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===Guidelines for Developing the Narrative Part for Academic Promotion and Tenure Application=== | ===Guidelines for Developing the Narrative Part for Academic Promotion and Tenure Application=== | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">'''Preparation of Narratives:''' Prior to developing your Narratives you need to discuss rank, tenure, and your specific areas of accomplishments (teaching, scholarly activity, professional service) with your supervisor. Also if you would like a | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">'''Preparation of Narratives:''' Prior to developing your Narratives you need to discuss rank, tenure, and your specific areas of accomplishments (teaching, scholarly activity, professional service) with your supervisor. Also if you would like a coach for the promotion and tenure application process, contact the Promotion and Tenure Committee chair.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Promotion and tenure application includes a two page prose description of the evidence supporting your accomplishments in each of the three areas. This is where you must really highlight your accomplishments to assist others reviewing your application to understand the significance of your contributions to the college, university, and profession. The narratives focus on the last 4-6 (associate) or 5-7 (professor) years, not your entire career. As you | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Promotion and tenure application includes a two page prose description of the evidence supporting your accomplishments in each of the three areas. This is where you must really highlight your accomplishments to assist others reviewing your application to understand the significance of your contributions to the college, university, and profession. The narratives focus on the last 4-6 (associate) or 5-7 (professor) years, not your entire career. As you prepare your narrative, be concise and state specifically your accomplishments and the impact you have had in the areas of focus (teaching, scholarly activity, or professional service). Prepare the narrative in chronological order to illustrate how one activity leads to the next so that any reviewer will be able to clearly see the sustained contributions or outstanding record.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The following are trigger points for you to consider when developing your narratives according to the three areas of evidence. Use Appendix | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">The following are trigger points for you to consider when developing your narratives according to the three areas of evidence. Use Appendix A1 listing of behaviors as guides that represent the level of achievement. Not all behaviors are required but the application for associate professor rank must demonstrate a sustained record of excellence and for professor there must be national recognition and outstanding achievements.</p> | ||
<p><span style=" | <p><span style="font-weight:bold;max-width:70em !important;">Teaching</span></p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Describe your contributions for identified courses and curriculum. Include | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Describe your contributions for identified courses and curriculum. Include innovative strategies (e.g. simulations, e-learning modules) to deliver the course/clinical experience and impact on curriculum. You may include a summary of student evaluations and/or statements that describe the quality of teaching. If there are some areas that the student evaluations identify as areas for improvement, state how you are trying to change these categories.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Research mentoring of DNP and/or Ph.D. students (your role/include number/ activities)</p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Research mentoring of DNP and/or Ph.D. students (your role/include number/ activities)</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Honors and teaching awards (e.g. UNMC Interprofessioinal Educational Academy of Educators)</p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Honors and teaching awards (e.g. UNMC Interprofessioinal Educational Academy of Educators)</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Note: Information for developing a teaching portfolio is available and detailed on the UNMC Academic Services website: http://www.unmc.edu/academicservices. A teaching portfolio is intended to help with documenting teaching activities that can be helpful for annual evaluations and in the development of the two-page narrative on teaching activities for Promotion and Tenure Committee review.</p> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Note: Information for developing a teaching portfolio is available and detailed on the UNMC Academic Services website: http://www.unmc.edu/academicservices. A teaching portfolio is not required, it is intended to help with documenting teaching activities that can be helpful for annual evaluations and in the development of the two-page narrative on teaching activities for Promotion and Tenure Committee review. . The Teaching Portfolio is Optional and is not submitted with promotion application materials.</p> | ||
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<p style="max-width:70em !important;"><span style=" | <p style="max-width:70em !important;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Scholarly Activity</span> is not limited to only basic or clinical research achievements but reflects the applicant’s contributions to the profession. Nursing scholarship is defined by the AACN as “the generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of knowledge that aims to improve health and transform health care” (AACN 2018) http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/defining-scholarship.</p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">Grants should demonstrate the sustained growth from | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">Grants should demonstrate the sustained growth from seed to small intramural to extramural funding. Include your role or contribution to each grant. Outcomes or publications are expected to be generated from grants and are the supportive evidence of the scholarly activity accomplishments. Grants that have been submitted but not funded may be included to show the early development and discuss the changes based on the grant evaluation comments. </p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">Presentations (paper or posters) may be an intermediate step for dissemination of findings but published articles with you as first author are preferable.</p> | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">Presentations (paper or posters) may be an intermediate step for dissemination of findings but published articles with you as first author are preferable.</p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">If your focus of scholarly activity | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">If your focus of scholarly activity changes over time — describe this change to demonstrate how one area lead to the next area or what you are contributing to the next area based on expertise (e.g. computer technology for data collection may have been expanded in a second project to include intervention delivery). Making connections between different projects will support a sustained or outstanding record.</p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;">Scholarly activities can be connected with a professional organization in terms of development or revisions of practice guidelines or organizing symposiums/conferences.</p> | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">Scholarly activities can be connected with a professional organization in terms of development or revisions of practice guidelines or organizing symposiums/conferences.</p> | ||
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<p style="max-width:70em !important;"><span style=" | <p style="max-width:70em !important;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Professional Service</span> includes service to the CON, the university, and professional organizations.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">'''CON:''' Description of committee functions and your specific role, scholarly outcomes from committee work or impact on the organization. Appointments to a task force or ad-hoc committees are included and describe the outcome from the committee in relation to the CON’s mission/vision and to university as a whole.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">'''University Medical Center/the Nebraska Medical Center Hospital/University of Nebraska:''' Identify the committee, contribution you made as a member or leader of the committee, and any specific outcome that was a important to any of the listed entities. It may be appropriate to connect the committee to strategic plan objective or new enterprise development</p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">'''State of Nebraska:''' Identify the committee, the contribution you made as a member or leader of the committee, and any specific outcome that was important to any of the listed entities. Include the significance of the committee’s function to the citizens of Nebraska.</p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">'''Professional Organization:''' Local, state, regional and national professional organization (appointed or elected) service is important to demonstrate sustained or outstanding contributions to the organization. Describe the significance of the committee to the organization and any recognition associated with the committee’s participation. </p> | ||
<p style="max-width:70em !important;"> | <p style="max-width:70em !important;">'''Practice:''' Individuals who engage in practice as part of their professional service will provide a description of exemplary contributions. Describe your practice include population served, role, and members of the team providing service (interdisciplinary). Describe any consultations and/or program development that exemplifies contributions to patient care focused programs for a targeted population. </p> | ||