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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Faculty Evaluation	Subsection: 4.2.7
Section 4.0 - Information	Originating Date: October, 1975
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Executive Council	Revised: October, 1997 Revised: May, 2003 Revised: November, 2007
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Policy

All faculty are evaluated at least annually by their Chair/Division Assistant Dean.

Multiple sources of data are used for faculty evaluations. At a minimum, annual evaluations are based on faculty self evaluation, student evaluation, and Chair/Division Assistant Dean evaluation. Other data, such as peer evaluation or evaluation by outside consultants, can be sought at the discretion of the Chair/Division Assistant Dean and/or the faculty.

To prepare for an annual evaluation, faculty members submit to Chair/Division Assistant Deans the following: 1) self evaluation; 2) student/course evaluations; 3) proposed future activity goals 4) updated C.V.

New faculty members are evaluated at the end of the first semester as well as the end of the year; the first semester evaluation typically is mentoring and counseling in nature.

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

For regular faculty (non-GA personnel), Chair/Division Assistant Deans make merit raise recommendations with rationale, including a completed performance appraisal, to the Dean.

Evaluation records are confidential. Chair/Division Assistant Deans 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.

Procedures

Annual Evaluation Meeting:

1. The period of evaluation typically is from March of the previous year to March of the current year in line with an approximately 12-month period.
2. The Chair/Division Assistant Deans orient newly-hired faculty to evaluation policies, procedures and forms at the time of their employment.
3. An annual evaluation meeting is held between the faculty member and the Chair/Division Assistant Dean for the purpose of discussing and completing the evaluation.
4. The faculty member contacts the Chair/Division Assistant Dean’s support staff to schedule a time for the evaluation meeting.
5. In advance of the meeting, the faculty member completes the Annual Faculty Activity Review form (and attaches copies of all course/student evaluations and an updated CV); collects and supplies any other documents the faculty desires to be included in the evaluation (e.g., peer evaluations, other documentation); and emails the packet to his/her Chair/Division Assistant Dean, who will consider the material and provide numeric ratings of the faculty member’s performance relative to each role function and a brief narrative evaluation summary.
6. The faculty member and Chair/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 Chair/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).
7. Chair/Division Assistant Deans provide faculty members guidance to improve in areas which have been identified as deficient or needing improvement.
8. The final written evaluation is dated and signed by the faculty member and Chair/Division Assistant Dean.
9. Faculty members have the opportunity to respond in writing to their evaluation.
10. Following the meeting, the Chair/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.