MODULE 4 | GROW AS A FACULTY MEMBER

Navigate career milestones & development

Faculty Affairs

Promotion and tenure (P&T) is less a hurdle to clear than a structured framework, regular milestones designed to give you mentorship and feedback well before anything is final. Your work is evaluated across three pillars.

Teaching

Effectiveness and growth in educating and mentoring students.

Evidence: student evaluations, peer observations, course design context.

Scholarly Activity

Original, impactful contributions to your discipline or art.

Evidence: funding (GUR, UDRF), publications.

Service

Contributing to University governance and your broader profession.

Evidence: committees, departmental leadership, outreach.

Worth knowing early: evaluation isn't just data points. Your Teaching Narrative is where you explain the "why" and "how" behind your pedagogy, not just a list of classes and scores, the context for why your methods fit your students and discipline.

NAVIGATING THE FACULTY JOURNEY

Early Career

Annual Appraisals start every faculty member's year: begin the Faculty Appraisal and Planning Form in December, then meet with your chair in February or March to discuss the past year and set goals. Register for a Faculty Affairs workshop to prepare for this milestone.

Building Your Documentation

Peer Reviews happen at your 3rd and 6th years, a designated faculty reviewer gives detailed, actionable feedback across all three pillars, a chance to adjust course well before your final review. Matching this stage, skill building workshops help with the actual documents: the Peer-Review Short Course offers feedback on your narrative and CV, other sessions focus specifically on writing a strong teaching narrative.

Approaching Promotion or Renewal

The Year 6 and Year 13 milestones are the culmination of everything documented so far. Because the outcomes for CT and TT differ, your preparation for these milestones will differ.

The Dossier Short Course will prepare tenure track faculty for this milestone.
The CT Peer Review & Appraisal Writing Challenge will prepare continuing track faculty for this milestone.

Telling the story: your dossier and eBinder

Your Dossier, the full collection of your CV, narratives, and evidence, is managed through the eBinder system. Follow the University's naming convention guide for external letters, it keeps reviewers focused on your work instead of hunting for files.

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