College of Agriculture and Life Sciences WELCOME Associate Professor P&T Workshop Transitioning from Associate to Full Professor April 23, 2015

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Powerpoints are available on CALS webpage Click on: Information for Faculty/Staff Click on: Promotion & Tenure

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty HandbookSection Professor: recognized by his/her professional peers within the university, as well as nationally and/or internationally, for the quality of the contribution to his /her discipline.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty HandbookSection Must demonstrate: National distinction in scholarship, as evident in candidate's wide recognition and outstanding contributions to the field or profession Effectiveness in areas of position responsibilities Significant institutional service Contributions of appropriate magnitude and quality and likelihood of sustained contributions to field, profession, university

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty HandbookSection No set time-line Entire academic career must be considered Recommendation also based on assessment of record, since the last promotion, regardless of the institution that granted the promotion Contributions of appropriate magnitude and quality and demonstrated ability to sustain contributions

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Time in Rank? The average length of time spent in rank as an Associate Professor in CALS: 6.5 years (range 3 – 26 years) (based on 30 CALS candidates from 2004 – 2011)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Number of refereed publications? Average number of refereed journal publications completed by candidates for Full Professor 19 (range 10 – 35) (based on 20 CALS candidates from 2004 – 2008)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Portion of PRS devoted to research? The range was 25% to 90% Faculty with higher levels of teaching and/or extension responsibility are promoted as frequently as those with higher levels of research responsibility

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Digital Dossier Tab 1: PRS and CV Tab 2:Portfolio Summary Tab 3:Department Evaluations Tab 4:College Evaluations Tab 5:External Evaluations Evaluation Product

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences P&T Vita –Listing of activities and accomplishments in: teaching and learning research and discovery extension and outreach service (professional and institutional)

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Portfolio – 25 pages – Evidence of quality, reputation and impact – Faculty Handbook: Faculty Portfolio should… –provide a clear understanding of the candidate’s accomplishments within scholarship and his or her areas of faculty activities –include “an overall statement of the candidate’s accomplishments in scholarship as they relate to teaching, research/creative activities, and extension/professional practice.”

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Critical Presentation Issues 1.Journal citations 2.Supervision of graduate students 3.Student evaluation of teaching 4.Sponsored funding 5.Research output and impact 6.Journal characteristics and impact

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Smith, E.*, J. Jones, S. Frank, and T. Ralphini. (2010). Potential Impact of climate change on riparian management systems in Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol 14, –This is a standard citation as it would appear in your vita. –For you promotion vita…

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Smith, E.*, J. Jones, S. Frank, and T. Ralphini. (2010). Potential Impact of climate change on riparian management systems in Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol 14, –Role: Jones [the candidate] supervised Smith’s PhD research, provided concept, analysis and interpretation of results, and editing of manuscript. [contribution: 25% concept; 30% analysis; 30% writing and editing] –Significance: This is the first paper to address... –* MS, Ph.D. Post Doc or Research Associate supervised by J. Jones.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Supervision of Graduate Students Graduate student advising –Describe the general departmental practice in graduate advising –MS and PhD In progress: names, dates, your role Completed: names, dates, placement

Table: Student Evaluation of Teaching Sem. & Yr. Course # Total Enrollment % responding Overall rating of instructor Dept mean for comparable courses Overall rating of course Dept mean for comparable courses Fall 2013 ABC % responded Scale: 1 = Very Poor, 5 = Very Good NOTE: This scale is now required for all reporting on Student Evaluation of Teaching

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Provost Visit to CALS September 14, 2007 Portfolio: Illustrating Sponsored Funding Cumulative Funding 000$ Figure 4. Cumulative funding as principal investigator and co-investigator

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Provost Visit to CALS September 14, 2007 Portfolio: Summarizing Research Output & Impact TABLE 6. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH GRANTS BY AREA, GRANT AMOUNTS AND WORK PRODUCTS. Program No. ofAmountGraduate Refereed Abstracts & Reports & Area Projects$ Mil.Students Journal Articles Proceeding Book Chpts Riparian Buffers 6$ Vegetative Environ Buffers 3$

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Provost Visit to CALS September 14, 2007 Portfolio: Summarizing Output & Impact Table 5. Summary of journal characteristics for candidate’s refereed publications (agroforestry, biomass/bioenergy, & forest economics) from 2007 to present. Total: 18. Journal, Affiliation Acceptance Rate Articles Published Impact Factor* Cited Half-Life* Agroforestry Program Agroforestry System50%71.5>10 Premier scholarly journal in agroforestry Forest Economics Program Forest Science, Society of American 60% Foresters, The top journal, Internationally renowned, journal dedicated to forest research & policy analysis * Impact Factors & Cited Half-Life from ISI Web of Knowledge (Thomas Reuters) as of

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences NEXT: Dr. Cathy Kling, Professor and Director Department of Economics and CARD