Instructional Academic Staff at UW-L have the opportunity to advance through their respective title series ranks via Career Progression.
- Eligibility:
- Quantitative: Candidate must first meet the minimum semesters of teaching experience required for the title that he/she is applying for.
- Qualitative:
- Teaching: All IAS must demonstrate excellence in teaching.
- Professional Development/Creative Activity/Scholarship AND/OR Service: All must demonstrate activities in at least one area.
- Career Progression Portfolio:
- ALL materials are electronic.
- Candidate Materials will include a Narrative component and an Electronic Portfolio component.
- The Narrative component should include evidence to support the request for advancement. Each candidate is allowed up to 3 pages for Teaching and up to 2 pages each for PD/CA/Schol and Service. Items should be included in descending order of importance (not chronological), should not be duplicated and should emphasize quality rather than quantity. Whenever it would be more efficient, lists are encouraged rather than narrative paragraphs.
- The Electronic Portfolio component is the complete IAS report generated from Digital Measures. All IAS are required to have entered activities for a minimum of the last three years. In addition to the Candidate's Narratives, the most current syllabus for each course taught will be hyperlinked to this report. Along with hyperlinked syllabi, a candidate may include ten additional hyperlinks for each area. These hyperlinks should be evidentiary in nature and should support accomplishments and activities listed in the candidate's materials.
- Career Progression Process:
- The IAS candidate will submit his/her Candidate's Materials to his/her department chair on or before the deadline set by that department.
- The Department will review the portfolio in accordance with its bylaws and add the following to the portfolio: a letter of support from the department, a copy of the candidate's most recent IDP (or department equivalent), SEI scores for the last 6 semesters, Merit Review results for the most recent three academic years (if available), the Department's Statement on IAS PD/CA/Schol, the IAS Departmental Promotion Committee Signature Page (if applicable), and a letter of support from the department chair (optional).
- The department chair will forward the entire portfolio to the Dean's office on or before the first Friday in December.
- The Dean will add a statement of support or non-support (with reasons for non-support) to the portfolio and forward the entire portfolio to the Faculty Senate office on or before the first Friday in January.
- The Career Progression Committee will review, discuss and vote on candidate's portfolios in accordance with its procedures and forward recommendations to the Provost on or before the first Friday in February.
- The Provost will forward final recommendations to the Human Resources office, where a letter stating this recommendation will be drafted and sent to the candidate within 7 days of receiving the Provost's recommendations.
- A successful candidate's new title will take effect on July 1 of the next academic year. On July 1 of the next academic year, $1000 will also be added to the successful's candidate's base salary.
- Appeals are handled in accordance with the career progression guidelines.
Career Progression Eligibility Requirements Grid
E-Portfolio Documentation - This site contains instructions, FAQ's and tutorials for creating a portfolio.
Electronic Portfolio Portal - Website for faculty and IAS to enter their activities and generate reports.
