Insights on the Tenure Application ProcessNathan Grant Smith, Ph.D.Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology

The Lead-Up Keep your CV up to date!

Bookmark the Secretariat’s Office website for tenure forms, including key dates and instructions: http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/tenureandpromotion/tenure/forms/ Make sure you’re using the most up-to-date forms

If going up early, must speak to Chair/Dean/Director of Libraries (by April 15) Note that if tenure is not awarded, candidate will go up again at

normal time

Identify external reviewers Provide rationale for why they’re suitable: give a blurb about

their expertise, their accomplishments (similar to what you’d include in a grant application)

The Application Get examples from your unit

Use reappointment dossier as a starting point

Separate statements for research, teaching, and service Teaching does not go in the external file

Highlight your student’s accomplishments; their good work reflects positively on you Funding (CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC, etc.) Awards Leadership activities Note when you’ve published/presented with students

The ApplicationHave senior colleagues provide feedback

Compile Teaching evaluations Course outlines PDFs of publications Awards Service-related documents (e.g., masthead of

journals for which you serve on the editorial board) Anything else that provides evidence of your

success (e.g., funding notifications, newsletter articles, press coverage)

The MinutiaeBecome an expert at using Adobe Acrobat Pro

(Google should be your friend) Electronic portfolio requires separate PDFs for

each component int_SmithN_CV.pdf int_SmithN_TeachingPortfolio.pdf

Submit by putting all the files onto a flash drive These details come from the Secretariat’s website

The Follow-UpYou may add material related to research to

the tenure dossier until November 15 I did this via a cover letter outlining any new

presentations/publications with evidence attached

Then you wait (and celebrate being finished) Final decision comes in May

Thanks and Good Luck!Nathan Grant Smith, Ph.D.

514-398-3454

nathan.smith@mcgill.ca