Session A (annually) Year 1 – Fall: NEW TT and NTT faculty
Presented by the division (Division Director, Faculty Mentors, and Division P&T Committee Chair)
- Review division’s workload policy and standards.
- Review division’s and CAFNR’s Promotion & Tenure Guidelines for Tenured, Tenure Track, and Non-Tenure Track Faculty.
- Introduce the P&T process and deadlines.
- Share MU Development Programs in research and teaching and Support for Teaching offered by the Office of the Provost.
- Share CAFNR’s Peer Review for Enhancement of Instruction (Formative) and Peer Review of Teaching for Promotion & Tenure (Summative) guidelines.
- Discuss the importance and accuracy of annual reports and evaluations using myVITA.
Session B (annually) Year 2 – Spring: TT faculty (one year prior to mid-probation review), and Tenured faculty and NTT faculty planning to seek promotion in a year.
Presented by Associate Deans and P&T Committee Chair
- Discuss the importance and preparation detail of candidate’s mid-probation and final case packet.
- Review CAFNR’s Promotion & Tenure Guidelines for Tenured, Tenure Track, and Non-Tenure Track Faculty.
- Examine Provost’s P&T call information, including case packet requirements and formatting specifications.
- Examine the research, teaching, and extension data requirements.
- Discuss the need to review grant data accuracy with Division Director.
- Discuss the importance of external evaluations.
- Explain the RPT system (only for final case packet). Note that the RPT system does not pull data directly from myVITA.
- Invite: Faculty mentors, division directors, division P&T committee chairs.
Year 3 – Spring: TT faculty
- Mid-probation case packet submitted and reviewed.
Session C (annually) Year 4 – Fall: TT faculty (as needed or requested)
Individual faculty consultations with Associate Deans (may include the Division Director
- Discuss feedback from the mid-probation (3-yr) review and recommended adjustments to strengthen the case for promotion and tenure.
- Review preparation of candidate’s final case packet and the RPT system.
- Review submission timeline.
Year 5
- Candidate for Promotion & Tenure prepares final case packet.