Evaluation of Full-Time Teaching Faculty

Z25T

Z29R

• Receives copy of Teaching Faculty Members’ Annual Self-Review (Unit I)
• Receives teaching evaluations for each course
• Makes appropriate classroom visits
• Reviews appropriate course related material (e.g., syllabi)
• Conducts Annual Evaluation of Faculty (Unit III)
• Makes recommendations to Dean concerning salary increases
• Provides input to the Dean in appointment of Senior Faculty Review Committee for Continuing Track and Lecture Track probation review (when appropriate)
• Completes Probationary Midpoint Review – Midpoint Unit III and, when appropriate, Post-Probationary Midpoint Review – Post-Probationary Unit III
• Makes recommendations concerning promotion and tenure decisions to Dean and Promotions and Tenure Committee
• Provides input to Dean on Midpoint and Final Probationary Reviews (called fourth year probationary review)
• Makes recommendation to Dean concerning Continuing Track and Lecture Track final probationary status reviews (called Fourth Year Probationary Review)
• Receives copy of Midpoint Reviews from Dean

Z24G

• Coordinates faculty evaluation process within the school or college
• Reviews Faculty Members’ Annual Self-Reviews (Unit I)
• Reviews content and quality of Unit III (Chair evaluations)
• Conducts annual evaluation (Unit III) of Chairs in their school/college
• Conducts Dean’s Evaluation of the Faculty (Unit V)
• Receives syllabi for each course taught
• Receives teaching evaluations for each course
• Meets formally with appropriate probationary faculty members for mid-point reviews
• Meets formally with appropriate post probationary faculty members for Long Range Professional Development Reviews
• Writes appropriate faculty member reviews (Midpoint Reviews and Long Range Professional Development Reviews), submits to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and sends copy to faculty member and Chair
• Visits classroom as appropriate
• Appoints departmental Senior Faculty Review Committee in consultation with the Department Chair
• Recommends on probationary removal for Continuing Track and Lecture Track faculty to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Discusses status of each faculty member annually with Department Chair
• Recommends salary increases (with justification) to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Recommends promotion and/or tenure decisions to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Meets with candidates who are not successful in the application for promotion to Senior Lecturer or Professor. After notification of Promotion and Tenure decisions, makes available to any faculty member upon request, through the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, their recommendations concerning the faculty member and an explanation of the basis for that recommendation. Also, makes self available upon request to any candidate to discuss the tenure and/or promotion decision concerning the faculty member.

Z26U

1. Meets with the Deans and the Promotions and Tenure Committee before deliberations concerning promotions and tenure begin to discuss policies and procedures regarding promotions and/or tenure
2. Receives a copy of Unit I for employee files
3. Receives a copy of Unit III for employee files
4. Approves annual salary increases
5. Approves continuation/termination of probationary faculty, including Continuing Track and Lecture Track four-year probation decisions
6. Receives tenure and/or promotion recommendations from the Promotions and Tenure Committee and the appropriate Dean for each candidate applying for tenure and/or promotion
7. Holds joint meeting of Promotions and Tenure Committee and the appropriate Dean for each candidate applying for promotion and/or tenure to discuss the substance of the deliberations that led to their specific recommendations
8. Recommends promotion and/or tenure decisions to the President
9. Meets with candidates who are not successful in the application for tenure to discuss the recommendations of both the Promotions and Tenure Committee and the Dean concerning the faculty member and an explanation of those recommendations. This meeting will occur within six months of the tenure decision. Makes self available to any candidate, after notification of promotion and tenure decisions, to discuss the recommendations of both the Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Dean concerning the faculty member and an explanation for those recommendations. If requested, this meeting will occur within six months of the decisions.

Z28J

The President of the University, as the chief executive officer, is delegated the authority to "... appoint or remove University administrative officials, faculty and staff..." (Trustee Bylaws, Article IX). All faculty personnel decisions, except those involving the granting of tenure or the promotion in faculty rank, are made by the President. The President recommends promotion and tenure action to the Board of Trustees.

The President prepares promotion and tenure recommendations for the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees. Presidential and/or Board of Trustees faculty personnel decisions are communicated to:

• The individual faculty member
• The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• The Chair of the Promotions and Tenure Committee