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Awareness of Decisions in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) Carol Colatrella, Professor,

Awareness of Decisions in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) Carol Colatrella, Professor, ADEPT Coordinator, Energeia Editor. ADEPT Construction.

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Awareness of Decisions in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) Carol Colatrella, Professor,

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  1. Awareness of Decisions in Evaluating Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) Carol Colatrella, Professor, ADEPT Coordinator, Energeia Editor

  2. ADEPT Construction • Case studies (career accounts) exemplify issues raised in ADVANCE Research Team surveys and research, PTAC deliberations and surveys, ADVANCE Team meetings • Instrument activities constructed to communicate standards and best practices of evaluation • Instrument designed to raise awareness of how bias and preferences affect evaluation processes

  3. Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE Committee (PTAC) • Studied bias and preferences in scholarly literature on evaluation • Inventoried unit evaluation procedures • Discussed critical issues in advancement, mentoring, evaluation • Designed survey of GT faculty • Contributed ideas & counsel for ADEPT

  4. PTAC 2003 Report • Bias in Faculty Development and Evaluation • Promotion and Tenure Practices across Georgia Tech • Summary of 2003 PTAC Survey Results • Recommended Best Practices in RPT Processes • Awareness of Decisions in Evaluation of Promotion and Tenure

  5. ADEPT • Designed to prepare candidates and members of evaluation committees • Website at http://www.adept.gatech.edu with downloadable instrument • Website contains case studies of careers; annotated, linked bibliography of bias in evaluation; links to GT Resources • ADEPT instrument contains activities for individuals and groups

  6. ADEPT Career Case Studies • Currently nine in SMET fields • Represent range of rank, gender, ethnic characteristics • Describe diverse professional issues: leave of absence, variation in productivity, interdisciplinarity • Intended for group discussion and individual consideration

  7. Bibliography of Bias in Evaluation • Approximately 120 annotated entries drawn from scholarly and journalistic accounts of evaluation issues • Issues include social characteristics, professional barriers and facilitators, evaluation criteria • Linked to ADEPT activities

  8. GT Faculty Development Online Resources www.adept.gatech.edu/LibraryGTResources.htm • ADVANCE website & research • ADEPT website & activities • 2003 PTAC report & survey • College links to evaluation information & documents • Faculty Handbook • Office of Faculty Support Services

  9. Case Study Discussion & ADEPT Session Career Coaching and Chair’s Sessions participants Room 149 -- ADEPT instrument available until 12:15 Other Participants Room 334 and 335 to discuss case studies Room 149 – ADEPT instrument after lunch (1:30pm) Lunch at 12:15 1st Floor Atrium – boxed lunches

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