5.6.3 Promotion Process

5.6.3A Preparation for Promotion

The non-tenure-track faculty member and department chair or director should discuss promotion as a part of the annual performance review, well in advance of the suggested dates for submission of the application for promotion in order to give the candidate sufficient time to gather the required materials and assemble the dossier.

Non-tenure-track faculty should work closely with the department chair or director to define goals and to establish documented evidence of effectiveness to ensure that they are meeting the obligations and performing at the level of expectation of the department or center/institute, academic unit, and university.

Examples of evidence of teaching, research / scholarship / creative activity, and service are provided in Section 4.9.7A.

All such evidence becomes part of the faculty member's ongoing and continuously updated dossier, described in Section 5.6.3B. Specific content in the dossier which will vary according to discipline.