Promotion Guidelines Background

• Each department has own FT&R Faculty Promotion Committee (2 FT&R members, one tenured); details left to each department
• College has FT&R Faculty Promotion Review Committee with representatives from departments
• Approximately six years before promotion (guideline)
• In fall 2008, FT&R Advisory Committee began to discuss strategies to facilitate a promotion process that would do the following:
  • Improve understanding across all units of the role of fixed term and research faculty
  • Clarify the evaluation criteria for promotion
  • Clarify the differences in the emphasis areas and/or role expertise, (teaching, research, administration, or service) that FT&R faculty bring to the work they do
  Guidelines adopted November 2012

Timetable

• Accumulated annual reviews are a key component for building case for promotion (faculty activity summary, annual review and updated job description with supervisor by end of April)
• Suggested timetable:
  
  • Oct 31 (nominations submitted with supervisor / mentor to department head and review committee)
  • Dec 31 (committee recommendations to department head)
  • Jan 31 (department head forwards to FT&R Promotion Review committee)
  • March 30 (committee forwards recommendations to Dean)
  • May 31 (Dean notifies faculty of decision)
    
    

LINKS:

• Fixed Term & Research Faculty Home Page (General Info)

• Fixed Term & Research Faculty Promotion Guidelines

• Fixed-Term and Research Advisory Committee Homepage