UCTP ORIENTATION FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION CANDIDATES April 30, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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UNIVERSITY OF

South Carolina

UCTP ORIENTATION FOR TENURE AND PROMOTION CANDIDATES

April 30, 2019 Audrey Korsgaard, Chair

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II South Carolina

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

  • UCTP Composition and Aims
  • Timeline and Process
  • Importance of Criteria
  • Candidate and Unit Chair Responsibilities
  • Some Advice
  • Information Sources
  • Q&A
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II South Carolina

THE UCTP

  • Who are UCTP?
  • 24 full professors elected and appointed
  • Member responsibilities
  • Review all tenure and promotion files
  • Fair and rigorous adherence to procedure and criteria
  • Advisory
  • Review and approve Unit T&P Criteria and

Procedure

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TIMELINE FOR 2019-2020

  • For calendar and timelines, see

https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/provost/faculty/tenure/t enureclockcalendars.php

  • “Regular” Calendar
  • Tenure and promotion to associate files
  • Submitted in fall 2019, decided in spring 2020
  • Mid-year Cycle
  • Promotion to full and anyone hired on January 1
  • Submitted in beginning of 2020, decided at end of 2020
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FILE REVIEW PROCESS

  • Primary File (Candidate)
  • Teaching Summaries (Unit)
  • External Reviewer Letters

(Unit)

  • Unit Tenure and Promotion

Committee Ballots

  • Chair’s Letter
  • Dean’s Letter
  • Provost’s Letter
  • UCTP vote
  • Meeting between President,

Provost and UCTP

  • President’s decision
  • Board of Trustees approval
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THE T&P AUTHORITY

  • For tenure and promotion to associate professor
  • The criteria in place at point of hire
  • The faculty manual at point of hire
  • For promotion to full professor
  • The criteria in place in year of submission
  • The current faculty manual
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CANDIDATE’S RESPONSIBILITY

  • Preparation of primary and secondary files
  • Use the University template available at:
  • Consult http://www.sc.edu/tenure/ for forms and guidelines
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UNIT CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Teaching summary of ratings and of

comments

  • Peer Reviews of Teaching
  • Example of letter sent to external

reviewers

  • External reviewers list of names and

affiliations

  • External reviewer letters and

abbreviated CVs

  • Ballots with justifications
  • Updated vote summary form with

votes

  • Other letters and updates to the file
  • Uploading the file to Blackboard
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SOME ADVICE

  • Fully familiarize yourself with your unit’s T&P criteria and

procedures

  • Craft your personal statement to your unit’s standards
  • Coordinate with your unit T&P chair
  • MOEs, Joint appointments and family and medical leave
  • If you have a question, don’t hesitate to contact the UCTP

chair

  • Be proactive, you are ultimately responsible for your file
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INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

  • One stop for all things tenure and promotion:

http://www.sc.edu/tenure/

  • Faculty manual

http://www.sc.edu/policies/facman/columbiamanual.shtml

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UCTP CHAIR 2019-2020 PROFESSOR MICHAEL STOELTZNER PHILOSOPHY

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QUESTIONS?