1. www.cirtl.net Welcome to the CIRTL Network’s Virtual Coffee Hour T ENURE & P ROMOTION : W HAT YOU S HOULD K NOW, W HAT YOU S HOULD A SK Don FossPhilip CohenDaniel Mosse Session begins at 12 (noon) CT When you join the room please run the Audio Setup Wizard: Tools Menu->Audio->Audio Setup Wizard If you are experiencing problems and/or have questions, please type into the chat window

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3. www.cirtl.net T ENURE & P ROMOTION : W HAT YOU S HOULD K NOW, W HAT YOU S HOULD A SK Don Foss, Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of Houston Philip Cohen, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean, Graduate School, Professor, Dept of English, The University of Texas at Arlington Daniel Mosse, Professor, Dept Chair, Dept of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh

4. DANIEL MOSSÉ COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Some extra comments on Tenure and Promotion

5. Get peer reviews of teaching, discuss peers’ opinions with peer and with Dept Chair Add good/revealing/pointed questions to YOUR teaching evaluations Know department AND institution policies and guidelines How important is teaching vs. service vs. grants Make a case for your case! Service, contribution to society, contributions to major(s), etc… Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

6. Relax (yes, I said it…) Be nice without being a pushover Talk to people who are ahead of you in the process (and even ask them to help) from the onset Volunteer for College/School-level service to network Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

7. Ask about new-parent policy, FMLA, and clock-stopping mechanisms Suggest to your chair to give a talk about your work every (other?) year Try not to “pad” CV (it looks bad) Provide “social networking” metrics, if possible Thoughts on Tenure and Promotion

8. Texas HB 51 Philip Cohen Vice Provost, Academic Affairs Dean, Graduate School T&P: What You Should Know, What You Should Ask Philip Cohen Professor, English

9. Tenure & Promotion  T&P is university’s most important process: involves an institution’s future and yours  Series of independent, consecutive reviews of teaching, research, & service typically occurs during the 6 th year of a faculty member’s probationary period  Process is often preceded by series of annual reviews, classroom visitations, and a 3 rd year review  Before probationary period starts, acquire department, college, and university T&P guidelines in writing: part of negotiation for position  Be sure you understand your unit’s and institution’s guidelines: what’s the institutional context of your case?  Review dossiers of recently-tenured in your unit and develop your 6-year plan  IMP: Don’t go up with the minimum  Save everything from start of your TT appointment: student evaluations, syllabi, presentations, papers, publications, awards, commendations, etc. You’ll winnow materials down later

10. Making Your Case, Building Your Dossier  Develop your teaching, research, & service philosophies and portfolios over time  Make sure you understand and can execute required dossier format, digital or print  Your dossier should tell a story, not just show that you met department, college, & university guidelines: how your past performance indicates future trajectory and your contribution to the department, college, university, and your field  Research: citation indexes, journal rankings, reviews of your work  Teaching: assemble portfolio that includes but is not limited to student evaluations  Demonstrate meaningful service: TT faculty often have reduced requirement  Document how you addressed concerns in annual and 3 rd year reviews and improved: reviewers will attend to this  External reviewers (if applicable):  Select researchers in your field familiar with your work who are not collaborators in conducting, presenting, and publishing research: reviewers will discount the letter  Select researchers from institutions and programs with profile equal to or higher than your unit 

11. How many of you have decided what sort of institution you would like to work at?: research or teaching emphasis or both Discussion

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