Promotion Policies for Clinical Faculty - College of Education

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Promotion Policiesfor Clinical Faculty

Jim Lehman

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty DevelopmentCollege of Education


Key University Documents

• Clinical Faculty University Policy (VI.F.10)http://www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/vif10.html

• Provost’s Memo for Clinical Facultywww.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Memo-on-Promotion-and-

Tenure-WL-Campus-2016-17AY_Panels%20BC_04062016.docx

• President’s Office Form 36 Instructionshttp://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Form-36-INSTR-2016-

17AY.docx

• Provost’s Site: http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/promotionandtenure.html

http://www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/vif10.html

http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Memo-on-Promotion-and-Tenure-WL-Campus-2016-17AY_Panels BC_04062016.docx

http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Form-36-INSTR-2016-17AY.docx

http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/promotionandtenure.html


Key College and Department Documents

• EDCI Clinical Faculty Guidelineshttps://collaborate.education.purdue.edu/edci/fhb/Section%207%20%20Travel%20and%20Reimbursement/Clinical_Professional_Guidelines.pdf

• EDST Clinical Faculty Guidelinesnot currently online?

• COE Promotion and Tenure Policies, Procedures, and Criteriadraft version slated for fall adoption

https://collaborate.education.purdue.edu/edci/fhb/Section 7 Travel and Reimbursement/Clinical_Professional_Guidelines.pdf


Preparing a Promotion Document

Tips for Clinical Faculty


President’s Office Form 36

• President’s Office Form 36, with narrative, is submitted when a faculty member is considered for promotion and/or tenure.https://www.purdue.edu/provost/documents/FORM36-2014-15AY.DOCX

• The instructions for completing the Form 36 are a de facto guide for how to structure your document, which is essentially a vita with some narrative added.http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Form-36-INSTR-2016-17AY.pdf

https://www.purdue.edu/provost/documents/FORM36-2014-15AY.DOCX

http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/documents/Form-36-INSTR-2016-17AY.pdf


Basic Document Layout

• Part I: Form 36 (serves as cover page)

• Part II

– Executive Summary

– General Information

– Major Categories/Vitae + Narrative

A. Discovery

B. Learning

C. Engagement

– External Letters of Review

About 2-3 pages of narrative

defining the case goes here

Often short narratives begin

each of these sections


Actual Form 36

For clinical faculty,

learning will ordinarily

be the basis for

promotion


Executive Summary

• In most cases, a block of narrative is used to introduce the basis of the nomination.

• This narrative, typically 1-3 pages, describes the basis for the nomination, and usually includes a high-level summary of key accomplishments, e.g., numbers of publications, awards and recognitions, grants, teaching, course and pedagogical development, key forms of engagement.


General Information


Section A: Discovery (not required for clinical)

• Short overview narrative (usually)

• Published work, in categories

• Unpublished work: in press and submitted only

• Presentations, in categories

• Role in student research/mentoring (grad & undergrad)

• Grants and awards

• Current research interests

• Interdisciplinary activity

• Other, including editorial and reviewer activity

Refereed articles are tops

Prescribed format

Work in progress can go here


Section B: Learning (emphasis for clinical faculty)


• Courses taught in past 3 yrs and evaluations

• Course administration in past 3 yrs

• Course and curriculum development

• Preparation of instructional materials (non-trivial)

• Experimentation in teaching methods (non-trivial)

• Special activities and training related to teaching

• Recognition from students and other student impact

• Other evidence of teaching excellence

Table

Emphasize

impact


Section C: Engagement


• Role in program and its administration

• Continuing education activities in past 5 yrs

• Studies supporting educational programs/translation

• Advising or recruiting students (other than section A)

• University and department service (e.g., committees)

• Service to professional organizations

• Other service: international programs, public service, professionally-related community service/consulting

• Other evidence of national recognition

May help support

a clinical case


Mentoring (a new focus)

• Discovery: research experiences with students, co-authorship, grad committees

• Learning: co-teaching with students, supervision of student TAs, special assistance in courses beyond routine

• Engagement: advising student groups, special activities (e.g., Boiler Gold Rush), other mentoring that may not fit elsewhere


Think about Impact

• Whatever the basis of your case, think about how to document the impact of your work.

• In Discovery, most faculty members construct a table of publication outlets that includes things like impact factors, acceptance rates, readership, etc. for their narrative.

• Citations are another measure of impact along with things like website downloads, requests for reprints, etc.


Think about Impact

• In Learning, impact may include things like numbers of students taught, courses developed, awards and recognitions, innovative teaching methods, etc.

• In Engagement, impact may include things like numbers of people reached via outreach programs, awards and recognitions, outcomes of role in service to university or professional organizations, etc.


Tell Your Story

• In the end, the promotion document let’s you tell your story.

• A good one is like a tapestry where the individual threads of your work weavetogether to form a holisticpicture of your contributions.


Questions?