Timeline

• The tenure-track faculty member's Chair or Dean will appoint a Tenure-Track Faculty Mentor. Non-tenure-track faculty members will also be assigned an Official Faculty Mentor.

• The VPAA's Office will create a Google Folder for each new faculty member. That folder will serve as the template for the faculty member’s draft folder as they gather material for their future Third Year Review.

• The Chair or Dean will appoint the Third Year Review Committee

• The Third Year Review Committee chooses a Chair

• The Third Year Review Committee notifies Tenure & Promotion of the Committee's members and Committee Chair

The Tenure-Track faculty member will submit the eDossier to the VPAA's Office.  

• The VPAA's Office will share the candidate's eDossier with the Chair of the Third Year Review Committee and the Committee members.

• The Chair of Tenure & Promotion sends the Third Year Review Committee Chair the Tenure-Track Evaluation Form and all other necessary documentation.

• The Third Year Peer Review Committee Chair will validate the candidate's dossier against the tenure criteria.

• The Committee will evaluate the eDossier, and the Committee Chair will write a documented review with recommendations, based on the findings.

• The Committee will then meet with the Tenure-Track faculty member under review to discuss the documented review with recommendations.

• The Chair of the Third Year Review Committee will deliver electronically to the VPAA's Office the documented review with recommendations

• The VPAA's Office will then share the eDossier, along with the documented review with recommendations, with the Chair or Dean.

• The Division Chair will evaluate the eDossier and the documented review with recommendations and write a report, which will be shared electronically with the VPAA's Office. The Dean of the School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Programs may also share their evaluation of a candidate with the VPAA's Office at this time. 

• The School Dean will evaluate the eDossier and the documented review3 with recommendations and make a recommendation which will be shared electronically with the VPAA's Office

• If the VPAA decides to renew the Tenure-Track Faculty Member's contract, the VPAA will meet with the Chair and/or Dean, the Tenure-Track Faculty Mentor, and Tenure-Track Faculty Member at the conclusion of the review process to discuss the results of the review and make recommendations for successful continuation in the tenure-track program.

• The VPAA will inform the Tenure-Track Faculty Member, the Chair, and the Dean if the Tenure-Track Faculty Member's contract is not being renewed for a fifth year.