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Standards for Tenured Faculty
Review, Department of Geoscience.
Approved by the faculty: April 2, 2003
Approved by the CLAS: May 8, 2003
Faculty in the Department of Geoscience are normally expected to have
a Post Tenure Effort Allocation (PTEA) consisting of 40% teaching, 40%
scholarship and 20% service. Short-term (typically 1-3 yr) deviations
from this norm may be authorized by the DEO to accommodate special situations,
subject to approval by the CLAS and Provost. The departmental expectations
for tenured faculty with a 40/40/20 PTEA are outlined below. Expectations
for other PTEA arrangements will be increased or decreased in proportion
to the variation of effort allocation from the departmental standards
in each area.
Departmental expectations are generally the same for associate and
full professors. However, full professors are expected to assume greater
responsibilities in departmental administration, departmental/collegiate/university
service, and undergraduate advising.
Teaching
A. Classroom teaching: Faculty are expected to follow CLAS
and Geoscience Department guidelines for instruction, regularly update
existing courses, develop new courses, teach to appropriately sized
classes, and abide by the CLAS-approved departmental system for evaluating
teaching loads (see Appendix). As indicated in that system, classroom
teaching for faculty should total 30 points per year, which is roughly
equivalent to three classes per year. With the approval of the DEO,
this amount can be averaged over a two year period. For example, 25
points one year can be followed by 35 points the next year, averaging
30 points over a two year period. Faculty are expected to provide
the DEO with appropriate syllabi for their courses every time the
course is taught, and hold a minimum of three hours of scheduled office
hours per week during the semester.
Specific teaching assignments for each semester are assigned by the
DEO in a consultation with the faculty member. Although a faculty
member's requests to teach a specific course will always be considered,
sometimes the needs of the departmental curriculum must take precedence
over individual proposals.
B. Teaching evaluations: Faculty must be evaluated using ACE
forms that include a set of standard questions specified by the DEO.
Tenured faculty are expected to have ACE scores with a median of at
least 4.0 on the department standard questions (especially for questions
involving effective teacher and overall course) averaged over a three
year period. Tenured faculty are also expected to have classroom observations
that reflect a positive assessment of communication skills, organization,
and content.
C. Undergraduate Advising: Tenured faculty are expected to
serve a minimum of one 3-yr term as a formal undergraduate advisor
and/or honors advisor (i.e., typically 15-25 students per year) in
Geoscience or Environmental Sciences every ten years.
D. Honors/Senior Thesis Advising: Faculty are expected to
supervise at least one undergraduate senior/honors thesis every 2-3
years.
E. Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar/Fellow Advising:
Faculty are expected to supervise (serve as the main advisor) approximately
2-3 active graduate students (who are making satisfactory progress
towards their degrees), or postdoctoral scholars/fellows per year.
Every three years, faculty are expected to be a member of at least
two graduate thesis or dissertation committees of students, whom they
are not supervising.
Substitutions:
(1) Efforts in Category C can substitute for points in categories
A, D, or E.
(2) Efforts in Categories D + E should total 10 points per year,
and low effort in one of these three categories can be compensated
by high activity in another.
(3) Low overall efforts in categories C + D + E can be offset by
additional classroom teaching so that the total number of teaching
points is approximately equal to 40 points for PTEA teaching effort
of 40%.
Scholarship
The scholarly record of tenured faculty is expected to show continued
development and growth, and increasing visibility during their career
through frequent publications in high quality peer reviewed journals
and external funding from highly competitive sources.
A. Quantity and quality of publications
Each year over a three year period, faculty are expected to average
the following publications:
a) one first-authored (or sole-authored) peer-reviewed article or
monograph in high or medium impact peer reviewed journals (categories
#1-3 below), and
b) one co-authored peer-reviewed article or monograph in high or medium
impact peer reviewed journals (categories #1-3 below).
Quality of publications (impact factors given below
refer to past three-year averages in ISI Journal Citation reports):
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highest = original research or reviews in very high
impact interdisciplinary journals [impact factors of >10, e.g.,
Science, Nature],
-
2nd highest = original research or reviews in high
impact national/international science journals [in upper third of
geoscience journals, i.e., with impact factors of 1.5-10],
-
3rd highest = original research or reviews in medium
impact national/international science journals & books [in middle
third of geoscience journals, i.e., with impact factors of 0.5-1.5],
-
4th highest = peer-reviewed local or specialized publications
(impact factors <0.5 or unranked, e.g., peer reviewed regional
journals, peer reviewed state survey publications, peer reviewed guidebooks,
etc), book reviews, or opinion-pieces,
-
lowest= lightly peer-reviewed or non peer-reviewed
publications (technical reports, abstracts, conference proceedings,
commission reports, popular articles).
B. Conference/symposium presentations
Faculty are expected to average a minimum of one talk or poster with
a published abstract in which they are first-author and speaker at
a national or international professional meeting per year over a three
year period.
C. External grantsmanship
Over a five year period, faculty are expected to be the PI on nationally
competitive grants totaling a minimum of $100K with the Geoscience
Department as the DSP department of record.
Note: Nationally competitive grants are defined as those from a highly
competitive research grant program administered by a national agency
with a rigorous peer review system (e.g. NSF, NOAA, DOE, EPA, DOD,
NASA grants). They are distinguished from less competitive subcontracts,
and from regional, state or industrial research grants and contracts.
At times when they have no active nationally competitive grants (as
defined above), faculty are expected to submit proposals through the
Geoscience Department for these nationally competitive grants at least
once per year.
D. Research assistants
It is the responsibility of faculty to generate grant funds in support
of undergraduate and graduate research assistantships, and postdoctoral
scholars.
Service
Faculty are expected to progressively increase leadership and service
to the department, the institution, and the profession during their
career. Tenured faculty are expected to engage in professional service
that reflects the visibility of their scholarship and teaching.
A. Department, College, University
Faculty are expected to perform service to the Department, College,
and University. This includes service on/chairing committees, including
Faculty Search Committees and Promotion & Tenure Committees and
participation in the administration of departmental academic programs.
It also includes service as DEO/Acting DEO. Associate Professors are
expected to serve on two or three Department, College, or University
committees per year (or equivalent administrative activities determined
in consultation with the DEO). Full Professors are expected to serve
on three or four Department, College, or University committees per
year (or equivalent administrative activities determined in consultation
with the DEO). Faculty are expected to attend committee meetings,
department faculty meetings, and talks in the department seminar series
during the fall and spring semesters, and respond promptly to requests
from the DEO or committee chairs.
B. Profession
Professional service is recognized as a marker of scholarly/teaching
visibility. It includes the following activities:
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Professional Society/ Commission officer etc.
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Editor/Associate Editor of a major journal
-
Editor of a peer-reviewed book/monograph
-
Editor of a Fieldtrip Guidebook/ Fieldtrip leader
-
Panel/Council Member
-
Scientific Commentator (TV,video)
-
Lectures/seminars at other institutions
-
Short-Course Instructor
-
Organizer of a professional symposium/workshop
-
Review of articles for major journals
-
Review of proposals for nationally competitive funding
agencies (e.g. NSF, NOAA, DOE, EPA, DOD, NASA).
Associate Professors are expected to participate in activities from
at least two of these categories per year, and full Professors are
expected to participate in activities from 3-4 of these categories
per year.
Faculty are expected to provide a detailed list of such service in
their Curriculum Vitae (e.g., numbers of manuscripts/grant-proposals
reviewed for specific journals/agencies, specific TV program and dates
aired etc.).
Substitutions: Efforts in Category A can substitute for efforts
in Category B, and vice versa.
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