For Adjunct Faculty Members

Promotion Process

for Adjunct Faculty members

and

Faculty Achievement Portfolio

Policy Effective with

theFall Semester, 2011

Updated 2012

Updated 2014

2.2 Initial Appointment, Promotion, and Compensation

2.2.1 Initial Appointment - All adjunct faculty without a terminal degree

start at the rank of adjunct instructor. Those with a terminal degree are

appointed at the rank of adjunct assistant professor.

2.2.2 Promotion – Faculty are reviewed for promotion at the end of each

academic year. This review takes place during the summer term and, if

promotion is granted, it will take effect with the start of the fall semester.

Formal recognition of adjunct faculty promotions will occur during the year, typically atthe Spring Faculty Meeting.

Adjunct faculty will become eligible for consideration for promotion after seven (7) semesters of teaching service to the SPCS in rank, including semesters in which the adjunct faculty member supervised independent studies.

Effective with the 2011-2012 academic year, promotion is not automatic. Instead, promotion is based on the recommendation of the appropriate program chair and confirmed by the dean. Prior to the dean’s final signature, it will be reviewed by the Senior Associate Dean.

Adjunct faculty eligible for promotion will be notified of their eligibility for promotion by the respective Program Chair in the semester prior to eligibility. Eligible adjunct faculty wishing to seek promotion must submit a brief outline documenting their contributions in each of the following areas:

Effective Teaching:

All faculty are expected to be effective teachers. Numerous criteria are available for use in judging teaching effectiveness, among them:

• Ability to design courses and present material effectively
• Level of preparation
• Effectiveness of teaching methods
• Quality of interaction with students both inside and outside the classroom
• Adequacy of exams and other testing material
• Adequacy of comments on student work
• Timeliness of feedback on student work

There are numerous ways to document effective teaching, including (but not limited to):

• Student evaluations
• Peer reviews
• Letters from past students
• Course materials, including syllabi, exams, class assignments
• Online courseware
• Student work products, including papers, projects and exams
• Innovations in instructional methods
• Self-evaluation
• Teaching awards

Engagement in the life of the School

All faculty are expected to participate in the formal activities sponsored by the School. These include such activities as:

• Semi-annual faculty meetings (fall and spring)
• Departmental meetings, whether in-personor online
• SPCS Night
• Commencement

Faculty may also engage informally by

• Participating in social or cultural activities sponsored by the School, University, SPCS Alumni Association, Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee, or the SPCS Student Government Association
• Student advising/mentoring
• Student career support
• Discussion boards, e-mail threads

Faculty should document their attendance and/or participation in these activities.

Professional Development

All faculty are expected to seek to improve professionally and in the classroom.

Ways to document continuous learning include participation in various University or School-sponsored training sessions including:

• PETE Workshops and Luncheons
• CTLT Training Sessions
• Online tutorials

Additionally, attendance at professional conferences, publications, speeches or presentations all can count toward fulfillment of this criteria.

Faculty may also engage in independent learning activities providing that they document the activity.

As this document attempts to make clear, all faculty are expected to be good teachers who are engaged both inside and outside the classroom and who strive to grow and develop as teachers and as professionals. Numerous ways are available for each faculty member to demonstrate their commitment to each standard and variations between faculty are expected.

The portfolio packet is to be in bound form with tabs or via a 3-ring binder with section tabs. Incomplete packets will be returned to the adjunct faculty member for resubmission. Once submitted, each chair will review the documentation presented to make a recommendation for promotion to the dean. The evaluation will be followed up by a letter from the dean indicating the outcome of the review. Portfolio will be filed in the adjunct’s personnel file.

Policy effective fall semester, 2011. Approved 4/1/2010 Council of Program Chairs. Updated June, 2012. Updated June, 2014

Faculty Achievement Portfolio

for use by Adjunct Faculty Members

in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies

University of Richmond

(All submissions are to be bound or in a 3-ring binder; tabs are required to separate sections).

Instructions:

This form is to be used to document adjunct faculty contributions made to the School of Professional and Continuing Studies both inside and outside the classroom. The form can be downloaded from the SPCS web site and updated electronically in Word using the tab key to move from section to section. Faculty members should keep this form as part of their personal records and update it regularly with activities and accomplishments.

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Submitted by (faculty member)Date

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Reviewed by (program chair)Date

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Reviewed by (senior associate dean)Date

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Final Approval by the DeanDate

Once all signatures have been obtained, the faculty member will receive an official letter from the Dean acknowledging the promotion. The portfolio will be retained in the personnel file in the assistant to the dean’s office. The faculty member will be honored in the spring faculty meeting.