Departmental Consultation. Committees
Departmental Consultation. Letters of Reference
Departmental Consultation. Before the end of the fall semester the portfolio shall be reviewed and discussed by the school/departmental ARTP committee which will prepare a written statement regarding the faculty member’s teaching performance and research agenda. This statement shall be forwarded to the Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee to be used during the consultation with the faculty member and will be included in the faculty member’s portfolio. During this consultation the Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee and the candidate shall review the peer observations and summaries of student evaluations as well as the faculty member’s plans for research. The Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee and the faculty member shall also review the summary statement from the departmental ARTP committee. During the consultation the Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee may make recommendations for improvement if necessary and may direct the faculty member to various services for teaching improvement or arrange for a departmental mentor. The Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee will prepare a short written summary of the consultation which will be included in the faculty member’s portfolio. After the inclusion of the summary statement in the portfolio the faculty member will review the portfolio and initial and date all items indicating that he/she has seen and read them. The faculty member may, if he/she chooses, provide a written response to the Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee statements for inclusion in the portfolio. In the spring semester after the student evaluations and faculty (peer) observations are completed the Department Chair or Chair of the ARTP committee and the faculty member shall review the observations and summaries of student evaluations as well as the faculty member’s progress in his/her research plan.
