Tenure & Promotion Procedures- Documentation of Teaching
[6] Documentation of Teaching
Teaching performance is taken seriously in the appointment, promotion and tenure process, and failure to address it properly may jeopardize an otherwise meritorious case. Teaching performance should be documented thoroughly. Faculty personnel actions that require review by an Academic Area Advisory Committee must include the Teaching Portfolio. AR II-1.0-5 (Faculty Performance Review) states in section A, part 2:
"The extent and character of each faculty member's teaching and advising should be documented by a body of supporting materials regularly maintained and updated by the faculty member. For the University System, such documentation shall include a teaching portfolio as outlined in Appendix I."
That Appendix, as copied from the Administrative Regulation, is attached to this memo. The Teaching Portfolio applies not only to promotion and tenure, but also to faculty performance review. Parts of the Teaching Portfolio are voluntary and parts are mandatory. No one will be penalized for supplying the bare minimum, but the more information available, the better the chance the candidate has to demonstrate teaching and advising abilities.