Understanding and Implementing the New RTP Policies In Fall 2016 Workshop April 29, 2016 Elna Green, AVP Faculty Affairs Kenneth Peter, Chair, Professional Standards

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Under S98-8, evaluators read an entire dossier, and while it was divided into two categories, they made a single decision. Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Tenure or Do not retain

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Under S15-8. evaluators read a dossier and make three separate decisions—they are applying a rubric to three categories Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Under S15-8, tenure and promotion is determined indirectly—if the candidate has met one of a variety of patterns available in the rubric, then they are tenured and/or promoted. They key is to fairly determine what levels of achievement a candidate has met in the three categories of achievement, since promotion and tenure—or denial—will follow according to the levels. How will this critical task of determining the levels of achievement be made?

Matching Descriptors When evaluating a candidate, committees and administrators must determine a level of achievement in each of three categories of achievement.

Matching Descriptors The policy gives descriptions of each level of achievement for each category. For simplicity, we call these “descriptors.” For example, here are the descriptors for “Scholarly, Artistic, and Professional Achievement.” (There are similar descriptors for “Academic Assignment” and for “Service.”)

Example of Descriptors in policy Scholarly, Artistic, or Professional Achievement 3.3.2.2 Unsatisfactory. The candidate has not created scholarly/artistic/professional accomplishments that meet the baseline level as described below. (S15-8).

Example of Descriptors in policy Scholarly, Artistic, or Professional Achievement 3.3.2.3 Baseline. The candidate has, over the course of the period of review, created a body of completed scholarly/artistic/professional achievements and shows the promise of continued growth and success within his/her discipline. (S15-8).

Example of Descriptors in policy Scholarly, Artistic, or Professional Achievement 3.3.2.4 Good. In addition to the baseline as described above, the candidate has created scholarly/artistic/professional achievements that constitute important contributions to the discipline and that help to enhance the scholarly/artistic/professional reputation of the candidate’s department, school, college, SJSU, or the CSU more generally. (S15-8).

Example of Descriptors in policy Scholarly, Artistic, or Professional Achievement 3.3.2.5 Excellent. In addition to a good performance as described above, this level requires achievements of both sufficient quality and quantity to establish a significant, important, and growing reputation within the candidate’s field. Excellence in scholarly/artistic/professional achievement requires a body of work that is recognized as significant within the discipline. (S15-8).

Levels of Achievement without Department Guidelines Descriptor Defines this level The task of committees and administrative evaluators is to match the appropriate descriptor to the evidence in the dossier, and thus determine the level of achievement. Descriptor Defines this level Descriptor Defines this level Descriptor Defines this level

Levels of Achievement, with Department Guidelines: Descriptor Defines and Guidelines illustrate this level The task of committees and administrative evaluators is to match the appropriate descriptor to the evidence in the dossier, and thus determine the level of achievement. Descriptor Defines and Guidelines illustrate this level Descriptor Defines and Guidelines illustrate this level Descriptor Defines and Guidelines illustrate this level

Standards for Promotion and Tenure at the Normal Time 4.1.3 Standard for tenure and promotion to Associate. Faculty must meet or exceed one of these profiles across the three categories: 4.1.3.1 Excellent in either Academic Assignment or in Scholarly/Artistic/Professional Achievement and at least Baseline in the other two categories: 4.1.3.2 Good in any two categories and at least baseline in the remaining category.

Standards for Promotion and Tenure at the Normal Time What are the various profiles, or combinations of achievements, that satisfy the requirements for promotion and tenure at the normal time? There are five ways provided by policy to qualify:

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Standards for Promotion and Tenure Early 4.14 Early decisions. Favorable early decisions require a significantly higher level of achievement than a favorable decision after the normal period of review. Candidates may be tenured and promoted to Associate prior to the end of their probationary period if they attain evaluations of Excellent in two categories and Baseline or better in the remaining category. There are three ways provided by policy to qualify:

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Standards for Promotion to Professor at the Normal Time 4.2.2 Standard for promotion to Professor. Faculty must meet or exceed one of these profiles a cross the three categories: 4.2.2.1 At least Excellent in two categories and at least Baseline in the remaining category. 4.2.2.2 At least Excellent in one category and at least Good in the remaining two

Standards for Promotion to Professor at the Normal Time What are the various profiles, or combinations of achievements, that satisfy the requirements for promotion to Professor at the normal time? There are six ways provided by policy to qualify:

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Standards for Promotion to Professor Early 4.2.3 Early decisions. Associates may be promoted to Professor prior to serving five years in rank if they meet the standards for Excellent in two categories and Good in one. There are three ways provided by policy to qualify:

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Academic Assignment Scholarly, Artistic, Professional Achievement Service Excellent Excellent Good Good Good Baseline Baseline Baseline Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category To determine the level of achievement to assign to a category, committees will vote. This means that there will be three votes—one per category. If committee members carefully read and apply the descriptors, there should not be wide disagreements about the appropriate levels of achievement. However, voting will decide a level of achievement in the event that there are disagreements between committee members. The level of achievement assigned by a committee will be the highest level that receives a majority of the votes.

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category (6 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent 2 2/6 NO The committee decision is “Good” since Good is the highest level to receive a majority of votes Good 2 4/6 YES Baseline 2 6/6 YES Unsatisfactory Excellent Excellent

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category (8 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent 4 4/8 NO The committee decision is “Good” since Good is the highest level to receive a majority of votes Good 4 8/8 YES Baseline Unsatisfactory Excellent Excellent

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category (8 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent 1 1/8 NO The committee decision is “Baseline” since Baseline is the highest level to receive a majority of votes Good 3 4/8 NO Baseline 4 8/8 YES Unsatisfactory Excellent Excellent

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category (5 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent The committee decision is “Baseline” since Baseline is the highest level to receive a majority of votes Good 1 1/5 NO Baseline 2 3/5 YES Unsatisfactory 2 2/5 NO

The Special case of “Unsatisfactory” “Unsatisfactory” is different from “Baseline” or “Good” or “Excellent” in several ways. A candidate who receives an “Unsatisfactory” in ANY of the three areas of achievement is denied. When counting votes, it makes sense to say that anyone voting for “Good” or “Excellent” also agrees that the candidate has at least met the criteria for lower categories; but it obviously does NOT make sense to say they think the candidate has also met the criteria for Unsatisfactory. Therefore, a committee cannot assign an “Unsatisfactory” rating unless a majority directly vote for the rating “Unsatisfactory.”

Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category (5 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent The committee decision is “Unsatisfactory”since there is an absolute majority for unsatisfactory Good Baseline 2 2/5 No Unsatisfactory 3 3/5 Yes

SPLIT Voting for a level of Achievement within any given category 1 2 (6 person committee) The outcome and why The levels The votes Majority? Excellent The committee is deadlocked since there is no majority for any outcome. 3 is not a majority of 6. This results in “No recommendation” and is listed as “split.” SPLIT Good 1 1/6 No Baseline 2 3/6 No Unsatisfactory 3 3/6 No

How do I declare which criteria & standards I want to be evaluated under? How do I know which criteria and standards to apply to each candidate?

How will I know that the review committee applied the standards & criteria that I elected? How do I know that I applied the correct standards and criteria?

S98-8 S15-8

What is the role of the narrative statement in the new system? Single document, no more than 2000 words

How are RTP committees selected and charged under the new policy? Secret ballots