PROMOTION AND TENURE: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

WHAT ARE THE RANKS? WHAT DO THEY MEAN? ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PROFESSOR –NOT THE “PHILOSOPAUSE”

TRACKS BOYER’S CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOLARSHIP: –INTEGRATION –NEW KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY –APPLICATION –EDUCATION

TRACKS CLINICAL TRACK NON-TENURE DIVERSE RANGE OF SCHOLARSHIP EMPHASIS ON CLINICAL PRACTICE AND ITS MANY ASPECTS

RESEARCH TRACK NON-TENURE FOCUS ON RESEARCH NO EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHING OR SERVICE MAY BE A STEPPING STONE FOR TRANSFER TO TENURE TRACK

TENURE TRACK FOCUSED ON ORIGINAL PEER REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIP AND NEW KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY –CLINICIAN SCIENTISTS –“BASIC” SCIENTISTS

BEFORE PROMOTION REVIEWS AND REAPPOINTMENTS ANNUAL REVIEWS –USE TO EVALUATE CAREER AND SET GOALS –KEEP INFORMATION CURRENT IN OSU PRO –REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION!

REAPPOINTMENT: CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRACK REAPPOINTMENT EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS FIRST APPOINTMENT IS PROBATIONARY FULL VOTE OF ELIGIBLE FACULTY TO REAPPOINT NOT THE SAME AS PROMOTION

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TENURE TRACK APPOINTMENTS ARE PROBATIONARY WITHOUT CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES PROBATIONARY PERIOD IS 6 YEARS WITH CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 12 YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD PROBATIONARY REVIEW PERIODS: –4, 8, AND 11 YEARS.

WHEN DID YOU BEGIN? APPOINTMENTS START IN JULY OF EACH YEAR IF YOU START BETWEEN JULY 1, 2009 AND LAST DAY OF FEB 2010, IT IS AS IF YOU STARTED IN JULY 2009 IF YOU START MARCH TO JUNE , IT IS AS IF YOU STARTED JULY 2010.

TRANSFER OF TRACKS EVERYONE IS ALLOWED ONE CHANGE OF TRACKS CHANGE FROM TENURE TO CLINICAL TRACK IS A TRANSFER GOING FROM CLINICAL OR RESEARCH TRACK TO TENURE TRACK IS EFFECTIVELY A NEW JOB APPOINTMENT

PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES EDUCATION SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP

PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES SCHOLARSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND OSU SGIM: SCHOLARSHIP MUST EXTEND INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN PERMANENCE

PROMOTION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - REGIONAL OR NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROFESSOR - NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

CLINICAL TRACK ASSOCIATE: 8 TO 10 PUBLICATIONS OR THE EQUIVALENT PROFESSOR: 10 TO 15 PUBLICATIONS OR THE EQUIVALENT

CLINICAL TRACK ONE WAY TO FRAME IS: “HOW HAVE I CHANGED THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE? ( GUIDELINES FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

TENURE TRACK ASSOCIATE WITHOUT TENURE: 15 PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATE WITH TENURE: 20 TO 25 PUBLICATIONS PROFESSOR: 40 OR MORE

TENURE TRACK FUNDING? “AN EXPECTATION BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT”?

HOW DO I KNOW IT IS TIME TO APPLY FOR PROMOTION? DISCUSS WITH DIVISION DIRECTOR DISCUSS WITH VICE CHAIRMAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE DOES “PRE-REVIEW.” TENURE TRACK: PENULTIMATE YEAR OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD MUST APPLY FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE

APPLICATION PROCESS APRIL THRU JULY – CANDIDATE SUBMITS PROMOTION APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW DOSSIER PREPARATION IS COMPLETED THROUGH OSU PRO. TRAINING IS AVAILABLE AT

APPLICATION PROCESS DOSSIER IS REVIEWED BY THE PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE WITH TWO MEMBERS WRITING REVIEWS THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT VOTE OR RECOMMEND

APPLICATION PROCESS EXTERNAL LETTERS OF REVIEW –THE BIGGEST BOTTLENECK –EXPERTS WHO ARE NOT FRIENDS, MENTORS, OR COLLABORATORS –5 TO 8 LETTERS –TWO MAY BE FROM CANDIDATE SUGGESTIONS –DO NOT RECOMMEND BUT EVALUATE THE CANDIDATE

APPLICATION PROCESS JULY THRU SEPTEMBER – THE P&T COMMITTEE REVIEWS, DOSSIER, AND LETTERS ARE REVIEWED AND VOTED ON BY A MEETING OF ALL ELIGIBLE FACULTY ADVISORY TO THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR

APPLICATION PROCESS OCTOBER – DEPARTMENT SUBMITS SUPPORT LETTERS AND COMMENT FORM TO CANDIDATE FOR REVIEW AND SIGNATURE. NOVEMBER 15 - COLLEGE DEADLINE FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE APPLICATIONS

APPLICATION PROCESS IF APPROVED BY COLLEGE AND DEAN, GOES FORWARD TO THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST. PROVOST NOTIFIES COLLEGE AND SUBMITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. FINAL APPROVAL REQUIRED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE BOARD COMPLETES REVIEWS DURING ITS JUNE MEETING.

APPLICATION PROCESS PROMOTION BECOMES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, OF THE YEAR OF BOARD APPROVAL

RANDOM BUT IMPORTANT ITEMS LEAVE –ALLOWED LEAVE FOR ONE YEAR INTERVALS –APPLY FOR EACH YEAR SEPARATELY –TWO YEARS ALLOWED WITH INITIAL APPOINTMENT –MUST REQUEST SUSPENSION OF SERVICE TIME AT TIME OF LEAVE

THREE KEYS TO SUCCESS FIND A GREAT MENTOR IDENTIFY THAT WHICH YOU WILL BE KNOWN FOR AND WHICH NO ONE ELSE IN YOUR AREA CAN PROVIDE FOCUS ON YOUR INTERESTS AND PASSIONS

THE VICE CHAIR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS GOAL IS TO HELP FACULTY GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL CAREERS RECOGNIZED BY APPROPRIATE PROMOTION

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