(b) Proposed and future: For promotions/reappointment/tenure of existing faculty: If any changes are contemplated, please describe them here. If not, just replace text with “No changes expected”. For new appointments, please describe the activity that will ensue if the appointment is approved. Please do include (i) mentorship of other faculty, and (ii) contributions to diversity and inclusion. For the latter, in addition to typical activities do not overlook any education, scholarship, or patient care that considers or advances diversity and inclusion. If you’ve already mentioned these elsewhere, there is no reason to repeat. SUGGESTED ASSESSORS OF SCHOLARSHIP (for BSD or tenure cases) The following are the UP TO 3 leading scholars in my area of scholarship whom I suggest be solicited for assessments of my scholarship [those at peer institutions are preferred]: #1: Name, contact information #2: Name, contact information #3: Name, contact information [Do NOT contact these yourself. You may provide no suggestions if you wish.] SUGGESTED ASSESSORS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE AND CLINCIAL TEACHING (for clinicians regardless of track) The following are faculty in Chicago Medicine who are not in my Section but are personally familiar with my clinical practice and/or clinical teaching, and could be contacted for an assessment: Provide as many names as you wish, but the number is ordinarily less than 5. [Do NOT contact these yourself. You may provide no suggestions if you wish.] CV + Statements for COROAP Dear Candidate for Reappointment as Assistant Professor Instructions: For the most part, this is a Microsoft Word document that you may modify to be applicable to your particular circumstances. Please overwrite the current content with your own information. Please preserve the major headings and format as much as possible. The imagined information presently in the CV portion is intended to give you guidance as to what is expected.
educational activities, others primarily educators with some clinical work, others primarily research with education and clinical work etc. This allows substantial flexibility and for career paths to evolve based on interests/accomplishments. Faculty members are encouraged to focus on their areas of interest and strength and on activities that they like to pursue. If interests change, changes in effort devoted to the three missions can occur seamlessly without the need to change track. Promotion will when the faculty member has reached the requisite level of accomplishment. It is anticipated that in the majority of cases promotion to associate professor will occur 6-7 years after appointment as assistant professor. There is not an up-or-out decision on promotion. It is expected that the Department/Section will provide career guidance to facilitate promotion in a timely fashion. Faculty that satisfy the criteria for tenure may be appointed with tenure in an alternate track. As the candidate is not now being proposed for tenure, your advice is not sought on this issue. Statement for external evaluators [BSD track] In the Division of the Biological Sciences of the University of Chicago, promotion and tenure decisions require the analysis of external evaluators. It is most helpful when the evaluation includes: An analysis of the scholarship. An estimation of the present and future stature of the candidate. As will be obvious, our decision is couched in terms of whether the candidate will clearly become or is among the leading scholars in a significant field of biology or medicine. Whether the candidate would qualify for a comparable appointment at the evaluator’s institution . A brief summary of criteria is: Basis Outstanding contributions to knowledge Assistant professor Contributions are foreseeable, and faculty member is fully prepared to make them. Associate professor without tenure* Tenure is highly likely within 3 years, or tenure and promotion to full professor are highly likely within 5 years