FACULTY HANDBOOK

Promotion Committee
The Promotion Committee (PC) consists of at least three members at or above the academic rank to which the applicant aspires to be promoted. If there are not a sufficient number of members of the Department or unit to which the applicant is affiliated, then qualified members from other Departments or units within AUHS or from other institutions can be sought to obtain qualified PC members. None of the members of the PC should be contributors of the external letters of evaluation.

Items for Inclusion in the Promotion Package

  • Current curriculum vitae
  • Student instructor and course evaluations
  • Copies of publications since last promotion or appointment
  • List of memberships in professional societies
  • List of honors, awards, and elected offices held related to professional activities
  • List of grant applications submitted; funding outcome; study section review scores, if scored
  • List of editorial review work for professional journals and study section membership for extramural funding agencies
  • List of service activities (committee service, institutional service, community service, etc.)
  • Copies of annual evaluations
  • Copies of peer-teaching evaluations
  • List of courses taught and/or coordinated with percent of total didactic or lab sessions covered
  • Recommendation letter from the Chair, Dean or program leader
  • At least 3 letters from external reviewers (included in the package by Chair, Dean or program director)
    Items for consideration
  • Satisfactory completion of the Annual Performance Evaluation
  • Satisfactory completion of Data Sheet or similar document
  • Satisfactory completion of Faculty Development Plan or similar document
  • Faculty Classroom Observation Form
  • Clinical/lab Observation Report (if applicable)
  • Current Health/Immunization data (nursing/ clinical faculty only)
  • Current CPR (nursing/clinical faculty only)
  • Current copy of malpractice insurance (if applicable)
  • Course/clinical /lab evaluations
  • Continuing education certificates
  • Transcripts for continuing formal education
  • Professional resume and bio updated (located in the Faculty Orientation Packet)
  • Peer-reviews by at-least two colleagues; and/or three external reviews for promotion-in-rank (SOP)
  • All course syllabus approved, received, and filed (timely) presented in Course Portfolio
  • Evidence to support that course grades uploaded to Canvas and documentation posted in SIS and submitted to Student Affairs/ Services
  • University In-service Training
  • Records summaries of minimum per-quarter meetings with Dean/Associate Dean/Director/Chair
  • Documentation of memberships in professional organizations
  • Lists of any contributions to professional journals, newspaper articles, books and/or any related media contributions to profession
  • Updates (Faculty Update Form required) for any research program (especially for those who are principle investigators); applications for extramural research funding and/or funded research projects
  • Updates (Faculty Update Form required) for any community service activities
  • Updates (Faculty Update Form required) for any applications for extramural funding and/or funded research projects
  • Updates on scholarly publications
  • Updates (Faculty Update Form required) for any faculty service activities
  • Other (as notified).

Course Portfolio
Below are the elements necessary for inclusion in the course portfolio

  • Copy of each syllabus taught during the year in binder(s) (binders should be kept for calendar each year)
  • Course evaluations matched with each syllabus
  • ATI student cohort results
  • Summary of 1) what went well; 2) what needs improvement; and 3) plan for improvement for each course taught
  • Class demographic of 1) total student number for class; 2) breakdown of grades by numbers
  • Evaluation of required textbooks for class

Faculty Update Form

An update form outlines faculty service; applications for extramural funding to support scholarly/research projects; publications; community service; professional development and research is required for annual review for full-time faculty. See form for further information.

Criteria for Promotion

For promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor a faculty member should be considered ‘Good-Excellent’ (4-5 out of 5 points on a five-point scale) in either research or teaching. The applicant should be at least ‘Average-Good’ (at least 3 points or greater out of 5 points on a five-point scale) in remaining categories.

For promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor a faculty member should be considered ‘Good-Excellent’ (4-5 out of 5 points on a five-point scale) in both research and teaching. The applicant should be at least ‘Average-Good’ (at least 3 points or greater out of 5 points on a five-point scale) in service. For those who have administrative roles, service category can be substituted for research/scholarship.

Rank Promotion