Evaluation Schedule for Faculty on Tenure Track
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Following consultation with the Dean, the Provost/Executive Vice President will determine the length of the faculty member’s probationary period for a tenure track appointment at the time of the initial appointment. The Dean should consult with the faculty member in making this decision.
The probationary period is four, five, or six years, depending on the faculty member's prior full time college teaching experience.
A faculty member with no full time college teaching experience normally will have a six year probationary period. A faculty member with one year of full time college teaching experience will have a five or six year probationary period. A faculty member with two or more years of full time college teaching experience will have a four, five, or six year probationary period.
When eligible, tenure track faculty members have a one-time only opportunity during their second year of appointment to request a change in their probationary period. Before Letters of Agreement are issued in April of year two, faculty members, in writing to the Dean, may request to change their pre-selected probationary period following the same guidelines as when initially appointed.
| Length of Probationary Period |
Year 1
|
Year 2*
|
Year 3
|
Year 4
|
Year 5
|
Year 6
|
Year 7
|
Year 8
|
Year 9
|
Year 10
|
| Four Years |
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Probationary midpoint review
(Unit III)
- Second year midpoint review
(Unit V)
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Tenure evaluation
|
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Post probationary review
(Unit III)
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Long range professional development review
Unit V (repeats every 5 years)
|
|
|
| Five Years |
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Probationary midpoint review
- (Unit III)
- Midpoint review
(Unit V)
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Tenure evaluation
|
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Post probationary review
(Unit III)
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Long range professional development review
Unit V (repeats every 5 years)
|
|
| Six Years |
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Probationary midpoint review
(Unit III)
- Midpoint review
(Unit V)
|
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Tenure evaluation
|
|
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Post probationary review
(Unit III)
|
- Unit IV
- Unit I
- Unit III
- Long range professional development review
Unit V (repeats every 5 years)
|
*Eligible tenure track faculty members have a one-time only opportunity during their second year to request a change to the length of their probationary period
Unit reports are described in the Faculty Evaluation System.
Shaded areas in the chart above indicate post-probationary status.
Additional information on tenure and stop the clock for tenure may be found elsewhere in this Handbook.