CON Standards and Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure for Academic Rank: Difference between revisions

       <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">One area at assistant professor rank</td>

         <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Two sustained areas at associate professor rank</td>

         <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">One area at associate professor rank</td>

         <td style="border-top:solid 1px;border-right:solid 1px;" valign="top" width="25%">Two sustained areas at professor rank</td>

                 <li>Contributes to the development and improvement of innovative teaching and/or educational programs (e.g., e-learning modules, simulation activities).</li>

                 <li>Utilizes theory and evidence with innovative methods and technology to effectively facilitate student learning.</li>

                 <li>Guides students’ scholarly activities.</li>

                 <li>Mentors students in professional development</li>

             <li>Demonstrates effective teaching in several courses within area of expertise.</li>

                 <li>Initiates the development and improvement of innovative teaching and/or educational programs.</li>

                 <li>Directs student’s scholarly activities resulting in professional dissemination.</li>

                 <li>Receives formal recognition at local or regional level for effective teaching. </li>

                 <li>Mentors junior faculty and students in professional development.</li>

             <li>Assumes a leadership role in curriculum/course development, implementation and evaluation.</li>

                 <li>Mentors colleagues in professional development. </li>

                 <li>Supervises students in the development of scholarship and professional service.</li>

                 <li>Recognition and documentation as Master Teacher</li>

                 <li>Demonstrates focused program of scholarship with external funding potential.  </li>

                 <li>Demonstrates scholarly productivity, including publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts and regional, national, and/or international presentations. </li>

                 <li>Demonstrates regional and beginning national recognition for expertise and accomplishments in area of scholarship.</li>

             <li>Secures external funding for scholarly activities.  </li>

             <li>Maintains a focused program of scholarship with sustained scholarly output. </li>

             <li>Demonstrates national recognition for expertise and accomplishments in area of scholarship.</li>

             <li>Mentors junior faculty (instructor, assistant professor) and students in scholarly activity</li>

             <li>Demonstrates ability to sustain external funding.</li>

                 <li>Is recognized as a national expert for scholarly achievement.</li>

                 <li>Sustains a record of dissemination of scholarly work with scientific and clinical impact.</li>

                 <li>Mentors colleagues' and students' scholarly activities.</li>

                 <li>Leads activities at the national level to discover or translate nursing/healthcare science.</li>

                 <li>Participates as a contributing member of College of Nursing Committees and/or task forces. </li>

                 <li>Participates in local or regional activities to address health care issues. </li>

                 <li>Leads regional (beyond state) or national professional organizations. Serves as an expert on regional (beyond state) or national panels, review committees/councils, or journal editorial boards.</li>

             <li>Demonstrates sustained national or international recognized service activities consistent with areas of excellence.</li>

               <li>Provides professional leadership at national level.</li>

<p style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-left:15px;max-width:70em !important;">Continuous appointment (tenure) - Granting of continuous appointment may or may not occur at the same time as promotion in rank. Continuous appointment is an ongoing commitment for continuation of service between the University and the faculty member. In order to be considered for continuous appointment, a faculty member needs to demonstrate two sustained areas of accomplishment for the academic rank held by the faculty member and sustained in one area at the lower rank with evidence of progressively advancing scholarship.</p>