Faculty Performance Record for
Promotion and/or Tenure Evaluation
Date:
Department:
Preparer(s):
I. Biographical Data
Name:
Year of Birth:
Year of First UMD Faculty Appointment:
Type of Current UMD Appointment (A, B / T, N, E, F, etc.):
Present Rank:
Date of Present Rank at UMD:
Date of Tenure (if applicable):
Action Recommended:
II.
III.
Year(s)
A. Graduate
B. Undergraduate
C. Other
V.
Major
Degree Earned
Professional Experience
List most recent first. Include UMD experience.
Employing
Institution
IV.
Institution
Title of
Position
Primary
Responsibility
Dates
(Inclusive)
Professional Recognitions, Honors, and Distinctions
List most recent first; include significant undergraduate and graduate honors.
Teaching and Advisement
A. List courses taught during the past two academic years, giving contact hours and
number of students in the class. If the assignment involves an unusual challenge or
different preparations, explain.
B. Titles of courses taught at the college level during past five years. Designate those
developed by the candidate.
C. The department head or designate should prepare a summary of the student
evaluations of a representative sample of courses, at all levels taught by the candidate
over a number of years.
1. Prior to spring semester 2008, if the Small Lecture or Large Lecture Student
Evaluation Form was used, a summary of responses to questions number 2, 13,
14, 25, and 26 is requested.
Example, prior to spring semester 2008:
Question 2: The instructor inspired interest in the subject
Range: 1 (very strongly disagree) to 6 (very strongly agree)
Course
Geol 1110
Semester & Year
F 05
F 06
F 07
Responding
137
160
148
Mean
5.2
4.9
5.5
Geol 3100
S 06
S 07
17
24
4.8
5.0
2. The current UMD Student Evaluation Form has been in use since spring semester
2008. If the current form was used, department heads should include the average
results of each of the five groupings of questions from the new evaluation form.
Example, spring semester 2008 and later:
Group B: Articulating Expectations and Assessing Learning (Questions 4, 5 & 6)
Range: 1 (very strongly disagree) to 6 (very strongly agree)
Course
Geol 1110
Semester & Year
F 08
F 09
Responding
137
160
Mean
5.2
4.9
Geol 3100
S 08
S 09
S 10
17
24
4.8
5.0
3. If other forms have been used, a clear, detailed summary of student evaluations of
the instructor’s presentation, adequacy and fairness of tests and grading,
availability for extra help, and overall teaching ability should be included.
4. Actual results for individual courses should be included in the archival material.
D. Summary of peer evaluations of teaching.
E. Other pertinent information about his/her classroom teaching. Include teaching
innovations, curriculum planning, etc.
F. Grants and awards pertinent to teaching and curriculum and/or program development.
G. Undergraduate advising. Include average number of undergraduate advisees per year,
and number of undergraduate research students (e.g., UROP, UGRA, research
fellowships, etc.). Do not duplicate information given in section V, category C
above.
H. Graduate advising. Include number of advisees, number of graduate advisees (Plan A
and Plan B), and number of examining committee memberships.
I. Teaching-related activities or responsibilities outside the classroom. Include outreach,
liaison with other groups, activities to enhance the learning environment, etc.
VI.
Scholarly Activities
A.
Scholarly Writing
All publications should be listed with full citation. Please refer to Section 2 of the
Guidelines for Completion of the Faculty Information Record for examples.
1. Books
2. Publications in Professional Journals
3. Notes, Book Reviews, and Abstracts
4. Other
B.
Other Scholarly Activities
1. Papers read at professional meetings since date of last promotion
a) National
b) Regional
c) Local
2. Attendance at professional meetings since date of last promotion
a) National
b) Regional
c) Local
3. Membership in professional societies. Indicate dates of membership.
4. Offices held in professional societies since date of last promotion. Give society,
office held, and year.
a) National
b) Regional
c) Local
5. Research activities since date of last promotion
a) Research grants, contracts, awards. Include date(s) awarded.
b) Other research activities
6. Consultantships, lectureships, and editorial work since date of last promotion
(referee, editorial board, etc.) Include year(s) of service.
7. Other scholarly activities since date of last promotion. Include outreach.
VII.
Service
Include committee assignments and administrative positions such as departmental
headships since date of last promotion; state dates of service. If any of this service
entailed extraordinary assignments or time commitments, please indicate.
A. Professionally related service, outside the University, since date of last promotion.
1. Local
2. State
3. National
4. International
B. University
1. All University
2. All-UMD
3. SCSE
4. Department
C. Community
D. Other service activities. Include outreach.
VIII. Performance at Another Institution
If the candidate uses service at another institution in support of the tenure request,
documentation concerning the quality of this previous service shall become a part of
the file. Include a description and evaluation of previous service if this is to be used
in support of a tenure request.
IX.
Supplementary Information not Covered by Other Categories