AU PostTenure Review Field Test 20062007

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AU Post-Tenure Review Field Test 2006-2007

• Training Session for Deans and Department
  Heads/Chairs

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Purpose of Todays Session

• Not to debate the merits of PTR, but rather
• To discuss the plans for implementing the
  2006-2007 field test.

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Post Tenure Review

• Is intended to support faculty development and
  productivity.
• Considers professional quality with which faculty
  discharge their assigned academic duties.

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Post Tenure Review Is Not

• Designed to determine whether previously tenured
  faculty meet current standards for awarding
  tenure.
• A dismissal policy.

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Criteria to be Considered

• The quantity and quality of the faculty members
  work over the preceding six years with respect to
  his/her assigned duties in terms of teaching,
  research, outreach/extension, and professional
  and university service.

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What has been done to date?

• A list of all eligible faculty has been
  generated. It includes 578 names.
• Thirty-eight faculty have been randomly selected
  for inclusion in the field study.
• Deans have advised the Provost on any reasons for
  exclusion of particular faculty from the field
  test.

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What has been done to date?(continued)

• Substitutes were randomly selected in a few cases
  for such reasons as resignation, retirement,
  medical leave, or sabbatical.
• The 38 faculty have been randomly assigned to two
  groups of 19 to test two approaches to committee
  review.

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What has been done to date?(continued)

• One group of 19 has been designated for review by
  a university-wide PTR Committee.
• One group has been designated for review by
  departmental committees.
• Section III D describes the makeup of these two
  forms of review committees.

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What has been done to date?(continued)

• The 38 faculty members have been notified of
  their selection for participation in the field
  study and of the type of committee review they
  will experience.
• Copies of these notices have been provided to the
  deans and department heads/chairs.
• These two training sessions for deans and
  department heads/chairs have been arranged.

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What needs to be done next?

• The 38 faculty need to prepare their packets for
  submittal (through the department head/chair and
  dean) to the Provost.
• The departmental committees need to be appointed
  by the deans (see III D 3).
• The university-wide committee needs to be
  appointed by the President from nominees provided
  by the Rules Committee of the University Senate
  (see III D 2).

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Contents of the Packet

• Annual reviews for the previous six years.
• A current curriculum vitae.
• A summary of accomplishments and plans prepared
  by the faculty member (not to exceed two pages).
• A letter of evaluation (not to exceed two pages)
  to the provost from the department head/chair
  through the dean. See III C 4.

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Optional Components of the Packet

• Material prepared for other reviews, such as
  nominations for titled professorships or for
  re-appointment to the AU Graduate Faculty, if
  submitted within the preceding two years.

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Schedule and Deadlines

• January 31, 2007Complete faculty packets due in
  the Provosts Office for distribution to the
  review committees.
• February 28, 2007Committee reviews completed and
  returned to the Provost for distribution to the
  respective faculty members.

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Schedule and Deadlines (Continued)

• March 16, 2007Faculty responses due to the
  Provost.
• April 27, 2007Provost reports results of the
  field study to the Board of Trustees.

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Proposed Forum

• A forum will be scheduled in March, 2007, for
  participants in the field test to discuss their
  experience and their suggestions for fine tuning
  the PTR procedure.

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Outcomes

• The review committee shall provide the faculty
  member with a concise written summary of its
  review and a conclusion as to whether the faculty
  members performance is deemed satisfactory.
• The faculty member shall have the opportunity to
  prepare a written response to the summary.

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Outcomes (Continued)

• Conclusions reached by the review committee
  during the 2006-2007 field test will serve as a
  basis for informal discussion and planning by the
  faculty member and department head/chair and dean
  as appropriate.

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Outcomes (Continued)

• In the Spring of 2007 the university-wide PTR
  Committee will have the additional responsibility
  of reviewing all 38 packets and making
  recommendations through the Provost to the
  President for special recognition of those
  faculty members whose work the committee deems
  particularly meritorious.

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Plans for the Future

• The document includes plans for further
  implementation of PTR beyond the field test.
• See III E 3 through III E 6 for these future
  plans.
• A provision for appeal of the outcome of the PTR
  process so as to ensure its fairness will be
  developed before its full implementation.

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Questions and Comments

• What questions do you have?
• What comments do you wish to make?

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Thank You!

• We appreciate your assistance in strengthening
  the faculty of Auburn University through this PTR
  process.