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 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">innovative</span> teaching and/or educational programs (e.g., e-learning modules, simulation activities).</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Utilizes</span> theory and evidence with innovative methods and technology to effectively facilitate student learning.</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Guides</span> students’ scholarly activities.</li>

                 <li>Mentors <span style="text-decoration:underline;">students in professional development</span></li>

             <li>Demonstrates <span style="text-decoration:underline;">effective teaching</span> in several courses within area of expertise.</li>

                 <li>Initiates the development and improvement of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">innovative</span> teaching and/or educational programs.</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Directs</span> student’s scholarly activities resulting in professional <span style="text-decoration:underline;">dissemination</span>.</li>

                 <li>Receives <span style="text-decoration:underline;">formal recognition</span> at local or regional level for effective teaching. </li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mentors</span> junior faculty and students in professional development.</li>

             <li>Assumes a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">leadership role</span> in curriculum/course development, implementation and evaluation.</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mentors</span> colleagues in professional development. </li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Supervises</span> students in the development of scholarship and professional service.</li>

                 <li>Recognition and documentation as <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Master Teacher</span></li>

                 <li>Demonstrates focused program of scholarship with <span style="text-decoration:underline;">external funding</span> potential.  </li>

                 <li>Demonstrates scholarly productivity, including publication of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">peer-reviewed manuscripts</span> and regional, national, and/or international presentations. </li>

                 <li>Demonstrates <span style="text-decoration:underline;">regional and beginning national recognition</span> for expertise and accomplishments in area of scholarship.</li>

             <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Secures external funding</span> for scholarly activities.  </li>

             <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Maintains</span> a focused program of scholarship with sustained scholarly output. </li>

             <li>Demonstrates <span style="text-decoration:underline;">national recognition</span> for expertise and accomplishments in area of scholarship.</li>

             <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mentors</span> junior faculty (instructor, assistant professor) and students in scholarly activity</li>

             <li>Demonstrates ability to sustain <span style="text-decoration:underline;">external funding</span>.</li>

                 <li>Is recognized as a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">national expert</span> for scholarly achievement.</li>

                 <li>Sustains a record of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">dissemination</span> of scholarly work with scientific and clinical impact.</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mentors</span> colleagues' and students' scholarly activities.</li>

                 <li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Leads activities</span> at the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">national</span> level to discover or translate nursing/healthcare science.</li>

                 <li>Participates as a contributing member of <span style="text-decoration:underline;">College of Nursing Committees and/or task forces</span>. </li>

                 <li>Participates in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">local or regional</span> activities to address health care issues. </li>

                 <li>Provides <span style="text-decoration:underline;">leadership</span> on College of Nursing, Practice Partner Committees, University Committees, Councils or Task Forces. </li>

                 <li>Leads regional (beyond state) or national professional organizations. Serves as an expert on <span style="text-decoration:underline;">regional (beyond state) or national</span> panels, review committees/councils, or journal editorial boards.</li>

             <li>Demonstrates sustained <span style="text-decoration:underline;">national or international</span> recognized service activities consistent with areas of excellence.</li>

               <li>Provides <span style="text-decoration:underline;">professional leadership</span> at national level.</li>

<p style="margin-bottom:15px; margin-left:15px;max-width:70em !important;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Continuous appointment (tenure)</span> - 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>

<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 write 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 A 1 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="text-decoration:underline; 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 <span style="text-decoration:underline;">innovative strategies</span> (e.g. simulations, e-learning modules) to deliver the course/clinical experience and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">impact on curriculum</span>. You may include a <span style="text-decoration:underline;">summary</span> 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;">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="max-width:70em !important;"><span style="text-decoration:underline; 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 “seed” to small intramural to extramural funding. Include your role/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;">If your focus of scholarly activity has changed—describe this but try 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline; 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;>CON:</span> 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">University Medical Center/the Nebraska Medical Center Hospital/University of Nebraska:</span> 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline; ">State of Nebraska:</span> 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Professional Organization:</span> 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline; ">Practice:</span> 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>