Faculty Handbook 2012 - 2013

D. Periodic Assessment of Tenured Faculty

1. Purpose
2. Procedures

1. Purpose

  1. To encourage colleagues to reflect about their work and to plan for their continuing professional development as thoughtfully as possible, and to do so with the discipline that a periodic assessment provides.

  2. To help colleagues share their plans for sabbaticals and other experiences which should aim to refresh and renew senior faculty and to further development of the College and its departments; and to these ends make creative use of such professional development resources as may be available.

  3. To provide the College from time to time with an assessment of each tenured colleague's performance.

  4. In all of these ways, to be certain that as an institution, as a community, and as individuals, we are giving full assurance to ourselves and our students that we take our charge with the utmost seriousness to perform consistently at the highest level possible.

2. Procedures

  1. The evaluation for tenured faculty will take place in the year before the faculty member is eligible for a sabbatical. This will normally enable the sabbatical year and, where applicable, other resources available for professional development to be of maximum use to the faculty member for both personal development and development appropriate to the needs of the department and the College.

  2. The evaluation will not be held when, in the opinion of the Provost, its purpose has been served by a recent review for tenure or promotion.

  3. The centerpiece of the evaluation will be a professional statement addressing teaching, scholarship, and contributions to the other purposes of the College. The professional statement will describe accomplishments in terms of the goals stated in the previous review and will discuss the faculty member's plans, aspirations, and needs for subsequent years. It will also include, when applicable, a prospectus for the sabbatical for which the faculty member is eligible to apply, and will link these plans to the faculty member's professional development.

  4. The faculty member being evaluated will be responsible for seeing that his or her dossier includes the following per the Senior Review Checklist :

    1. Provost's letter from previous senior review

    2. A professional statement including:

      • a reflection on teaching objectives, approaches, students’ evaluations, and advising

      • a brief statement about recent scholarly/creative activities

      • a brief statement about recent service activities

      • a brief statement of plans regarding teaching, research/creative work, and other services to the college for the next few years

    3. Sabbatical prospectus

    4. Supporting documents, including:

      • updated CV with activity since the last senior review highlighted

      • list of course enrollments, number of completed evaluations, and grade point averages (for all semesters taught since the last senior review)

      • course materials: samples of syllabi, assignments, and exams (for all semesters taught since the last senior review)

      • copies of student evaluations (for all semesters taught since the last senior review)

      • list of scholarly/creative activities, noting whether the work was peered reviewed (for all work completed and accepted since the last senior review)

      • copies of scholarly work (for all work completed and accepted since the last senior review)

      • list of activities indicating committees, professional responsibilities, and community service (for all service since the last senior review)

  5. The President's Advisory Board will review the faculty member's materials, including the Provost's letter from the previous review. The Board will then advise the Provost regarding strengths and weaknesses and, when appropriate, suggest ways in which any problem areas might be addressed.

  6. The evaluation will conclude with a conference between the faculty member and the Provost, followed by a letter from the Provost to the faculty member and his or her chair recording the results of the review and extending the opportunity for the faculty member to meet with the Provost if requested by the faculty member. The purpose will be to assist the faculty member to assess his or her strengths and weaknesses and to determine ways in which the College can contribute in the following years to his or her intellectual growth and professional development.

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