Common use of Merit Review Clause in Contracts

Merit Review. The department chair/director shall conduct an annual evaluation of every bargaining unit faculty member in accordance with the department's bargaining unit faculty member evaluation criteria established pursuant to Subsection (A). 1. In preparation for the chair/director's evaluation, all members of the bargaining unit shall submit to the chair/director a report of their teaching, scholarship, and service during the preceding calendar year by the end of week three (3) of the Spring semester. 2. For each area -- teaching, scholarship, and service -- the chair/director shall provide a written evaluation to the faculty member by the end of week eight (8) of the Spring semester and assign a rating of "unsatisfactory," "satisfactory," "meritorious," "outstanding," or "extraordinary." 3. Any member who disagrees with the chair/director's evaluation may send a written rebuttal to the chair/director by the end of week ten