Career Paths Expectations and Evaluations Think Pair Share

Career Paths: Expectations and Evaluations • Think, Pair, Share. . . • What do you think you need to do to succeed at IUSB? 9. 4. 2015

How to succeed at IU South Bend

The 3 “Buckets” of Academic Life Teaching Scholarship/Creat ive activity (not lecturers) Service

Sometimes overlap What are you doing? Planning to do?

Gwynn tries for tenure

To succeed. . . Do it well Document it Display it

What’s the big deal? Raises Awards Reappointments & Promotions

How do you move up? � Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) � Reappointment Review � Reviewed about every year �Committees and administrators at several levels � In sixth year, reviewed for promotion (and tenure) � Visitors are temporary �(but can apply for open positions)

What is your rank?

Faculty Ranks Entry title Assistant Professor Clinical Assistant Professor Lecturer or Clinical Lecturer Visiting Associate Faculty Path Tenure Track Fulltime Continuing Fulltime Temporary Part-Time Degree Ph. D. or terminal degree Master’s or higher* Master’s or higher Role Teaching & scholarship Teaching Clinical Associate Professor with long-term contract /Then Clinical (Full) Professor Senior Lecturer with long-term contract Hired into a different rank or leave Merit Status Associate Faculty Promotion Associate after 6 Professor years** with tenure/ Then (Full) Professor Note confusion: Associate Faculty (part-time) Associate Professor (full-time, tenured) Clinical Associate Professor (full-time, promoted but not tenured) *Need doctorate for Clinical Full Prof **Clinicals hired before 2015 -16 can wait until 2020.

Remember. . . Units vary Things change Ask your Chair or Dean!

Expectations for promotion Tenure-track Asst. Clinical Assistant Lecturer Asso. faculty Teaching Must be satisfactory* (3 classes/semester or 75% time) Must be excellent (3 -4 classes/semester or 75 -100% of time) Must be excellent (4 classes/semester or 100% time) Must be excellent Scholarship /Creative activities Must be satisfactory* (25% time) Must be satisfactory (local/state level or doctoral progress) (25% time) Not required* Service Must be satisfactory (No time given unless major role) Not required* Comments *Either Teaching or Scholarship must be excellent Teaching must be excellent. Scholarship and service must be satisfactory. Teaching must be excellent and service satisfactory. *Either scholarship or service must be satisfactory What is satisfactory? What is excellent? Check with your unit!

Get the unit PTR statement! � Get the one from when you were hired. � Get dept. AND school statement, if you are in dept. � If it changes before you go up, you may use the original one or the new one.

Lecturers Satisfactory Excellence Not needed

Tenure-Track Teaching excellence Satisfactory Excellence Satisfactory

Tenure track: Research excellence Satisfactory Excellence Satisfactory

Writer’s Group Sign up

Frequent evaluation Reappointment Annual Evaluation Purpose Renew your contract Determine merit raise When materials are due YR 2, then periodically until promoted. Changing dates (ask chair) Every January from now until you retire. What is due Dossier (or small packet in some units) Faculty Annual Report (One. IU); pubs; evals; vita Time considered Time since arrival at IUSB Past calendar year Criteria Potential for promotion, given timeline What was actually accomplished last year Who decides PTR levels Chair; Dean Outcomes Reappoint with reservations Do not reappoint (still have one year on contract) Annual evaluation report Raise Document what you have done Get feedback

Remember. . . Units vary Things change Ask your Chair or Dean!

PTR Levels of Review � (Department chair & tenured faculty)? --August � School PTR committee � Dean � Senate PTR committee � EVCAA � Chancellor � President � Trustees---May

What to do NOW? � Do: Teach well, start research (if TT), do fair share of service � Document: �Make folders in Box to mirror the e. Dossier (handout) �Be thorough in Annual Report in January �Update everything for each reappointment � Consult with chairs, mentors, UCET as needed

Final Prep Year � UCET Dossier Prep Group � Submit dossier (electronic) with documentation ◦ August of the start of 6 th year � Most are successful—if not, you have one more year on your appointment

Remember. . . Units vary Things change Ask your Chair or Dean!

Network Mentoring One key to success

A new model of Mentoring � More than one mentor � Changing over time � Be proactive! ASK!

Asking questions shows that you: � Aren’t ready for this job � Know your current limits � Want to succeed � Respect their knowledge/opinion

Remember. . . Units vary Things change Ask your Chair or Dean!

And also. . . perspectives vary Administrators Senior Faculty Junior Faculty

Questions for Chair, colleagues, others

Questions? Next up: Documenting Teaching