See also: Guidelines for Renewal, Promotion, and Continuing Appointment
Submit two copies of File A. One copy is retained in the Provost’s Office and the other in the Dean’s office. File A is to contain only the items listed below. Originals are to be placed in a file folder with no dividers or coversheets. One copy is to be organized in a three-ring binder with dividers separating the sections.
- Request for Faculty Personnel Action form (gray paper)
- Letter of Expectations
- Candidate Statement
- Curriculum vitae
- Personnel Committee letter (if there are multiple authors, this should not be apparent to the reader; format and style of PWC report should be consistent across member write-ups)
- Chair’s letter
Send Dean electronic copies of:
- Chair’s letter
- Personnel Committee letter
- Candidate Statement
- CV
Refer to DOPS Section VI regarding:
- Teaching Effectiveness
- Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
- Public, University and Professional Service
Things to Include:
- List of courses and evaluations for them
- Prefer range of scores over review period
- If not norm, explanation of circumstances and/or what faculty did to address it
- Quotes from letters of support
- Dates faculty were observed; write-ups of observations should not be included in letters of support—these are separate artifacts.
For Lecturers:
- Explain how their work is essential to program
- Show they have a full teaching load and, if applicable, detail how student teacher supervision is loaded
- Refer to DOPS Teaching Effectiveness (same as tenure track)
- Discuss advisement responsibilities and service contributions to department, school, college, profession
