This is a standardized timeline, and therefore may not account for holidays and weekends. Please let the chair and business manager know if you will need any additional time because of a holiday or because a deadline falls on the weekend. We are working toward a hard deadline, and need to adhere to this timeline as strictly as possible.
See expedited timeline for information on expedited reviews for teaching professors.
A&S webpage on teaching professor reappointment
A&S FAQs for teaching professor reappointment
College of Arts and Sciences_Non-Tenure Track Reappointment Checklist
Reappointment and Promotion of Teaching Professors - Department Policy
A&S Guidance on Reappointments/Promotions (esp. see “Process”)
Note: Timelines are tentative and all dates, etc. are subject to change.
March: Dept chair appoints PUEC committee (three faculty members). PUEC members should review above links.
Mar/Apr: peer observation letters + classroom interviews, if needed. Should include at least two peer observation letters and one classroom interview in reappointment dossier.
Aug: PUEC chair emails committee PUEC letter assignments. PUEC committee members should submit a draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 1-3 days before the September PUEC meeting/vote.
August 15: Draft of candidate materials due to PUEC chair: cv, teaching statement, service statement and optional teaching materials. If submitting additional teaching materials (syllabi, additional course assignments and materials, etc), please send these in one pdf. (PUEC chair: see Guidance for PUEC).
August 25: PUEC chair submits feedback to candidate on materials.
August 30: Candidate submits final version of candidate materials to Karen: cv, teaching statement, service statement and optional teaching materials. Additional teaching materials (syllabi, additional course assignments and materials, etc), should be submitted as one pdf.
September: candidate should be given access to dossier (excluding confidential materials such as external and student letters).
mid-Sept: PUEC committee members should submit a draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 1-3 days before the September PUEC meeting/vote.
mid-late Sept: PUEC committee meets and votes on case. PEUC committee members should submit a final draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 2-5 days after this meeting.
October 4: PUEC chair sends draft of PUEC statement to department chair for review (chair should have at least one week to review). PUEC letter should include PUEC vote for teaching, service, and reappointment.
October 11: PUEC chair sends draft of PUEC statement to candidate to review for accuracy (candidate should have 3 business days to review).
October 15: Final version of PUEC statement due to department business manager.
October 16-23: Faculty review dossier and vote on case (vote is done by Qualtrics ballot, only faculty equal or higher in rank vote, PUEC members do not vote).
October 25: Draft of Chair’s letter due to canddiate to review for accuracy (candidate should have two days to review).
October 30: Chair’s letter due to business manager. Chair’s letter should mention a vote that includes the voting faculty and PUEC (e.g. "The department met on 12 September 2015 and voted 7-0-0; this tally includes the votes of the PUEC.") Letter should also include votes on teaching and service. Chair's letter should be addressed to the Dean of Division and should include desired reappointment option (A, B, or C).
November 1: Electronic dossier due to A&S (business manager sends). Before classroom interviews, include a cover sheet with the following: “Faculty member observing class met with students at end of class, after teaching faculty member had been excused. All students were asked to fill out classroom interview form, and all returned forms are included in dossier.”