
Overview of TeP Process for Tenure and Promotion in Academic Institutions
Learn about the TeP process for tenure and promotion at academic institutions, including the application submission, review, voting, scoring, interviews, and final recommendations. Understand the roles of the TeP committee members and the chair in evaluating candidates and making decisions regarding tenure and promotion.
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TeP Session Catherine Prudhoe (cprudhoe@wcupa.edu) Early & Middle Grades Education 309C Recitation Hall
Current TeP Committee CAS Sandra Kerr Psychology Tony Nicastro - Physics CBPM Amanda Olejarski Public Policy Administration Thomas Miller Economics & Finance CAH Vicki Tischio English Sally Van Orden Art & Design
Current TeP Committee CHS Alison Gardiner-Shires Sports Medicine Deborah Mandel Nursing CESW Nadine Bean Graduate Social Work Catherine Prudhoe (Chair) Early & Middle Grades Non-Classroom Kristin Mehr Counseling Center
TeP Process By 11/1 Applicant submits application on OnBase 12/22 TeP Chair gets access to applications TeP Chair checks all applicants electronic binders for completeness and forwards them to committee TeP members begin reading electronic binders of tenure and promotion candidates over winter break TeP begins meetings in spring semester to discuss tenure applicants
TeP Process After all tenure applications are reviewed, TeP members vote Yes or No on each applicant TeP chair compiles votes and shares results with the committee TeP committee discusses discrepancies, if any, in tenure votes TeP members vote again on discrepant applicants, if necessary
TeP Process TeP committee begins discussing promotion applications Assistant Professor Associate Professor Full Professor TeP members score each candidate in each area on a 100-point scale and submit scores electronically for compilation of median scores TeP committee discusses any discrepancies in scoring
TeP Process TeP Interviews 15 minutes for each applicant over two or three days in late March o TeP committee meets again to discuss applicants following interviews and finalize tenure and/or promotion recommendations TeP chair mails tenure recommendations to applicants and submits recommendations to President by April 1 If TeP does not recommend for tenure when 2 other recommendations were for tenure, the TeP chair will send a letter to applicant explaining the basis for the committee s recommendation In this case, applicant may submit a letter of rebuttal to the President by April 15th
TeP Process TeP chair mails promotion recommendations and median scores to applicants and submits same to the President by April 15 A median score of 85 or higher is required for a recommendation for promotion If TeP does not recommend for promotion when 3 out of 4 other recommendations were for promotion, the TeP chair will send a letter to applicant explaining the basis for the committee s recommendation In this case, the applicant may submit a response to the President by May 8
TeP Process TeP meets with the President and Provost to discuss tenure recommendations President makes tenure decisions and sends letters to applicants TeP meets with the President and Associate Provost to discuss promotion recommendations President makes promotion decisions and sends letters to applicants
TeP Process Unsuccessful applicants may meet with the TeP chair and committee members to discuss their application Applicants are notified to pick up any hard copy materials from the TeP room
Suggestions Vita Date of hire/promotion Categories for scholarly work Begin Scanning SRIS and Annual Evaluations Narrative Page limits 6, 5, 5 Clear/Concise/Explain Decide where items belong Non-classroom faculty committee work Consultations scholarship or service Do the interview with TeP