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Page 1: Rank & Tenure Review Process - Benedictine University€¦ · RANK & TENURE REVIEW PROCESS Tenure, Promotion, Advancement within Rank August 25, 2016 . The Faculty Handbook 2 Specific

RANK & TENURE REVIEW PROCESS

Tenure, Promotion, Advancement within Rank

August 25, 2016

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The Faculty Handbook 2

Specific sections from the current Faculty

Handbook, see S:\Academic Affairs\Academic

Affairs Policies - Procedures\Faculty Handbook

Fall 2015 final 8-24-2015.pdf

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The Rank & Tenure Committee 3

What is the Rank & Tenure Committee?

University-wide, standing committee

One elected, tenured representative from each

college with regular faculty

Currently: Colleges of Business, Liberal Arts,

Education and Health Services, Science

One elected, non-tenured, at-large

representative

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The Rank & Tenure Committee 4

What does the Rank & Tenure Committee

do?

The formal reviews

Third-Year Review

Awarding of Tenure, in cases where candidate

is already at associate professor rank

Promotion to Associate Professor and

Awarding of Tenure

Promotion to Full Professor

Advancement within Rank

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The Electronic Application Portfolio 5

Candidate constructs own portfolio

Self-assessment of teaching excellence,

scholarly and professional involvement and

achievement, and University service

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The Electronic Application Portfolio 6

Committee File is added

Includes previous recommendations and

letters by Deans, Department

Chairs/Program Directors, Rank & Tenure

Committee, current student evaluation data,

current load forms, and any previous formal

responses by the faculty member under

evaluation for the time period under review

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The Rank & Tenure Review Process 7

Recommendations by…

Program Director/Department Chair

Available to candidate for emendation

Available to College Faculty Review Panel, Rank &

Tenure Committee, and Dean

College Faculty Review Panel

Available to candidate for emendation

Available to Rank & Tenure Committee and Dean

Dean

Available to Provost

Rank & Tenure Committee

Available to Provost

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The Rank & Tenure Review Process 8

What is the College Faculty Review Panel?

Membership varies, based on College criteria.

See Appendix 1.5.2.10 [p.90 of .pdf] in Faculty

Handbook.

These panels make recommendations on third-

year review, promotion, tenure, and advancement

within rank in regard to those faculty members

who are eligible and make application within

their College.

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Electronic Portfolios using D2L 9

Electronic Portfolios Choices: use D2L course

or your own website To create the

D2Lcourse—Hongqin Li, Ph.D., Academic Applications Administrator, [email protected], 630/829-6498

Other help—Cindy McCullagh, Ph.D., Learning Technologies Expert, [email protected]

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Electronic Portfolio—D2L Course 10

Sample Template

Be sure link is active

Be sure links are active

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Electronic Portfolio—D2L Course

11

How to work with this course? Just like any other course

View content Manage content Manage files

Except for Committee File materials supplied by office of

the Dean of the College

IDEA reports, prior and current Department Chair/Program Director and Dean recommendations, prior Rank & Tenure reviews

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

12

Candidate should…

Identify herself/himself, department/program, role

Include a current curriculum vitae or resume

Not assume that reviewers have familiarity with

your discipline; write for a University-wide

audience

Address all criteria under consideration for the

specific type of review

Make the best case possible

Be clear as to the time period under review

Provide evidence—artifacts, including dates as

appropriate, for the time period under review

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Where to Find Criteria in the FH 13

Teaching, Scholarly and Professional

Involvement and Achievement, and Service

Third-Year Review, Associate Professor and Tenure,

Professor

2.6.1.1 Teaching Excellence

2.6.1.2 Scholarly and Professional Involvement and

Achievement

2.6.1.2.1 Third-Year Review

2.6.1.2.2 Tenure and Associate Professor

2.6.1.2.3 Professor

2.6.1.3 University Service

2.11 Advancement within Rank

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Evaluation Criteria 14

2.6.1.1Teaching Excellence [see details in FH]

The paramount responsibility of each faculty

member is teaching. Since many characteristics

contribute to teaching excellence, documentation

should demonstrate, but not necessarily be limited

to, the following:

Instructional design skills

Instructional delivery skills

Content expertise

Course management skills

Departmental advising

Program development

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Evaluation Criteria 15

2.6.1.1Teaching Excellence [continued]

Self-evaluation

Evaluations by Department Chair/Program Director

Peer evaluation

Student evaluations

Review of course syllabi and materials by peers inside or outside the University

Observation of classroom teaching by Department Chair/Program Director and/or peers, as designated by the department chair/program director

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Evaluation Criteria 16

2.6.1.2 Scholarly and Professional Involvement

and Achievement [see details in FH]

2.6.1.2.1 Third-Year Review

Include research agenda

Describe progress towards scholarly productivity

2.6.1.2.2 Tenure and Associate Professor

Include research agenda

Describe scholarly productivity

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Evaluation Criteria 17

2.6.1.2 Scholarly and Professional Involvement

and Achievement [continued] [see details in FH]

2.6.1.2.3 Professor

Include research agenda

Describe scholarly productivity

In cases where there is insufficient internal expertise,

check 2.12.1.3, External Review of Scholarly/

Professional Development

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Evaluation Criteria 18

2.6.1.3 University Service [see details in FH]

Participation in the activities of the university, the student

body, and the wider community is a significant benefit to

the university and has an impact on the quality of the

university. A faculty member is expected to contribute

effective service at some level within the academic

community commensurate with his/her academic stage

at the university. As a faculty member advances through

the ranks, the expectations of their commitment to

service increases and their protracted, extensive service

should form the basis of reward when documented.

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Evaluation Criteria 19

2.6.1.3 University Service [continued] [see

details in FH]

Clear evidence of expected service…

Evidence of exemplary, consistent and sustained

service…

University service may be assessed by evidence

generated…

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Evaluation Criteria 20

2.11 Advancement within Rank Policies

...Advancement should represent a culmination of

extraordinary efforts or projects that have not been

previously acknowledged by promotion or a prior

Advancement within Rank award. Extraordinary work must

be thoroughly documented and in at least one of the three

areas normally evaluated for promotion: teaching

excellence, scholarly and professional involvement and

achievement, and university service. It is expected that

extraordinary work in any single area is matched with

documented consistent and appropriate performance in the

other two areas. Section 2.6 of the Faculty Handbook states

guidelines for evaluation.

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

21

What to include in the application portfolio?

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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For Teaching Excellence, candidate should…

Include a separate statement of teaching

philosophy—required

Include a narrative, which addresses…

Evaluation(s) from direct classroom observation(s)

by colleagues

IDEA course evaluation scores and comments

Any other course evaluation comments

Mentoring of student research, if related to a

course

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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For Teaching Excellence, candidate should…

Include a narrative, which includes selected evidence

and appropriate artifacts

Syllabi

Tests/quizzes

Assignments

Grading Rubrics

Evaluations

Direct observations by peers of classroom teaching

Be sure to address the characteristics listed in Section

2.6.1.1, Teaching Excellence

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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For Scholarly and Professional Involvement and

Achievement, candidate should…

Include research agenda—required

Include a narrative, which describes progress

towards scholarly productivity for third-year review

or which describes scholarly productivity for all other

reviews

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Candidate should…

Address any specific Program/Department and/or

College requirements for Scholarly and

Professional Involvement and Achievement

See Appendix 2.6.1.2, College Specific

Requirements for Evaluation of

Scholarly/Professional Development [p.96 of .pdf]

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Remember that forthcoming publications

Are considered for third-year reviews and

promotion to associate professor and awarding

of tenure reviews

Are not considered for promotion to professor

or advancement within rank reviews

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Candidate should…

Place presentations, publications, exhibitions,

performances, ... in context

Nature of the professional organization (local,

regional, national, international)

Nature of the publication (journal, proceedings,

encyclopedia, online,…) or conference (local,

regional, national, international)

Intended audience for the publication or conference

(practitioners, academics, researchers)

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Candidate should…

Discuss the review process

Juried, peer-reviewed, invited?

Double-blind, review by editor?

Provide acceptance rate, if known

Include information from the editor, call for papers,

suggestions for authors, as appropriate [can be a link

to web site]

Discuss the importance of the work in the discipline

Include a copy of the paper(s) and/or

presentation(s) or link(s), if available online

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Candidate should…

Include work with students, research not related to

a course

Research projects

Publications

Presentations

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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For University Service, candidate should include

a narrative, which…

Summarizes your accomplishment(s)

Discusses your service to the

program/department, College, and/or University

Discusses your service in professional

organizations

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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For University Service, candidate should include

a narrative, which describes… [continued]

Nature of the service

Committee

Taskforce

Special role

How selected—Elected? Appointed?

Time period(s) served

Your contribution

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

32

Artifacts to consider for inclusion…

External letters that address the importance of

your contribution to a discipline, journal,

conference, organization, etc.

Internal letters of support that address a specific

and/or valuable contribution to the

Program/Department, College, or University

It is preferable that these letters are from

colleagues not already serving on the candidate’s

College Faculty Review Panel

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Artifacts to consider for inclusion…

Correspondence from a student, if it addresses a

specific interaction

If including student work, be sure that it contains

no personally-identifiable information or includes

a release form following FERPA rules

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Recommendations for Candidate Portfolios

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Additional considerations…

If there is work being considered that comes from

prior to joining the faculty at Benedictine University,

teaching, for example

Be sure to clarify this in the self-assessment

Program Director/Department Chair and/or Dean

should also address this

Address any concerns from Rank & Tenure

Committee, College Faculty Review Panel,

Department Chair/Program Director, Dean from

prior reviews

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Reminders 35

Do not forget… Current CV

Statement of teaching philosophy

Good organization

Proofread your work

Narrative/self-assessment which addresses all criteria

under consideration for the review

Summary, if your narrative/self-assessment is fairly long

Specific evidence—authentic artifacts for what you say

you do

Appendices for selected syllabi, assignment samples,

manuscript copies, other artifacts, …

Ask a colleague to review your application

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Additional Recommendations 36

Questions?

Mentor

Colleagues

Program Director/Department Chair

College Dean

Member of Rank & Tenure Committee [2015-2016]

RANK AND TENURE COMMITTEE

2-year terms, Tenured except for the Non-tenured At-Large, Alternates in parenthesis

Member Until Constituency Elected

L. LOUBRIEL (J. MONTERO) '16 College of Liberal Arts 2014.10.30

A. WILSON (J. NADOLSKI) '16 College of Science 2014.10.30

C. ARNOLD (J. PELECH) '16 College of Educ & Hlth Serv 2014.10.30

(C) B. OZOG (I. LOBO) '17 College of Business 2015.09.23

D. RUBUSH (G. MIRSKY) '17 Non-Tenured At-large 2015.10.09