The route to tenure is highly individualized, not only because expectations differ across departments and colleges but also because faculty members can demonstrate excellence in a variety of ways. For this reason the Center\u2019s Faculty Development Office offers a customized, confidential process to enable probationary faculty to develop and make use of a tenure and promotion (T & P) strategy. Together the consultant and faculty member will determine goals, identify what is going well and what might merit attention, and develop strategies for making the needed changes.<\/p>\n
Probationary faculty may choose from several highly-targeted, short-term consultation approaches to address specific goals, or seek a more comprehensive overall assessment. In either case, formative feedback is the goal. The Faculty Development Office will not provide official, summative feedback of any sort to be cited in the T & P portfolio itself or in any personnel files. All feedback is confidential and is designed to assist the faculty member in improving performance over time.<\/p>\n
Good times to schedule a pre-tenure consultation are one year before pre-tenure review or immediately following pre-tenure review. Space for these consultations are limited. <\/p>\n