General Policies and Procedures

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Submit two copies of File A. One copy is retained in the Provost’s Office and the other in the Dean’s office. File A is to contain only the items listed below. Originals are to be placed in a file folder with no dividers or cover sheets. One copy is to be organized in a three-ring binder with dividers separating the sections.

  1. Request for Faculty Personnel Action form (gray paper)
  2. Letter of Expectations
  3. Candidate Statement
  4. Curriculum vitae
  5. Personnel Committee letter (if there are multiple authors, this should not be apparent to the reader; format and style of PWC report should be consistent across member write-ups)
  6. Chair’s letter

Send Dean electronic copies of:

  • Chair’s letter
  • Personnel Committee letter
  • Candidate Statement
  • CV

Refer to DOPS Section VI regarding:

  • Teaching Effectiveness
  • Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
  • Public, University and Professional Service

Things to Include:

  • List of courses and evaluations for them
    • Prefer range of scores over review period
    • If not norm, explanation of circumstances and/or what faculty did to address it
  • Quotes from letters of support
  • Dates faculty were observed; write-ups of observations should not be included in letters of support—these are separate artifacts.

For Lecturers:

  • Explain how their work is essential to program
  • Show they have a full teaching load and, if applicable, detail how student teacher supervision is loaded
  • Refer to DOPS Teaching Effectiveness (same as tenure track)
  • Discuss advisement responsibilities and service contributions to department, school, college, profession