Based on the experience obtained over the last two years, I write to amplify and clarify our policies and procedures regarding the sixth-year periodic evaluation of tenured faculty. The previously recommended timetable for conducting the annual review of all faculty and the sixth-year periodic review of tenured faculty is reaffirmed. The additions and clarifying comments shown below in bold address issues that have been raised during the past two years and are designed to strengthen these procedures. All tenured faculty members to undergo the sixth-year periodic evaluation in the fall of the following academic year will be notified.
Faculty are to be given individual notice of at least six month of intent to evaluate.
Copies of previous annual reports, statistical summaries of student teaching evaluations for the review period, and the results of previous annual reviews for the evaluation period are given to each faculty member to be reviewed. For those tenured faculty undergoing the sixth-year periodic evaluation, this review will be combined with the annual review. The sixth-year periodic review by the departmental committee shall be based upon an evaluation of the resume, student evaluations of teaching for the review period, annual reports for the evaluation period, and all materials submitted by the faculty member. Upon his or her request, the faculty member shall be provided an opportunity to meet with the evaluation committee. The committee should base its decision on this record.