TheProfessoriate Stream:CriteriaforTenureandPromotion
basedonexcerptsfromtheAgreementonConditionsofAppointmentforFaculty – Articles 3 and 4
Criteria* / AppointmenttoActing Assistant Professor / AppointmentorPromotiontoAssistantProfessor / Tenure / Appointmentor Promotionto AssociateProfessor / AppointmentorPromotion toProfessor
Teaching** / "judgedprincipallyonperformance in...teaching"4.01(a);"requires...evidenceofpotential abilityinteaching..."3.05 / "judgedprincipallyon performancein...teaching"4.01 (a);"evidenceofabilityin teaching";"successfulteacher, andiscapableofproviding
instructionatthevariouslevelsin
hisorherdiscipline,butitis sufficienttoshowpotentialto meetthesecriteria"3.06(a) / "havemaintained ahighstandardof performancein meetingthe criteria[of
teaching,scholarly
activityand service]...and showpromiseof continuingtodo so"4.01(a);"the decisiontogranta tenured appointmentshall takeintoaccount theinterestsofthe Departmentand theUniversityin maintaining academicstrength andbalance"
4.01(d) / "evidenceofsuccessful teaching...beyondthat expectedofanAssistant Professor"3.07; "teachingasdefinedin Article4.02";"abilityto directgraduate
students"3.07 / "contributionsjudgedbythe criteriasetoutinArticle4)are consideredoutstanding"; "appropriatestandardsof excellence";"highqualityin teaching"3.08(a), (b)
Scholarly Activity**(i.e., researchofqualityand significance,or,in appropriatefields, distinguished,creativeor professionalworkofa scholarlynature;andthe dissemination ofthe resultsofthatscholarly activity) / judgedprincipallyonperformance in...scholarly activity4.01(a); "normally requiresthecompletion,or promiseofearlycompletion,of academicqualificationsand evidenceofpotentialability
in...research"3.06, 3.05 / "judgedprincipallyon performancein...scholarlyactivity"4.01(a);"normally requirescompletionofacademic qualifications,andevidenceof abilityin...scholarlyactivity"; "involvedinscholarlyactivity..., butitissufficienttoshow potentialtomeetthesecriteria"
3.06 / "evidenceof... scholarlyactivity beyondthatexpectedof
anAssistantProfessor";
"sustainedand productivescholarly activity"3.07
"contributions(judgedbythe criteriasetoutinArticle4)are consideredoutstanding"; "appropriatestandardsof excellence";"havewide recognitioninthefieldoftheir interest";"sustainedand productivescholarlyactivity, haveattaineddistinctionintheir discipline"3.08(a), (b)
Servicetothe Universityandthe Community / "Servicetotheacademicprofession, totheUniversity,andtothe communitywillbe takeninto account...but...itcannot compensatefordeficienciesin teachingandscholarlyactivity"
4.01(a) / "Servicetotheacademic profession,totheUniversity,and tothecommunitywillbetaken into account...but...itcannot compensatefordeficienciesin teachingandscholarlyactivity"
4.01(a) / "willingnessto participateand participationinthe affairsofthe Departmentandthe University"3.07 / "contributionsjudgedbythe criteriasetoutinArticle4)are consideredoutstanding"; "appropriatestandardsof excellence";"participated significantlyinacademicand professionalaffairs";"promotion tothisrankisnotautomaticnor basedonyearsofservice"
3.08(a), (b)
Notes:
*CriteriaareoutlinedinArticles4.01 through 4.05
**Candidatesfortenureorpromotionarejudgedprincipallyonperformanceinbothteachingandinscholarlyactivity
PreparedbyFacultyRelationsUpdatedSeptember 2017