Annual Reviews (Faculty)
Article XX.C

Who receives an annual review: Non-tenured faculty members on term appointments. Once a faculty member obtains tenure, annual reviews cease.

Purpose of annual reviews: The annual review process for non-tenured faculty members is intended to mentor tenure-track faculty member and assess their progress toward tenure or as preparation for contract renewal for lecturers and other non-tenured track faculty. The reviews delineate areas of progress and areas of concern in teaching, scholarship or creative activity, and service. They should help the candidates better prepare for success in contract renewals and tenure. Should these reviews be used for disciplinary purposes, the union should be contacted immediately.

The Process: The Departmental (or similar unit) Tenure and Promotion Committee (T & P Committee) and the Chair conduct the review in a two-step process. First the T & P committee prepares its written review. Second the Chair or appropriate unit administrator can concur and / or add written comments.
 

The chair or appropriate unit administrator is then required to discuss the review with the bargaining-unit member. At the option of the appropriate unit administrator or the bargaining-unit member, the designated spokesperson of the committee will also be present at the discussion. The review is then placed in the bargaining unit member’s personnel file along with supporting or dissenting material provided by the bargaining-unit member and the unit committee.

In units without the appropriate committee, the chair or unit administrator functions as the committee but must consult with the tenured faculty as appropriate.

Criteria used:
For faculty on the tenure track, the annual review shall be based upon excellence in teaching and in scholarly achievement or, for a faculty member in the creative or performing arts, in creative professional achievement, and shall take into account such unit, school/college, and University tenure factors as are in force. Consideration shall also be given to non-instructional service to the department, school/college, and/or University and/or public and/or professional service which benefits the University.

For faculty not on the tenure track, the annual review shall be in relation to his/her professional performance and as it relates to appropriate unit, school/college and University factors as are in force except that lecturers and senior lecturers shall be reviewed primarily for teaching with secondary consideration for excellence in scholarly work and/or service if the letter of appointment has identified scholarly work and/or service as part of the bargaining-unit member's responsibility.

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