Common use of Procedure for Tenure and Promotion Clause in Contracts

Procedure for Tenure and Promotion. 7.7.2.1 Candidates shall submit a complete application dossier to the department chair. This dossier is compiled by the faculty member and should include an updated curriculum vita, previous annual evaluations, and departmental standards. Faculty are expected to provide the opportunity for students to complete evaluations for all sections. The teaching portfolio must include student evaluations of the instructional quality for all courses taught. The teaching portfolio may include a pedagogical philosophy, syllabi and other relevant teaching materials for courses taught during the period under review, and peer teaching evaluations by faculty colleagues. The supporting evidence for research/creative activity may include samples of completed work as well as the specific status of any work in progress. In appropriate cases dossiers may include materials from previous academic positions or other relevant experience. Supporting documentation from outside sources may also be included when available. Service in the department, college, university, community, and profession may also be documented. 7.7.2.1.1 Once the dossier is submitted to the department for review, the candidate may not add any new evidence to the dossier, except to update the status of scholarly or creative work in progress. 7.7.2.2 The department has the primary responsibility for the evaluation of the candidate’s dossier. Unless they are on leave, all tenured faculty are expected to submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. Tenured faculty on leave may submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. Probationary faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and staff do not vote. 7.7.2.2.1 Departments may hold a meeting of faculty eligible to participate in the review to discuss the candidate’s dossier, provided such a meeting is described in the departmental evaluation plan. Discussion in such a meeting shall be limited to the materials in a candidate’s dossier. Such a meeting shall be purely informational, with no vote taken at the meeting. 7.7.2.2.2 Departments are encouraged to use external letters of evaluation as evidence for evaluating faculty performance. If a department decides to use external letters of evaluation, the procedures for requesting external letters of evaluation and the use of those letters in the evaluation of the candidate’s application shall be specified in the departmental evaluation plan. 7.7.2.2.3 The chair shall summarize the individual written faculty evaluations and votes of participating colleagues, as well as any external evaluations, write a complete and substantial assessment of the candidate’s dossier, and recommend for or against tenure in a letter to the xxxx and the college tenure and promotion committee. If significant disparities exist among the individual written faculty evaluations, the chair must include an assessment of the basis of these disparities. 7.7.2.2.4 A copy of the chair’s letter shall be shared with the candidate prior to its submission to the college. The candidate shall be permitted five working days to review the letter and submit a response correcting any errors of fact. 7.7.2.3 The candidate’s dossier, evaluations by individual faculty members, the department chair’s letter, and the candidate’s response letter (if submitted) shall be forwarded to the xxxx of the college, who shall seek the advice of the college tenure and promotion committee, if provided for in the college evaluation plan. The committee is convened by the college. The committee shall review the candidate’s dossier in order to determine that the department’s review meets the standards set forth by that department and the college. A tenure and promotion committee member who is a member of a candidate’s department, shall not participate in that candidate’s review. The committee shall prepare a recommendation and justification based on the review, and provide a copy to the candidate and to the xxxx.

Procedure for Tenure and Promotion. 7.7.2.1 Candidates shall submit a complete application dossier to the department chair. This dossier is compiled by the faculty member and should include an updated curriculum vita, previous annual evaluations, and departmental standards. Faculty are expected to provide the opportunity for students to complete evaluations for all sectionssections using the evaluation process and forms for student course evaluations developed and approved by the Faculty Senate. The teaching portfolio must include student evaluations of the instructional quality for at least one (1) section per year for all courses taught. The teaching portfolio may include a pedagogical philosophy, syllabi and other relevant teaching materials for courses taught during the period under review, and peer teaching evaluations by faculty colleagues. The supporting evidence for research/research/ creative activity may include samples of completed work as well as the specific status of any work in progress. In appropriate cases dossiers may include materials from previous academic positions or other relevant experience. Supporting documentation from outside sources may also be included when available. Service in the department, college, universityUniversity, community, and profession may also be documented. 7.7.2.1.1 Once the dossier is submitted to the department for review, the candidate may not add any new evidence to the dossier, except to update the status of scholarly or creative work in progress. 7.7.2.2 The department has the primary responsibility for the evaluation of the candidate’s dossier. Unless they are on leave, all tenured faculty (except the chair) are expected to submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. Tenured faculty on leave may submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. A vote in favor of tenure and/or promotion requires that the faculty member meet the criteria for tenure and/or promotion in (1) teaching and/or librarianship, (2) scholarship or creative activity, and (3) service to the institution, profession, and/or community as defined in the department evaluation plan, or in the college evaluation plan if a department has not adopted a department evaluation plan. Probationary faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and staff do not vote. 7.7.2.2.1 Departments may hold a meeting of faculty eligible to participate in the review to discuss the candidate’s dossier, provided such a meeting is described in the departmental evaluation plan. Discussion in such a meeting shall be limited to the materials in a candidate’s dossier. Such a meeting shall be purely informational, with no vote taken at the meeting. 7.7.2.2.2 Departments are encouraged to use external letters of evaluation as evidence for evaluating faculty performance. If a department decides to use external letters of evaluation, the procedures for requesting external letters of evaluation and the use of those letters in the evaluation of the candidate’s application shall be specified in the departmental evaluation plan. 7.7.2.2.3 The chair shall summarize the individual written faculty evaluations and votes of participating colleagues, as well as any external evaluations, write a complete and substantial assessment of the candidate’s dossier, and recommend for or against tenure in a letter to the xxxx and the college tenure and promotion committee. If significant disparities exist among the individual written faculty evaluations, the chair must include an assessment of the basis of these disparities. 7.7.2.2.4 A copy of the chair’s letter shall be shared with the candidate prior to its submission to the college. The candidate shall be permitted five working days to review the letter and submit a response correcting any errors of fact. 7.7.2.3 The candidate’s dossier, evaluations by individual faculty members, the department chair’s letter, and the candidate’s response letter (if submitted) shall be forwarded to the xxxx of the college, who shall seek the advice of the college tenure and promotion committee, if provided for in the college evaluation plan. The committee is convened by the college. The committee shall review the candidate’s dossier in order to determine that the department’s review meets the standards set forth by that department and the college. A tenure and promotion committee member who is a member of a candidate’s department, shall not participate in that candidate’s review. The committee shall prepare a recommendation and justification based on the review, and provide a copy to the candidate and to the xxxx.

Procedure for Tenure and Promotion. 7.7.2.1 Candidates shall submit a complete application dossier to the department chair. This dossier is compiled by the faculty member and should include an updated curriculum vita, previous annual evaluations, and departmental standards. Faculty are expected to provide the opportunity for students to complete evaluations for all sections. The teaching portfolio must include student evaluations of the instructional quality for all courses taught. The teaching portfolio may include a pedagogical philosophy, syllabi and other relevant teaching materials for courses taught during the period under review, and peer teaching evaluations by faculty colleagues. The supporting evidence for research/creative activity may include samples of completed work as well as the specific status of any work in progress. In appropriate cases dossiers may include materials from previous academic positions or other relevant experience. Supporting documentation from outside sources may also be included when available. Service in the department, college, university, community, and profession may also be documented. 7.7.2.1.1 Once the dossier is submitted to the department for review, the candidate may not add any new evidence to the dossier, except to update the status of scholarly or creative work in progress. 7.7.2.2 The department has the primary responsibility for the evaluation of the candidate’s dossier. Unless they are on leave, all tenured faculty are expected to submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. Tenured faculty on leave may submit an individual written assessment of the application along with a vote for or against tenure. Probationary faculty, non-tenure-track faculty, and staff do not vote. 7.7.2.2.1 Departments may hold a meeting of faculty eligible to participate in the review to discuss the candidate’s dossier, provided such a meeting is described in the departmental evaluation plan. Discussion in such a meeting shall be limited to the materials in a candidate’s dossier. Such a meeting shall be purely informational, with no vote taken at the meeting. 7.7.2.2.2 Departments are encouraged to use external letters of evaluation as evidence for evaluating faculty performance. If a department decides to use external letters of evaluation, the procedures for requesting external letters of evaluation and the use of those letters in the evaluation of the candidate’s application shall be specified in the departmental evaluation plan. 7.7.2.2.3 The chair shall summarize the individual written faculty evaluations and votes of participating colleagues, as well as any external evaluations, write a complete and substantial assessment of the candidate’s dossier, and recommend for or against tenure in a letter to the xxxx and the college tenure and promotion committee. If significant disparities exist among the individual written faculty evaluations, the chair must include an assessment of the basis of these disparities. 7.7.2.2.4 A copy of the chair’s letter shall be shared with the candidate prior to its submission to the college. The candidate shall be permitted five working days to review the letter and submit a response correcting any errors of fact. 7.7.2.3 The candidate’s dossier, evaluations by individual faculty members, the department chair’s letter, and the candidate’s response letter (if submitted) shall be forwarded to the xxxx of the college, who shall seek the advice of the college tenure and promotion committee, if provided for in the college evaluation plan. The committee is convened by the college. The committee shall review the candidate’s dossier in order to determine that the department’s review meets the standards set forth by that department and the college. A tenure and promotion committee member who is a member of a candidate’s department, shall not participate in that candidate’s review. The committee shall prepare a recommendation and justification based on the review, and provide a copy to the candidate and to the xxxx.