DOSSIER PREPARATION MENTORING PROGRAMSession #7 July 14, 2015

PANEL: What do Department Chairs Look for in a Dossier?

Review Clinical Statement of Endeavors Review Supporting Materials Peer Evaluations of

Contributions Other Supporting Materials Tenure vs. Promotion (Tenure Statement of

Present and Future Value) Do I Meet the Criteria?

Other Supporting MaterialsExamples (not requirements):

Recognition of Clinical Activities such as patient thank you letters (redact patient names for confidentiality)Recognition of scholarly work and expertiseCopies of select publicationsService recognitionThank you lettersCV

Tenure vs. Promotion - Expectations

Tenure: Do you have a continued long-term

need and value to the department, school, university, field?

What will you do for the department, school, and university in the future; What is your long-term academic professional plan?

Tenure Applicants

You should include a statement of your present and future value in your Statement of Endeavors

Can be a separate section at the end of your Statement of Endeavors OR you can include a short paragraph at the end of each section in the Statement of Endeavors

Tenure vs. Promotion - Expectations Promotion:

How do you meet or exceed the requirements for the rank you are applying for?

What have you contributed to the department, school, university, field up until this point?

What are your future plans? If you have been promoted previously

at UH, what have you contributed to UH since your last promotion?

Minimum Requirements Make sure that you meet all minimum

requirements for years of service and educational requirements

Check UH Executive Policies – Personnel Policies for minimum requirements

http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/faculty/tenure_promotion_contract_renewal/pdf/Appendix_A.pdf

You must be in current rank for a minimum of 4 years at UH before applying for promotion from the Assistant to Associate rank and from the Associate to full Professor rank

What if I need a waiver?

If you require a waiver of minimum requirements, please let us know, we can help you draft a waiver request

Waiver requests are due to your Chair by July 31.

Waivers must be approved by your Department Chair and the Dean

Approved waivers must be inserted into the dossier

Do I Meet the Criteria? Review all applicable criteria (Department, JABSOM and

UH Manoa)

Explain how you meet all applicable criteria in your Statement of Endeavors

Tip: For clinical faculty, you may state how many of the examples in the table at the end of the JABSOM M-series criteria you meet to help document how you meet the criteria, example: I meet

8 out of the 10 examples in the Teaching section of the JABSOM M-series criteria.

Provide documentation to support how you meet the criteria in your Supporting Materials section

Criteria Department: Check to see if you have department

criteria that must be met

School: If you are an MD faculty, determine if the M-series criteria is applicable to your role and duties

http://jabsom.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/JABSOM-M-series-criteria-June-5-2009.pdf

UH: Check the University’s criteria for appropriate faculty series and rank applying for

http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/faculty/tenure_promotion_contract_renewal/pdf/2014-2015_criteria_guidelines.pdf

Criteria – Associate Professor (for both I and M faculty)

Main criteria (from UH Criteria/Guidelines):

“…should be well on the way to becoming an established scholar in his or her discipline.”

Criteria – Professor (for both I and M faculty)Main criteria (from UH Criteria/Guidelines): “The significance and distinction of the scholarly achievement should clearly place the faculty member at the forefront of the discipline or field.”

(from UH Executive Policies – Minimum Requirements) “…research productivity which has resulted in significant recognition by the national or international community of scholars active in the same field”

TO DO BEFORE NEXT SESSION:

Draft Tenure Statement of Present and Future Value (for tenure applicants only)

Review and check to see that you meet all applicable criteria and minimum requirements

Continue to work on draft

NEXT SESSION JULY 21