CLAS criteria

From the full CLAS STANDARDS & CRITERIA FOR PERSONNEL EVALUATION which is attached below.

Teaching Effective teaching presumes and is demonstrated through:

• Active, vigorous engagement with students in the classroom and other learning environments

• Remaining current in the areas of teaching responsibility and revising coursework to reflect changes that emerge in those areas

• Careful course design, clearly articulated goals, and diligent class preparation

• Continual course development to enhance learning

• Clear communication with students

• Timely, fair and instructive evaluation of student work

• Dedication to students, including treating students respectfully and being available to them outside of class

• Thoughtful and effective development of curriculum

• Self-critique and personal pedagogical development

• Effective academic and professional advising

Scholarship

• Scholarly or creative activity that is subject to discipline-appropriate peer review and distributed outside of Grand Valley State University.

• Well-defined, focused goals for one’s scholarly or creative activity (these goals might address several distinct scholarly or creative areas).

• Continued growth and productivity within one’s scholarly or creative activity.

• Participation in the larger community of that scholar’s discipline.

• Active use of one’s scholarly/creative endeavor in the classroom.

• Engaging in scholarly work that is student-centered, actively engages students, and provides a high-impact learning experience.

Service Active, responsible citizenship presumes and is demonstrated through:

• Sharing in the collective work of the unit, college, and university by attending meetings, serving effectively on committees, and assisting with activities that help fulfill the unit, college, and university missions. Participating in these activities is an expected foundation to everyone’s annual workload, but is not alone sufficient to achieve tenure or promotion.

• Participation in events and activities that help create a vibrant university culture and foster an atmosphere of inquiry and learning.

• Involvement with their profession and community beyond the campus. Evidence of effective service may include:

• A record of active participation in faculty governance or other elected committees at unit, college and/or university levels

• A record of active participation in appointed committees, task forces, and duties linked to special assignments

• A record of active participation in volunteer committees and/or task forces

• Evidence of assessment, evaluation and/or development of curriculum

• Substantiated, active service advising student organizations

• A record of participation in student-centered events such as student recruitment, scholarship interviews, and student registration

• Letters of support from relevant colleagues (e.g. committee chairs, committee members, representatives from professional and community groups)

• Contributions of service linked to achieving the goals of the strategic plans of the unit, college and/or university

• Demonstrated service to professional organizations

• Tangible contributions to the local, regional, national and/or global community