Transcript Major Reviews - University of Massachusetts Boston

Major Reviews
4th Year Review
and Tenure
Co-Sponsors
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Office for Faculty Development (OFD),
under the aegis of the Provost
Faculty Staff Union
Rajini Srikanth, English, Associate Provost
Judith Goleman, English, Director OFD
Catherine Lynde, FSU President
Camille Martinez, Assistant Director, OFD
Today’s Presenters
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Eduardo Gonzalez, Mathematics, CSM
Tricia Kress, Leadership in Education,
CEHD
Marianna Torok, Chemistry, CSM
Leonard Von Morze, English, CLA
Important Resources
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Office for Faculty Development website
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http://umb.edu/ofd
Red Book – spells out in broad strokes the
process of major personnel reviews
(http://www.umb.edu/academics/provost/forms_and
_policies
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Implementation Guidelines
Master Calendar – on provost’s website
Obligations and Rights of Faculty
Members—FSU
Initiating Major Personnel
Review
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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
4th Year Review
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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.
Tenure
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Evaluation of research, teaching, service
Ratings for each area: excellence, strength,
no strength
Research evaluated by external reviewers
Progress made since 4th Year Review
matters
Organization of Major
Personnel Action Files
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See handout
Suggested list of candidate chores
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See handout
CV
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Organize it with headings that are
relevant to the review process, eg. peerreviewed articles, book chapters, in-print
or forthcoming.
Personal Statement
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Your opportunity to tell your story, to
present yourself in the present and going
forward.
Length – there is no standard length, but
please be reasonable.
Reconcile CV, PS and AFRs. Use PS to
explain any discrepancies.
Highlight the positives.
Explain the negatives– do not be silent
about them.
Reviewers
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Reviewer pathway: DPC, Chair, CPC, Dean,
Provost, UMass President (tenure only)
Candidate receives a copy of each reviewer’s
report as it is issued
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
Assessment of
Scholarship/Research
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Ask your Chair to address these questions: What
are the tenure expectations in your department?
What are the pathways to fulfilling them? What
is the best pathway for you?
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.
Teaching and Service
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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
Annual Faculty Reports
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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
Delay of
Tenure Decision Year
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Under what conditions– maternity,
paternity, medical (for self, for family
member for whom one is the primary care
giver)
How to request it
Common Goals
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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, Judith Goleman
and Catherine Lynde