Provost promotion resources
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Eligible candidates should carefully review the official promotion guidelines available through the Human Resources website.
In addition, the materials below provide additional guidance for successful promotion portfolios.
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- Example portfolios - Examples of successful promotion files for both faculty and IAS members.
- Video feeds from promotion workshops: Panel Discussion 1, Panel Discussion 2, Narrative Writing Workshop;
- 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.
- Writing about teaching - Materials regarding writing syllabi with learning outcomes, assessment reports, and teaching philosophies.
- Examples of direct assessment of student learning (examples were teaching evidence links in promotion portfolios):
- Borja (MUS) - Assessment of Music History Sequence
- Borja (MUS) - MUS 201 Musical Cultures Assessment
- Chedister (MTH) - Use of Exit Ticket for Formative Assessment in MTH 136 Math for Elementary Teachers II
- Hawkes (ART) - Course Revision Case Study: Intro to Digital Photography
- Hawkes (ART) - Sample Assignments and Assessment Documents
- Cooper Stoll (SOC) - Sample SLOs and Assessment Instruments for Foundations of Sociological Analysis
- Cooper Stoll (SOC) - Sample SLO and Assessment Instruments for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
- Dale (POL) - Direct Assessment for POL 251 Political Theory
- Dale (POL) - Direct Assessment for POL 355
- Haried (IS) - Assessment of Problem Solving SLO in the Information Systems Major
- King-Heiden (BIO) - Assessing Biology Major SLO 'Interpreting and Producing Graphs' in BIO 105 General Biology
- IAS Specific Promotion Resources
- Tips from IAS Promotion Committee Member – A senior lecturer and IAS committee member provides excellent tips for preparing the portfolio.
- 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]