Major Reviews

1. Major Reviews 4thYear Review and Tenure

2. Co-Sponsors • 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

3. Today’s Presenters • Eduardo Gonzalez, Mathematics, CSM • Tricia Kress, Leadership in Education, CEHD • Marianna Torok, Chemistry, CSM • Leonard Von Morze, English, CLA

4. Important Resources • Office for Faculty Development website • 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 • Implementation Guidelines • Master Calendar – on provost’s website • Obligations and Rights of Faculty Members—FSU

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Tenure • 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

8. Organization of Major Personnel Action Files • See handout Suggested list of candidate chores • See handout

9. CV • Organize it with headings that are relevant to the review process, eg. peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, in-print or forthcoming.

10. Personal Statement • 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.

11. Reviewers • 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

12. Assessment of Scholarship/Research • 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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, Judith Goleman and Catherine Lynde