment, tenure and promotion of faculty with input from the: Department, College, Dean, Provost

3. Overview of the Process  Teaching  Scholarly Activity  Service  Different Levels of Review  Primary Committee (Department)  Secondary Committee (College)  Dean  Vice President for Academic Affairs  4 th & 6 th years only

4. When in doubt, ask Your mentors Your RTP chair Your department chair Your dean

5. Where are the rules? The CSU System MOU The University ARTP document Your department's ARTP document The College ARTP document

6. You will understand more and more as you go through the process

7. The RTP Calendar September --- Submit your file ↓ February --- Reappointment Notification

8. New Faculty It is typically six years from appointment to tenure. Promotion to associate professor and tenure are usually coupled. Promotion to full professor is typically six years after last promotion.

9. Before you have tenure you are evaluated every year Evaluation is coupled to reappointment

10. Typical Review Cycle Assemble your WPAF (September) Department Review (October) Secondary Committee Review (November) Dean's Review (December/January) Provost's Review (4th & 6th years) Reappointment Letter (February)

11. Evaluation Letters You will get a letter from each level of review. You can reply in writing, if you wish, within 10 days. You can also ask for a meeting with the committee or dean.

12. WorkingPersonnelActionFile

13. Think of your WPAF as an expanded, highly stylized resume. You are trying to sell yourself so don't be modest!

14. The Resume First significant item in your WPAF An academic history Prepares the reviewer for what follows Choose your own format; discuss the format with your peers

15. The Index A list of your significant activities, accomplishments and products

16. Index Sections  Teaching Effectiveness  Scholarly & Creative Achievements  Contributions to the University  Contributions to the Community

17. The Index  A numbered list giving your major activities  Items arranged by year within each section  Previous years items stay put in the index  Each year you add new items for that year  Serves as a guide to the material in the "Supporting Documents" section

19. Overviews A written 1-3 page overview for each section: Teaching Effectiveness Scholarly & Creat. Achievements Contributions to the University Contributions to the Community

20. Peer Evaluations Not required by the University's UARTP document

21. Student Evaluations  Must be included  Indicate course number and semester  Comments are often more useful than the numbers

22. Evaluation -- Current Year Will contain this year's evaluation letter from the primary committee, secondary committee and the dean.

23. ARTP History Contains all of the previous letters of appointment and evaluation. It becomes your whole history since you were appointed. Your RTP chair is responsible for keeping this up to date.

24. Supporting Documents Probably the biggest section. Your chance to show your work.

25. Organize Supporting Documents like the Index  Teaching Effectiveness  Scholarly & Creative Achievements  Contributions to the University  Contributions to the Community

26. Supporting Documents Every item in "Supporting Documents" has a corresponding entry in the Index.

27. Examples of Supporting Documents - Teaching  New teaching materials  New experiments or lab manual  Signed letters from students  Personal Web pages

28. If you develop a new course or redo an existing course, it's nice if your WPAF reflects that effort.

29. Incorporation by Reference If you list it in your index, reviewers have the right to ask for it.

30. Examples of Supporting Documents - Scholarship  Copies of papers published  Abstracts of posters and talks  Copies of grant proposals  Other information about your scholarship

31. Examples of Supporting Documents - Department & University Service  Thank you letters  Examples of work you produced

32. Examples of Community Service Related to your professional activities

33. Teaching vs. Scholarship vs. Service They can overlap It's ok

34. Things to avoid in your WPAF  An index that isn't clean  Supporting documents that aren't organized  Things that aren't yours  Placing low impact items in your file

35. There aren't enough hours in the week to do everything you'd like to do!