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Tenure &
Promotion
2020-2021
Tenure & Promotion 2020-2021 - University of ...
Contact Information

Beverly McCreary
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Hawai`i Hall 209
956-9429
bmccrear@hawaii.edu

 http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/faculty/

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Policies, Criteria, & Guidelines
Know your documents:

• 2017-2021 Agreement between the University of
  Hawai`i Professional Assembly and the Board of
  Regents of the University of Hawai`i
     http://www.uhpa.org/contracts/2017-2021-uhpa-bor-contract/

• Executive Policy (E5.221)
      http://www.hawaii.edu/policy/docs/temp/Attachment_1_Classification_o
       f_Faculty_University_of_Hawaii_at_Manoa.pdf

• 2020 Mānoa Criteria and Guidelines
      http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/faculty/tenure_promotion_co
       ntract_renewal/pdf/tp_criteria_guidelines_20_21.pdf

• Department Procedures and Criteria
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Change in Documents
MOU REGARDING IMPACT OF COVID
Tenure:
• Faculty members who were employed in the
  Spring of 2020 and are in their last year of
  probation may elect to postpone their tenure
  application for fall 2020
• They do not need to undergo contract renewal
• They will apply for tenure in fall 2021
Contract renewal:
• Faculty members who were employed in the
  Spring of 2020 and are expected to undergo
  contract renewal in fall 2020 may elect to
  postpone their contract renewal by one year.
• Fall 2021 will be considered part of initial   Additional MOUs:
  contract period
                                                 • DPC size
                                                 • No abstentions
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MQs, Waivers/Probationary Period
Tenure                             Promotion
Probationary period
     5 years                         Time in rank
          Rank 2 and 3                  Years of service
     3 years                            required for promotion
          Rank 4                        to next rank (E5.221)
     2 years
          Rank 5                     Educational
                                         Minimum educational
Shorten or Lengthen                      requirement of
(Max of 7 years)
                                         classification and rank
                                         (E5.221)

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Examples based on COVID MOU

Tenure                                                     Contract Renewal
• Faculty member employed in Spring                        • Faculty member employed in Spring
  2020 and in last year of probationary                      2020 and in last year of probationary
  service in Fall 2020:                                      service in Fall 2020:
2020-2021 COVID postponement
2021-2022 apply for tenure                                   2019-2020 year 1
                                                             2020-2021 year 2 (COVID postpone)
  To Utilize COVID MOU:                                      2021-2022 year 2 contract renewal
  Faculty applicant must write a memo addressed to their     2022-2023 year 3
  Dean and Department Chair stating intent to postpone:      2023-2024 year 4 contract renewal
  • Contract renewal:                                        2024-2025 year 5 tenure
       • By due date of contract renewal
  • Tenure:
       • By October 2, 2020
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10/2/20                            11/20/20    1/4/21

                                                Tenure
  Due to         DPC      Depart.    Due to
                                                Promotion
  Depart.        Review   Chair      Dean or
                                                Review
  Chair                   Review     Director
                                                Committee

Review Process

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2/1/21          2/8/21     Feb/March                June 30th

  TPRCs          Dean       Notification
                 transmit                  Provost    President’s
  review                    of TPRC        Reviews    Decision
  to Dean        to         eval.
                 Provost

Review Process

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Tenure and Promotion Review Committee (TPRC)

• Made up from the Faculty Personnel Panel
 • All tenured I and R faculty at ranks 4 and 5
 • All tenured S, B, A faculty at ranks 3, 4, and 5
• Faculty applicants can exclude up to ten (10) faculty from serving on the
  TPRC
 • Sent directly to the applicant and returned directly to OVCAA – (typically beginning of
   November)
• Committee will consist of 6-8 senior faculty

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Compiling the Dossier
Choose Electronic submission or hard       Application
copy                                        Faculty complete
Electronic:                                 •   Part 1 – Employment Details
• Contact College Coordinator               •   Part 2 – Criteria and Guidelines
Hard Copy:
                                            •   Part 3 – Credentials and Experience
• Updated application
                                            •   Part 4 – Endeavors
Hard Copy Logistics
    Each page should have your name and    Reviewers complete
     a page number                          • Part 5 – Department Assessment (DPC, DC and
      (can use labels)                        procedures/criteria)
    Margins need to be wide enough to      • Part 6 – Dean/Director’s Assessment and Recommendation
     ensure readability                     • Part 7 – TPRC’s Recommendation
    Bound in file folders or three-hole    • Part 8 – Request to Examine Dossier (applicant)
     binders
                                            • Part 9 – Provost’s Recommendation/Decision
      (use size appropriate for dossier)
    Can be double sided
    Reminder on Language
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Opportunity to speak directly to the
                                reviewer about your work

                   For Tenure, articulate future trajectory

        Emphasize activities since last promotion             Highlight unique aspects and significance
        or hire                                               of accomplishments

Readers not in your field

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Teaching                          Research                                 Service
• High level of competence       • Well on the way to becoming an         • Faculty member should have
                                   established scholar                      participated in the academic
• Evidence of a mature level                                                affairs of the University
                                 • Comparison peer group consists
  of performance and the           not only of departmental                 • through service on
  versatility to contribute to     colleagues, but also the whole              appropriate faculty
  all levels of the                of the appropriate community                committees
  departments instructional        of scholars active a major               • Use professional competence
  programs                         research universities                       in the service of the
                                                                               profession and general
                                 • Publication in major journals
                                                                               community
                                   and presses in the field is of first
                                   importance in establishing the
                                   level of scholarly achievement

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Specialist/Librarians                           Agents
• Demonstrate a level of professional
  achievement and productivity in field of      • Level of professional achievement and
  specialization appropriate to rank
                                                  productivity in extension service
• “clear evidence of professional growth in
  specialty”; “established contributor to the     appropriate to the rank
  standards, techniques and methodology of      • Comparison peer group consists not only
  profession”
                                                  of local colleagues but also the whole of
• Comparison group consist not only of local
  colleagues but the whole of peers active in
                                                  the community of extension professional
  same field at major institutes of higher        at major extension service programs
  education                                       nationwide

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Operationalize Work
 Teaching                           Research                           Specialist
• How to demonstrate criteria for   • How to demonstrate scholarship   • How to demonstrate
  teaching effectiveness                                                 professional growth
                                      • Peer reviewed
  • Course evaluations                  scholarship                      • Impact of work on field
  • Demonstrate                       • Grant awards                     • Utilize job description to
    receptiveness to                                                       establish field
                                      • Impact of scholarship on
    constructive criticism              field
    and feedback
                                      • Articulate authorship
  • Peer review                         conventions
  • Curricular development

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Compiling the Dossier
                                                    Caveat for evaluations:
                                                    During transition to all on-line learning,
• This section can be utilized to provide summary   faculty and students were not required to
  evidence                                          patriciate in evaluations
  • Summary of teaching evaluations or              Therefore, the absence of evaluations for
    workshop presentations                          Spring 2020 may not be held against any
  • Examples of courses or programs                 applicant in any personnel action
    developed
  • Examples of programs developed or
    presentations
                                                    • This box, file or drive can store the specific data
  • Peer evaluations of contributions                 summarized in the supporting materials
                                                       • Actual teaching evaluations
                                                       • Actual presentations developed
                                                       • Sample of scholarship produced
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Bibliography
Valuable objective record of scholarship

• Separate published works, conference
  presentations and manuscripts into appropriate
  groups (use categories adapted to discipline)
• List most recent first
• Give full citation
• Note and define “in press”; if possible provide
  letter
• Make a clear distinction between sole authored
  work and joint

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Last comments
                                                Content Questions
                                                 DC
   Select materials that are most               Other Faculty in your Department
    significant                                  Faculty Mentoring Program
       Quality over quantity                       www.fmp.hawaii.edu

       Carefully assess how to present works
        in progress
       Have someone review your dossier
           Remember you have multiple

            audiences

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ThankYou
 Beverly McCreary
 956-9429
 bmccrear@hawaii.edu
 http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/faculty/
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