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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
WELCOME
Associate Professor P&T Workshop
Transitioning from Associate to Full Professor
April 23, 2015
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Powerpoints are available on CALS webpage
Click on: Information for Faculty/Staff
Click on: Promotion & Tenure
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Faculty Handbook Section 5.2.3.3
Professor: • recognized by his/her professional peers within the
university, as well as nationally and/or internationally, for the quality of the contribution to his /her discipline.
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Faculty Handbook Section 5.2.3.3Must demonstrate:• National distinction in scholarship, as evident in
candidate's wide recognition and outstanding contributions to the field or profession
• Effectiveness in areas of position responsibilities• Significant institutional service• Contributions of appropriate magnitude and quality
and likelihood of sustained contributions to field, profession, university
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Faculty Handbook Section 5.2.3.3
• No set time-line • Entire academic career must be considered• Recommendation also based on assessment of
record, since the last promotion, regardless of the institution that granted the promotion
• Contributions of appropriate magnitude and quality and demonstrated ability to sustain contributions
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Time in Rank?
The average length of time spent in rank as an Associate Professor in CALS:
6.5 years (range 3 – 26 years)
(based on 30 CALS candidates from 2004 – 2011)
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Number of refereed publications?
Average number of refereed journal publications completed by candidates for Full Professor
19 (range 10 – 35)
(based on 20 CALS candidates from 2004 – 2008)
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Portion of PRS devoted to research?
The range was 25% to 90%
•Faculty with higher levels of teaching and/or extension responsibility are promoted as frequently as those with higher levels of research responsibility
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Digital Dossier
Tab 1: PRS and CVTab 2: Portfolio SummaryTab 3: Department EvaluationsTab 4: College EvaluationsTab 5: External Evaluations
Evaluation Product
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P&T Vita
– Listing of activities and accomplishments in:
• teaching and learning• research and discovery• extension and outreach• service (professional and institutional)
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Portfolio – 25 pages– Evidence of quality, reputation and impact– Faculty Handbook:
• Faculty Portfolio should…– provide a clear understanding of the candidate’s
accomplishments within scholarship and his or her areas of faculty activities
– include “an overall statement of the candidate’s accomplishments in scholarship as they relate to teaching, research/creative activities, and extension/professional practice.”
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Critical Presentation Issues
1.Journal citations2.Supervision of graduate students3.Student evaluation of teaching4.Sponsored funding5.Research output and impact6.Journal characteristics and impact
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• Smith, E.*, J. Jones, S. Frank, and T. Ralphini. (2010). Potential Impact of climate change on riparian management systems in Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol 14, 17-24.
– This is a standard citation as it would appear in your vita.
– For you promotion vita…
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• Smith, E.*, J. Jones, S. Frank, and T. Ralphini. (2010). Potential Impact of climate change on riparian management systems in Iowa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol 14, 17-24.
– Role: Jones [the candidate] supervised Smith’s PhD research, provided concept, analysis and interpretation of results, and editing of manuscript. [contribution: 25% concept; 30% analysis; 30% writing and editing]
– Significance: This is the first paper to address . . .
– * MS, Ph.D. Post Doc or Research Associate supervised by J. Jones.
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Supervision of Graduate Students
Graduate student advising– Describe the general departmental practice
in graduate advising– MS and PhD
• In progress: names, dates, your role• Completed: names, dates, placement
Table: Student Evaluation of Teaching
Sem.
& Yr.
Course
#
Total
Enrollment
%
responding
Overall rating of
instructor
Dept mean for
comparable courses
Overall rating of course
Dept mean for
comparable courses
Fall
2013ABC 218
70 94% responded
4.5 4.0 4.3 4.0
Scale: 1 = Very Poor, 5 = Very Good
NOTE: This scale is now required for all reporting on Student Evaluation of Teaching
College of Agriculture and Life SciencesProvost Visit to CALSSeptember 14, 2007
Portfolio: Illustrating Sponsored Funding
Cumulative Funding 000$
Figure 4. Cumulative funding as principal investigator and co-investigator
College of Agriculture and Life SciencesProvost Visit to CALSSeptember 14, 2007
Portfolio: Summarizing Research Output & Impact
TABLE 6. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH GRANTS BY AREA, GRANT AMOUNTS AND WORK PRODUCTS.
Program No. of Amount Graduate Refereed Abstracts & Reports &
Area Projects $ Mil. Students Journal Articles Proceeding Book Chpts
Riparian Buffers 6 $5.5 8 6 10 2
Vegetative Environ
Buffers 3 $2.75 5 5 8 1
College of Agriculture and Life SciencesProvost Visit to CALSSeptember 14, 2007
Portfolio: Summarizing Output & Impact
Table 5. Summary of journal characteristics for candidate’s refereed publications (agroforestry, biomass/bioenergy, & forest economics) from 2007 to present. Total: 18.
Journal, Affiliation Acceptance Rate Articles Published Impact Factor* Cited Half-Life*
Agroforestry Program
Agroforestry System 50% 7 1.5 >10
Premier scholarly journal in agroforestry
Forest Economics Program
Forest Science, Society of American 60% 3 3.6 9.5
Foresters, The top journal, Internationally
renowned, journal dedicated to forest
research & policy analysis
* Impact Factors & Cited Half-Life from ISI Web of Knowledge (Thomas Reuters) as of 4-15-2015
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NEXT:
Dr. Cathy Kling, Professor and Director Department of Economics and CARD