Success on the Tenure Track: Five Keys to Faculty Job Satisfaction

F: University of Iowa Tenure Dossier

* University of Iowa Tenure Dossier * Cathy Ann Trower The Tenure Dossier 1. It is the candidate’s responsibility, with the advice of the DEO (Departmental Executive Officer), to compile and submit substantive material for inclusion in the promotion dossier (the core of the Promotion Record) on or before the date specified in the college’s written Procedures governing promotion decision making. In the absence of such a specified date in the college’s written Procedures, the specified date will be September 1 of the academic year in which the promotion decision is to be made. 2. It is the responsibility of the DEO to advise the candidate in compiling material for the dossier, to complete the compilation of the dossier (and subsequently to complete compilation of the Promotion Record by adding materials to it throughout the departmental decision-making process), and to ensure to the greatest extent possible that the Promotion Record serves as a fair and accurate evaluation of the candidate’s strengths and weaknesses, and is not purely a record of advocacy for the candidate. The responsibility to advise the candidate in compiling the dossier material is not limited to the immediate period of the tenure and promotion review, but rather is an ongoing responsibility that begins when the faculty member is appointed to the department. 3. The dossier will contain the following, in the order listed unless otherwise noted. A current CV in the college’s standard format may be used in place of the individual items listed below, provided that either all the listed elements are contained in the CV or any missing elements are supplied separately: + a). the “Recommendation for Faculty Promotion” cover sheet, with the section that is to be filled out by the candidate completed (see Appendix B); + b). a record of the candidate’s educational and professional history (C.V.), including at least the following sections, preferably in the order listed: o (i). a list of institutions of higher education attended, preferably from most to least recent, indicating for each one the name of the institution, dates attended, field of study, degree obtained, and date the degree was awarded;Page 230 o (ii). a list of professional and academic positions held, preferably from most to least recent, indicating for each one the title of the position, the dates of service, and the location or institution at which the position was held; and o (iii). a list of honors, awards, recognitions, and outstanding achievements, preferably from most to least recent. + c). a record of the candidate’s teaching at The University of Iowa, including: o (i). the candidate’s personal statement on teaching, consisting of a summary and explanation—normally not to exceed three pages—of the candidate’s accomplishments and future plans concerning teaching, and comments on these accomplishments and plans and on other items included in the dossier related to teaching; o (ii). a list of the candidate’s teaching assignments on a semester-by-semester basis, preferably from most to least recent; o (iii). a list of graduate students, fellows, or other postdoctoral students supervised , including each student’s name, degree objective, and first post-graduate position; o (iv). a list of residents for whom the faculty member has provided substantial and prolonged supervision throughout all or most of their training program, including each student’s name and first post-residency position; o (v). a list of other contributions to instructional programs; o (vi). copies of course materials, including syllabi, instructional Web pages, computer laboratory materials, and so forth (see I.(B)(4)); o (vii). and, as an appendix to the dossier, copies of teaching evaluations by students for each course taught (the candidate will include all student teaching evaluations in her or his custody for each course taught) (see I. (B)(4)); + d). a record of the candidate’s scholarship, including: o (i). the candidate’s personal statement on scholarship, consisting of a summary and explanation—normally not to exceed three pages—of the candidate’s accomplishments and future plans concerning scholarship, and comments on these accomplishments and plans and on other items included in the dossier related to scholarship; o (ii). a list, preferably from most to least recent, of the candidate’s publications or creative works with, for each multi-authored work or coherent series of multi-authored works, a brief statement of the candidate’s contribution to the work or series of works; o (iii). a list of all published reviews of scholarship of which the...