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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Faculty Evaluation	Subsection: 4.2.7
Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies/Guidelines	Originating Date: October 1975
Responsible Reviewing/Approving Agency: Executive Council	Revised: October 1997 Revised: May 2003 Revised: November 2007 Revised: January 2015 Revised: February 2016
Related Documents: Appendix B Promotion and Tenure Policy 4.4.6

Policy

The purposes of faculty evaluation are the following:

• Review contributions to the tripartite mission: a) teaching, b) scholarship/research and c) service/practice
• Review/assist faculty development, including career advancement such as promotion and recognition
• Identify goals and strengths of individual faculty to better match the university mission
• Identify plans for growth (mentoring) and/or improvement
• Provide for an annual review of goal achievement

The designated administrators orient newly hired faculty to evaluation policies, procedures and forms at the time of employment.

All faculty are evaluated at least annually by their Division Assistant Dean or appropriate administrator. The administrators make merit recommendations with rationale, including a completed performance appraisal, to the dean.

Multiple sources of data are used for faculty evaluations. At a minimum, annual evaluations are based on faculty self-evaluation, student evaluations, and designated administrator evaluation. Other data, such as peer evaluation or evaluation by outside consultants, can be sought at the discretion of the designated administrator and/or the faculty. New faculty members are evaluated at the end of their first term of teaching, as well as the end of the year; the first evaluation is typically formative and focuses on mentoring and counseling.

To prepare for an annual evaluation, faculty members submit to designated administrator the following: 1) annual faculty self-evaluation form, 2) student evaluations and 3) updated curriculum vita (CV).

Evaluation records are confidential. Designated administrators have access to files of faculty whom they supervise. The dean has access to all faculty files. Faculty evaluations are kept in the official personnel file. Faculty also have access to their personnel files at any time.

Graduate or Teaching Assistants (GA or TA), whether teaching or performing other College of Nursing work such as research or practice, also are evaluated annually by their designated administrator or other appropriate supervisor. If appropriate, student evaluations are submitted to be considered in the evaluation.

Procedures

Annual Evaluation Meeting:

1. The period of evaluation typically is from January 1 to December 31 of the previous year in line with an approximately 12-month period.
2. An annual evaluation meeting is held between the faculty member and the Division Assistant Dean for the purpose of discussing and completing the evaluation.
3. In advance of the meeting, the faculty member completes the Annual Faculty Self-Evaluation form and updates their CV by the designated due date. The faculty member also collects and supplies any other documents to be included in the evaluation (e.g., peer evaluations, letters of support or recognition, other documentation); and emails the packet to his/her designated administrator. The administrator will consider the material and provide performance ratings of the faculty member’s performance relative to each tripartite mission role function and a brief narrative evaluation summary.
4. When faculty evaluation materials are completed, the faculty member contacts the designated administrator's support staff to schedule a time to the evaluation meeting.
5. The faculty member and Division Assistant Dean meet and discuss the evaluative materials presented in the Annual Faculty Activity Review form and set goals for the next academic year as well as plans for achieving the goals. In collaboration with their Division Assistant Dean, faculty members develop annual goals that are congruent with the CON strategic plan, and, as appropriate, consistent with plans for promotion and tenure (See Appendix A, Standards for Promotion and Tenure).
6. Division Assistant Deans provide faculty members guidance to improve in areas which have been identified as deficient or needing improvement.
7. The final written evaluation is dated and signed by the faculty member and Division Assistant Dean.
8. Faculty members have the opportunity to respond in writing to their evaluation.
9. Following the meeting, the Division Assistant Dean provides a copy of the signed evaluation materials to the faculty member, and places the original documents in the faculty member's permanent file in the Dean’s Office.