□ Obtain a
copy of your university�s tenure, promotion, and evaluation of time and
performance review
□ What is the
maximum probationary period for a tenure-track faculty membe to
establish their record for tenure?
□ What is the
percentage of faculty members in your department have been tenured?
If you are a woman, is there a difference in tenure rate between women
and men faculty members? If so, what is it?
□ Do you
receive credit for any prior service at another university or prior
academic service at your current institution? (If applicable)
□ Is there a
one-year terminal year of employment should tenure not be granted?
□ Do you know
your department�s and/or university�s expectations for tenure?
□ For
research:
Do you need to have external funding?
What kind of funding (NIH, NSF, VA, AHA, etc.)?
How much funding (1 grant, 1 major and 1 minor grant, etc.)?
□ For
teaching:
Do you need all excellent student critiques?
Do you need to have developed new courses?
Do you need peer critiques of your teaching?
□ For
service?
Do you need departmental service?
Do you need university service?
Do you need national service?
Do you need international service?
□ Do you know
how each is weighted in the tenure decision?
□ Who initiates your application
for tenure review?
You? Your
department chair? Your departmental tenure and promotion committee?
□ Do you have a mentor or someone
you can go to for advice about tenure besides your chair?
□ Do you know what should be
included in your tenure application?
□ Do you need external letters of
recommendation or just names of external references?
□ How many names or
letters are needed?
Things to do:
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Do you have a tenure folder started?
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Does it include the following?
□ General information about you:
□ Biographical information
□ Employment history
□ Academic background.
□ Information on your research:
□ Statement of your research goals
□ Current curriculum
vitae
Publication list
Awards/honors
Participation at national/international meetings & conferences
Invited talks at other institutions
Sources of funding
□ Expansion of your CV
Expanded description of your role in a grant
Copies of grant award letters (amount & date of award, list of PIs)
Title, collaborators, and role in grant proposals under development
Copies of published, in press, in review papers, books, chapters
Undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and clinical fellows you have
interacted with [include dates and type of interaction (supervisor,
thesis committee member)]
Current career positions of former students and fellows from lab
□ Industry contacts and the nature of
your interactions
□ List of involvement at national and
international meetings
Invited talks
Meeting participation
Moderator or chair of a scientific session
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Information on your service:
□ Service to department and university
Position and
membership on committees and length of service
Activities related to students outside of regular departmental duties
and alumni activities
□ Service to national funding agencies
Peer-review study sections
Advisory Boards
□ Service to professional societies
Journal
editorial duties and editorial board memberships
Conference abstract grader
Committee involvement
Elected office
Involvement in training workshops
Career or education sessions at meetings
□ Information on your teaching:
□ Statement of your personal teaching
philosophy
□
Summary of your main strengths as a teacher
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Courses taught by year
Include a course syllabus for each
Student evaluations
Official documentation of the number of students enrolled
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Teaching awards.
□ References:
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Letters of support
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List of external references