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Faculty Evaluation Committee Workshop. Overview. Evaluation Timeline Portfolio as a Whole Portfolio Organization Teaching Service (Students, College, Community, Profession) Scholarship Letters of Evaluation. Evaluation Timeline. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Faculty Evaluation Committee Workshop

Faculty Evaluation Committee Workshop

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Overview

• Evaluation Timeline• Portfolio as a Whole • Portfolio Organization

– Teaching– Service (Students, College, Community,

Profession)– Scholarship

• Letters of Evaluation

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Evaluation Timeline

• Dean’s Office notifies candidates prior to mid-term of Spring Semester preceding evaluation

• Within 2 weeks, candidates must notify Dean’s Office of names of 3 letter writers

• Letters and the portfolio must be in the Dean’s Office on the first Monday of the term in which the review takes place.

• *If your letter will be late—please notify the Chair of FEC--so FEC can plan accordingly

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Evaluation ScheduleTenure-track faculty:• Reviewed in 2nd year, 4th year, and 6th year (candidates for

tenure)• Reviews occur in fall semester

Candidates for promotion to full professor:• Reviews occur in winter session

Non-tenure-track faculty:• Reviewed in the 2nd year and then every 3 years thereafter

(unless FEC requests interim reviews)• Reviews occur in spring semester• Reviewed based upon teaching AND one of the two (service

or scholarship)—to be determined by his/her Dept. Chair and the Dean

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The Portfolio: Size Doesn’t Always Matter!

Dude… Associate Professor

is IN THE BAG!

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Portfolio as a WholeThe Portfolio is reviewed by: • FEC (6 faculty members from various disciplines)• Academic Dean• President• Board of Trustees’ Academic and Student Affairs Committee Tips:• Consult The Faculty Handbook (Chapter 5, under Faculty

Resources, College Home Page). Library faculty reviewed according to slightly different criteria.

• Work closely with your faculty mentor• Ask to review a model successful portfolioSuggestions for Organization:• Use a 3-ring binder• Include tabbed divider pages for each section• Double-sided pages ok; avoid plastic sheets• Do not include portfolios from the previous evaluations

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Portfolio Organization

Sections:Table of ContentsPreface/Introductory materialsTeachingServiceScholarshipAppendix (optional)

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Portfolio OrganizationTip: Keep these materials on file an ongoing basis.

Preface:

-- previous evaluation letters from FEC and the Dean of the Faculty

-- current curriculum vitae-- statement of accomplishments and

plans-- statements of annual goals and

assessments

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Portfolio OrganizationTip: Keep these materials on file an ongoing basis.

Teaching: --statement of teaching philosophy--student evaluations since the last evaluation (hard-

copies of individual student evaluations in Appendix and course summaries in Teaching Section)

--an assessment of--and reflection on--the student evaluations: by course; *including an examination of patterns across all courses

--teaching strategies suggested by assessment of student evaluations

--representative syllabi, assignments, exams, lab activities, or other supporting materials

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Portfolio OrganizationTip: Keep these materials on file an ongoing basis.

Service:-- evidence and assessment of service to the

students, the College, the profession, and the community (including letters, if appropriate). See Faculty Handbook.

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Portfolio OrganizationTip: Keep these materials on file an ongoing basis.

Scholarship:-- evidence and assessment of scholarship or

original creative work (including letters, if appropriate). See Faculty Handbook.

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Portfolio OrganizationTip: Keep these materials on file an ongoing basis.

Appendix:-- other materials, such as letters from

alumni (not current students), hard copies of individual student course evaluations, or evidence of campus activities

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Letters of EvaluationDear Faculty Evaluation

Committee…

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Letters of Evaluation

Intent:

The purpose of letters for the Committee is to give FEC a view of the candidate’s excellence in teaching, service and scholarship, that the portfolio itself does not show, and that FEC committee members may not know.

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Letters of EvaluationCandidates for promotion and tenure request evaluative

letters from: their department chair (unless candidate is the department

chair – in which case, from the division chair). at least two other faculty members of their choice, one of

whom must be from a different division than the candidate. Candidates for promotion to full professor should include one

letter from someone in their discipline not a member of the College

Candidates notify Lori Tollman regarding the names of the letter writers

NOTE: Full-time non-tenure track faculty (2 letters needed—to include Department Chair and one other faculty from another department)

NOTE: Whenever possible, such letters should not be from members of the Faculty Evaluation Committee.

These letters are submitted to the Dean of Faculty.

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Letters of EvaluationOther materials at the discretion of the

candidate: letters from alumni - letters from current

students should not be solicited or included because of the possibility of placing students in a position of a conflict of interest

letters from colleagues outside of the College who can evaluate your standing in your field – especially useful to evaluate scholarship (*Full Professor)

The committee may request additional confidential letters of evaluation from other faculty members.

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Letters of Evaluation

Faculty to choose to ask for letters: faculty with whom you have served on committees, team taught, served in the first year advising program, etc., not just a faculty friend, but someone who can write a real evaluation. Someone who has been in your classroom.

Give a list of letter writers to the Dean’s Assistant (Lori Tollman) as soon as possible

Invite them to observe one (or more) of your classes

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Questions?