04-06-21 — March 2004
FORMAT
Application for Reappointment, Tenure, and/or Promotion
[Approved by the Faculty Senate 4/98; revised 3/04; revised 8/11]
See Instructions for RTP Applications. Faculty handbook Ch. IV.D.5
Name of RTP candidate:
Department:
Personnel action applied for:
For example, Promotion to Professor, or Promotion to Associate Professor and award of
tenure, or Reappointment at the rank of assistant professor, etc.
Effective date:
End of current contract period
End of current academic year
I. Academic Status at UNCW
Present rank:
Effective date:
Previous rank(s) and date(s) at
UNCW:
Current employment status:
For example, Nontenured, third year of initial four-year appointment; or Nontenured,
second year of second three-year appointment; or Tenured, etc.
Special agreements or conditions (if any) affecting the length of service expected before a
mandatory RTP decision is made (attach a copy of that agreement):
II. Education
Institution Concentration
Dates
Degree
III. Professional History (other than UNCW)
Position/Rank
Institution
Dates
Unless there is an explicit reason stated, no items in Sections IV through VI should be
included more than once. All information should include pertinent dates. Supporting
documentation may be submitted.
IV. Contribution to Teaching
A. Required subcategories:
1. Courses taught (a non-chronological list of course numbers and titles)
2. Sample course materials (a small number of representative items is sufficient)
3. Summary of student evaluations
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This must include a "Report of SPOT Question 16 by Semester," prepared in a
standard format by the Office of Institutional Research.
In addition, the candidate may provide:
 additional SPOT reports received prior to the previous two-and-one-half
years, and/or
 his or her own qualitative interpretation of SPOT results.
However, any additional material must be appended to the officially prepared,
standardized SPOT report.
Candidates and chairpersons are discouraged from making statistical calculations or
quantitative analyses.
4. Summary of peer evaluations of teaching
5. Academic advising within the department
B. Optional subcategories:
If there are no items to be listed under an optional subcategory, simply omit that
subcategory. Number remaining subcategories sequentially.
1. Courses developed/revised/new to the individual or to the university
2. Special initiatives/incentives in teaching; cite specific examples
3. Efforts to improve teaching, evidence of self-learning, and evidence of
commitment to fostering the intellectual development of students
4. Grants and fellowships related to teaching at all levels including K-12
5. Honors, listings, or awards related to teaching
6. Membership in professional societies primarily devoted to teaching
7. Attendance at professional meetings or sessions primarily devoted to
teaching
8. Completion of continuing education, workshops, symposia, or other
specialized training programs primarily devoted to teaching
V. Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement
A. Required subcategories:
Each required subcategory must be listed. If there are no items to be reported under a
required subcategory, write "none."
1. Refereed publications (including juried or peer-reviewed performances,
exhibits, artistic works, productions or writings)
a. Published
b. Accepted for publication
c. Under consideration
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Give complete bibliographic references for materials already published or accepted
for publication.
Include letters from editors confirming works accepted for publication
List separately materials under consideration for publication.
List works in reverse chronological order, with most recent first.
2. Publications (or performances, exhibits, artistic works, productions or
writings) not listed in the refereed category (e.g., abstracts, book
reviews)
a. Published
b. Accepted for publication
c. Under consideration
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Give complete bibliographic references for materials already published or accepted
for publication.
Include letters from editors confirming works accepted for publication
List separately materials under consideration for publication.
List works in reverse chronological order, with most recent first.
3. Research grants or research fellowships
a. Awarded (include dates and amounts)
b. Applied for (include dates and status)
4. Grants or research fellowships for off-campus study or professional
development
a. Awarded (include dates and amounts)
b. Applied for (include dates and status)
5. Presentations (including readings, lectures) at professional meetings
6. On-going research projects, programs and goals
B. Optional subcategories:
1. Honors or awards for:
a. Research or artistic efforts
b. Professional development efforts
2. Membership in professional societies
3. Attendance at professional meetings
4. Supervision of graduate or undergraduate theses or extensive projects that
involve research or artistic efforts
5. Special research or artistic efforts (e.g., participating on a team at an offcampus laboratory, performing in a statewide orchestra)
6. Special initiatives in on-campus scholarly or professional development
7. Faculty engagement.
a. Research or artistic efforts related to engagement.
b. Grants awarded and applied (include dates and status) related to
engagement
c. Funded outreach, such as funding to public schools and STEM
involvement.
d. Technology Transfer and Patents.
e. Collaborative efforts with the community resulting in recognized
benefits for the public good.
f. Reviewed publications resulting from work in the community.
8. Continuing education, workshops, symposia, or other specialized training
programs attended or completed
9. Formal off-campus traineeships
10. Professional consultancies resulting in professional development
a. Paid
b. Pro bono
11. Other scholarly or professional efforts
VI. Service
A. Required subcategory: Service to the university
1. University committee memberships, leadership positions, or administrative
duties
2. College or school committee memberships, leadership positions, or
administrative duties
3. Department committee memberships, leadership positions, or administrative
duties
B. Optional subcategories:
1. Service to the university
a. Student counseling; student advising other than routine work with
department advisees (as in the Center for Academic Advising, clubs,
campus groups, etc.)
b. Other service to the university
2. Service to professional or scholarly organizations
a. Leadership in professional or learned societies
b. Leadership in seminars or short courses taught to professionals in the
candidate's discipline
c. Professionally related activities (e.g., manuscript editor or editorial
board member, artistic juror, grant or accreditation reviewer,
advisor/leader/director in workshops or consultations)
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Paid
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Pro bono
d. Other professional service
3. Community service
a. Professionally related activities (e.g., boards, offices, presentations,
workshops, continuing education programs, newspaper or magazine
articles for the lay public)
i.
Paid
ii.
Pro bono
b. Other community service
VII. Chair's Evaluation
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Normally the evaluating officer is the department chair (or acting/interim chair). In
the case of the School of Nursing, it is the chair of the School of Nursing RTP
Committee. In the case of Randall Library, it is the chair of the Randall Library
Promotion Committee. In certain other cases, it may be the dean.
In all cases, the evaluation must be signed and dated by the evaluating officer.
If written departmental expectations for RTP decisions are required by the standing
policies of the college or school, include a copy.
A. Required subcategories:
1. Summary and evaluation of teaching that includes both student and peer
evaluation of teaching as well as all other aspects of evaluation so that no
single component of teaching evaluation is overweighted
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It is helpful to include commentary on the following components: student evaluation
of teaching, peer evaluation of teaching, annual evaluations, and documentation of
teaching-related activities.
Appendix J of the Faculty Handbook states "All RTP recommendations shall include a
qualitative interpretation of SPOT results by the department chairperson . . . ."
2. Summary and evaluation of research, scholarship, and artistic
achievement that includes a critical assessment of the value to the
discipline of the applicant's contributions
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It is extremely helpful to include a characterization of the quality of journals in which
the candidate's publications have appeared.
Also very useful is a description of appropriate criteria for evaluating scholarly or
creative work within the discipline of the candidate. (Many professional
organizations now have published definitions of scholarly and professional work in
their fields.)
3. Summary and evaluation of service
B. Optional subcategories:
Although not required as part of the evaluation, the following are helpful to decision makers
who are external to the department.
1. An explanation of any special circumstances that, in the chair's
opinion, justify variation from the standards for promotion and/or
tenure stated in the Faculty Handbook.
2. Comments submitted by senior faculty (Paraphrased comments may
be used at the discretion of the chair. Neither quoted comments nor
the identity of the source may be included without the permission of
the senior faculty member being quoted.)
VIII. Certification
The evaluating officer shall:
A. Certify the names of senior faculty who were assembled and consulted
for this recommendation.
B. State the department's current definition of "senior faculty" as
determined by the chair and members of the department in
consultation with the dean (a copy of which must be on file in the
dean's office).
C. State the numerical vote of the assembled senior faculty (the number
for/against/abstaining; the officer shall not identify how individual
faculty cast their votes).
D. If a majority of the senior faculty has prepared a separate, elaborated
dissenting recommendation, insert that recommendation prior to
forwarding the dossier to the dean. That recommendation must be
signed by a majority of the senior faculty and should follow the same
guidelines for content as that of the chair.