Six-Year (Post-Tenure) Review

Deadline: March 1
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The Purpose of the Six-Year (Post-Tenure) Faculty Review:

  • Encompass a broader view of accomplishments in the preceding six-year (post-tenure) period.
  • Encourage long-range planning.

Instructions for the Faculty Member:

  1. Your department chair will notify you six months prior to the deadline for submission of the review materials for the Six-Year Faculty Review.
  2. After you are notified, submit the following to the department chair:
    1. Copy of the Annual Faculty Review form for the last academic year of the review period.
    2. An updated curriculum vitae and bibliography, in the UTMSH format.
    3. The completed Annual Faculty Reviews for the preceding five academic years (without the c.v.)
    4. Other supporting materials you deem important for the review (i.e., letter of invitation to lecture, serve on editorial board, etc.).

Instructions for the Department Chair:

  1. Notify the tenured faculty members to be reviewed six months in advance of the deadline for submission of the review materials.
  2. Conduct the Annual Faculty Review for the sixth year according to the Annual Review guidelines. You may add comments (optional) about his/her overall progress in the last six years.
  3. Submit the complete packet to the Office of Faculty Affairs, G420 MSB by the March 1 deadline.
  4. The School Faculty Review Committee will review the documentation provided and forward its evaluation to the Dean via the Office of Faculty Affairs.
  5. You and the faculty member will be notified by the Dean regarding the outcome of the review process.

Instructions for the School Faculty Review Committee:

  1. The tenured faculty member’s performance should be evaluated based on his/her Annual Faculty Reviews for the preceding six academic years and any supplemental materials submitted by the faculty member, the Departmental Peer Committee and the chair.
  2. Using the Six-Year (Post-Tenure) Faculty Review form, provide a written evaluation of the faculty member’s accomplishments in the broad areas of:
    • Scholarship
    • Teaching
    • Clinical Care
    • Service/Administration
  3. In the review, consider the goals, expectations, assignments that were agreed upon by the faculty member and the department chair.
  4. The Six-Year (Post-Tenure) Faculty Review form should be signed by the chair of the School Faculty Review Committee and forwarded with all supporting documentation to the Dean.
  5. The Dean will notify the department chair and the faculty member about the outcome of the review.