A formal evaluation is conducted for each non-tenured faculty member each year and for each tenured faculty member at least each third year. The Faculty Development and Evaluation System of Southeastern Oklahoma State University is designed to promote faculty development and to assess faculty performance on those prescribed criteria. The exemplars are not all-inclusive, but do provide examples and extend the definitions of the criteria. It is not an implicit evaluation of criteria not listed, however. It also provides for a rating of overall performance.
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Performance in each category is weighted by negotiation between the faculty member and the department chair within limits set by the institution and the administrative unit. All also are rated on all criteria in Category 1 and on negotiated criteria in Categories 2 and 3. Only those with duties or assignments which result in a reduced teaching load are rated in Category 4. The rating on overall performance is a composite of the ratings in the categories. Administrative units may also set limits for each category within the institutional parameters.