CHAIRS & DEANSMEETING

Tenure and Promotion

November 21, 2002

T & P DISCUSSION TOPICS

• THE HUMAN SIDE• DEPARTMENTAL UNIQUENESS• INSTITUTIONAL CONSISTENCY• FACULTY ASSESSMENT– TEACHING– SCHOLARSHIP– SERVICE

THE HUMAN SIDE

• Setting Expectations

• Clear, Non-Threatening Processes

• Mentoring

• Feedback

Setting Expectations

• Recruit for Success

• Define Expectations

• Reinforce Expectations:– Individual Meetings– Departmental Meetings– Annual, Mid-tenure, and Tenure

Clear, Non-Threatening Processes

• T & P Guidelines that establish:– Performance Standards– Procedures

• Departmental Cultures of Success

• Open Communication

• Consistent Feedback

Mentoring

• Assignment of Faculty Mentors

• Roles of Chairs and Deans

• Lightening Service Roles

• De-Politicizing Environments

• Dossier Preparation Assistance

Feedback

• Day-to-Day

• Annual Reviews

• Mid-tenure Reviews

• Throughout T & P Period

• Post-Tenure (Professor)

DEPARTMENTAL UNIQUENESS

• Departmental Mission• Departmental Foci• Departmental Communications– T & P Guidelines• Definition of Scholarly

Activity• Standards for Peer Review

– Strategic Planning Documents– Oral Communications

INSTITUTIONAL CONSISTENCY

• Bottom-up Decision-making

• Development/Administration of Guidelines– Departmental– College/School– University– Tennessee Board of Regents

Bottom-Up Processes

• Roles of:– Departments– Colleges/Schools– Provost– Appeals Committees– President– Tennessee Board of Regents

Development/Administrationof Guidelines• Teaching/Scholarship Standards

–Unambiguous

–Quality v. Quantity

–New Types of Scholarship

• Procedural Clarity

• Feedback

FACULTY ASSESSMENT

• Teaching

• Scholarship

• Outreach/Service

Teaching

• Types– Classroom– One-on-One– Distance Education– Others

• Assessments Methods– SIRS– Peer Review– Others

Scholarship

• Types– Publications, Presentations,

Performances, Works of Art, etc.– Community-Based Scholarship– Scholarship of Teaching– Computer-Based Learning

• Assessment Method– Peer Review

Outreach/Service

• Types– Departmental– Institutional– Community

• Assessment Methods– Review of Record– Feedback from Contacts

WRAP-UP

• Importance of T & P Process and Concomitant Goals for the University

• Review of Guidelines as Revised– College– Provost– Office of Legal Counsel

• Outcomes Expected

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!