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Major Reviews

Major Reviews. 4 th year and Tenure. Co-Sponsors. Office for Faculty Development, under the aegis of the Provost Faculty Staff Union Rajini Srikanth , English, Associate Provost Catherine Lynde , FSU President Camille Martinez, Coordinator, Office for Faculty Development.

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Major Reviews

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  1. Major Reviews 4th year and Tenure

  2. Co-Sponsors • Office for Faculty Development, under the aegis of the Provost • Faculty Staff Union • RajiniSrikanth, English, Associate Provost • Catherine Lynde, FSU President • Camille Martinez, Coordinator, Office for Faculty Development

  3. Today’s Presenters • Erik Blaser, Psychology, CLA • Robin Codding, Counseling and School Psychology, CEHD • Darren Kew, Conflict Resolution, MGS • MickaellaPerina, Philosophy, CLA • Maureen Scully, Management & Marketing, CM • BelaTorok, Chemistry, CSM

  4. Important Resources • Red Book – spells out in broad strokes the process of major personnel reviews • Master Calendar – available on the web in the Provost’s site • Obligations and Rights of Faculty Members—FSU

  5. Website Addresses Master Calendar's Summary of Major Personnel Action dates: http://www.umb.edu/editor_uploads/images/provost/Personnel%20Action%2011-12.pdf Forms/policies/procedures are outlined in more detail at: http://www.umb.edu/editor_uploads/images/provost/ImplementationGuidelines.pdf

  6. Annual Faculty Reports • Take them seriously • They are required (obligation) • Update them periodically (if possible!) • Main source of regular documentation • Vehicle for feedback from department peers and chair • Ensure accuracy of information • “Challenging” your AFR evaluation

  7. Delay of Tenure Decision Year • Under what conditions– maternity, paternity, medical (for self, for family member for whom one is the primary care giver) • How to request it • When to request it • Timing of request is important • Implications of not requesting it at the appropriate moment

  8. Initiating Major Personnel Review • Role of department chair • When the process is initiated (in the spring semester prior to the academic year of a major personnel review): typically, March • What the conversation with the chair should include: steps in the process, faculty member’s obligations, material to be gathered, timeline, and deadlines

  9. 4th Year Review • A kind of mini-tenure • Assessment of areas to strengthen • 4th year review feedback – clarity about degree of progress; clarity about what is expected for tenure • Pay attention to the recommendations you receive and address them in the time to tenure.

  10. Personal Statement • Your opportunity to tell your story, to present yourself • Length – there is no standard length, but please be reasonable. • Writing it can be a most fulfilling exercise. • Highlight the positives. • Explain the negatives– do not be silent about them.

  11. Reviewers • How the review committee gets constituted (varies by department); who can serve on it • 4th year reviews typically do not require external (to UMass Boston) reviewers • Selecting students to write letters • Faculty member’s rights and obligations at each level of the review process – DPC, Chair, CPC, Dean. • Each level of review is independent

  12. Tenure • Role of department chair • Selection of external reviewers • Constitution of committee • Materials to be provided • Function of personal statement • Role of DPC in presenting faculty member’s case

  13. Assessment of Scholarship/Research • Department-level discussion; involve junior faculty • Produces the most anxiety on the part of faculty • Clarify value of different types of publication– peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters in edited collections, monograph, book reviews, conference proceedings, commissioned reports, and so on. • Distinction between “accepted for publication” and “in press” • High impact but “few” publications?

  14. Teaching and Service • Balance between newly designed courses and repeated courses • Teaching at all levels of the curriculum? • Address problematic teaching evaluations in your AFR and in your personal statement • How to determine what service is appropriate • Role of the chair in advising faculty member about service • Service to the profession– importance of

  15. Common Goals • You want to succeed • We want you to succeed • Toward that end, we will do our best to provide you the necessary support Rajini Srikanth and Catherine Lynde

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