School of Nursing: Standard On Writing Appointment, Promotion, And Tenure Reviews

Title

School of Nursing: Standard On Writing Appointment, Promotion, And Tenure Reviews

Unit Standard

Introduction

Purpose

To provide the members of the APT committee with an overview of written reviews.

Scope of Applicability

These guidelines provide both the process for and content of APT reviews.

Standard

Two Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (APT) Committee members are assigned to evaluate the performance in writing of faculty under consideration for promotion and tenure or requiring interim- or post-tenure reviews.

The primary reviewer is responsible for describing the educational and work background of the applicant and summarizing the performance and evaluating the impact and recognition the applicant's work has garnered in each of the three missions of the University: research, teaching, and service.

The secondary reviewer need not describe the educational and work background of the applicant nor summarize the performance of the applicant, but they must provide their own independent evaluations of the impact and recognition the applicant's work has garnered in each of the three missions of the University: research, teaching, and service.

Both primary and secondary reviewers should use the Standard on faculty appointment, promotion and tenure to write their reviews in the format directed herein.

Description

Include:

  • degrees, year earned, University conferring it
  • academic experience, ranks/roles, schools, total years
  • clinical experience, roles, locations, specialties, total years
  • other relevant experience

Research

Include:

  • summary of performance (publications, count # and # first/sole/co-author; grants funded, source, topic; primary reviewer only)
  • evaluation of research performance in terms of impact and recognition*
  • awards, honors
  • goals for the next review period

Teaching

Include:

  • summary of performance (publications, count # and # first/sole/co-author)
  • courses taught, developed, coordinated, curricula developed
  • grants funded, source, topic (primary reviewer only)
  • evaluation of teaching performance in terms of impact and recognition (student & peer evaluations)*
  • awards, honors
  • goals for the next review period

Service

Include:

  • summary of performance (publications, count # and # first/sole/co-author)
  • details of service contribution
  • grants funded, source, topic (primary reviewer only)
  • evaluation of service performance in terms of impact and recognition*
  • awards, honors
  • goals for the next review period

External Reviews (not included in interim or post-tenure reviews

Include:

  • Name and affiliation, area of expertise
  • Statements from each reviewer
  • Summary of reviewer evaluations*

Summary

Include:

  • Summary of evaluation*
  • APT reviewer's overall recommendation*

( * Secondary reviewer only needs to complete these sections)

Contact Information

Primary Contact

Mary H. Palmer, APT committee chair

Mary R. Lynn, APT chair-elect

Important Dates

  • Effective Date and title of Approver: 8/17/2009 – APT Committee
  • Revised: 8/5/2013 – Graduate appointment statement removed
  • Revised January 22, 2019; 2/2020

Approved by:

Mary H. Palmer

APT committee chair