Provost promotion resources

Eligible candidates should carefully review the official promotion guidelines available through the Human Resources website.

•  Faculty promotion guidelines 
•  Instructional Academic Staff (IAS) promotion guidelines.

In addition, the materials below provide additional guidance for successful promotion portfolios.

1. 1. Example portfolios - Examples of successful promotion files for both faculty and IAS members.
   2. Video feeds from promotion workshops: Panel Discussion 1, Panel Discussion 2, Narrative Writing Workshop;
   3. Teaching effectiveness measures worksheet - Joint Promotion Committee members use as an aid in reviewing promotion files. The worksheet reflects a spectrum of potential evidence rather than a list of required activities.  Also, please see the Teaching Effectiveness Worksheet with Resources.
   4. Writing about teaching - Materials regarding writing syllabi with learning outcomes, assessment reports, and teaching philosophies.
   5. Examples of direct assessment of student learning (examples were teaching evidence links in promotion portfolios):
      1. Borja (MUS) - Assessment of Music History Sequence
      2. Borja (MUS) - MUS 201 Musical Cultures Assessment
      3. Chedister (MTH) - Use of Exit Ticket for Formative Assessment in MTH 136 Math for Elementary Teachers II
      4. Hawkes (ART) - Course Revision Case Study: Intro to Digital Photography
      5. Hawkes (ART) - Sample Assignments and Assessment Documents
      6. Cooper Stoll (SOC) - Sample SLOs and Assessment Instruments for Foundations of Sociological Analysis
      7. Cooper Stoll (SOC) - Sample SLO and Assessment Instruments for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
      8. Dale (POL) - Direct Assessment for POL 251 Political Theory
      9. Dale (POL) - Direct Assessment for POL 355
      10. Haried (IS) - Assessment of Problem Solving SLO in the Information Systems Major
      11. King-Heiden (BIO) - Assessing Biology Major SLO 'Interpreting and Producing Graphs' in BIO 105 General Biology

1. IAS Specific Promotion Resources
   
   • Tips from IAS Promotion Committee Member – A senior lecturer and IAS committee member provides excellent tips for preparing the portfolio.
2. Faculty Specific Promotion Resources
   • Tips from JPC members - The tips at this link have been gleaned from multiple information sessions over the past several semesters.
   • Example department PRT letters of support. [ PRT Letter (Docan-Morgan CST)] [PRT Letter (Docktor PHY)] [PRT Letter McCool MTH]
   • Examples of effective (~250 word) narrative summaries/abstracts [Krizan PHL - associate] [Hippert ARC/ANT - full]