Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
Contractual Requirements
The 2012-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement (Article 14, Section 3, pages 14-5 and 14-6),
application for promotion must include the following pieces of information (which may be used to help
demonstrate outstanding service):
 A cover letter
 A detailed and current curricula vita
 A letter of support from the chairperson of the candidate’s department
 Three (3) letters of reference or support from professional and/or academic colleagues
 For candidates seeking the rank of associate professor, a copy of the promotion and tenure plan
(including reviews)
 A narrative describing the candidate’s outstanding achievements in scholarship supported by
appropriate documentation. Please note that it is important to discuss the significance, rigor,
and value of scholarship within the narrative.
Department of Business Administration's Promotion & Tenure Principles
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Any provision of these promotion and tenure criteria, evidence and assessment will be null and
void if not in compliance with the 2012 - 2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement and subsequent
memoranda of understandings.
Evidence used to support the candidate’s application for promotion should generally be limited
to pieces of information regarding the candidate’s scholarly activity within the review period (the
review period is defined as the period since hire or previous promotion, whichever is more
recent), and that evidence should include information gathered throughout the full scope of the
review period.
Evidence that encompasses more than one category (i.e., teaching, scholarship/service/ service)
may be deconstructed into evidence listed in more than one area.
Evidence may be included from activities of the Shawnee Education Association.
Section 7 Article 2 [ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS] are not
to be taken into account in promotion and tenure decisions. Concerns about compliance that
cannot be resolved informally are to be addressed through Article 10 [COMPLAINT
RESOLUTION AN DISCIPLINARY PROCESS].
The workload to achieve promotion and tenure should be achievable within an average 40 hour
work week during fall and winter semester, excluding compensated assignments (e.g., overload),
consulting, and employment with other organizations.
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Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
Outstanding and substantial service may be demonstrated through the sources of evidence in the tables
below. Similar sources of information not listed here may also be used if appropriate.
To demonstrate SUBSTANTIAL service candidates must meet criteria 1 – 2.
OUTSTANDING service candidates must meet criteria 1, 2, [3 &/or 4].
Criteria
Source(s) of Evidence
1. Multiple Levels of
Service: There is
evidence of work at
multiple levels of service
(e.g., departmental,
college-wide, universitywide, Shawnee Education
Association, the Ohio
education Association, the
National Education
Association, the Ohio
Board of regents,
community, professional
organizations, etc.)
1) Service on committees, task forces, university as
documented by:
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Assessment
Minutes or products or
Statements from committee chairpersons regarding
the candidate’s participation and accomplishments or
Resolutions documenting level of service
2) Statements from faculty, department chairpersons, or
administrators attesting to the candidate’s informal service
activities (e.g., mentoring junior faculty, reading/editing
colleagues’ grants or papers, etc.)
3) Candidate reports of current and past service activity,
including status of any current service projects.
These reports shall include independent supporting
documentation [e.g., press releases] verifying the
assertions contained therein.
Met
Not Met
4) Verifiable curricular development products (beyond
normal work that is part of one’s regular teaching
assignments, e.g.: revision of a major or program,
development of a minor, collaboration with other institutions
on curricula, etc.)
5) Applying for or obtaining grants or similar financial
support that assists in fulfilling the mission of the
department, college, or university
6) Graduate's opinions about advising effectiveness and
style as demonstrated by letters of student support.
7) Service for the Ohio Board of Regents (e.g., Transfer
Assurance Guides)
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Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
2. Active Service: While it
is clear that much service
work occurs within the
existing committee
structure, it is expected
that the candidate will
demonstrate his or her
active service on the
committee. Active service
is defined as:
 Regular attendance at
meetings
 Prompt response to
email discussions and
requests
 Being consistently
prepared for meetings
 Efficiently completing
assigned tasks
1) Service on committees, task forces, university as
documented by:
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Minutes or products or
Statements from committee chairpersons regarding
the candidate’s participation and accomplishments or
Resolutions documenting level of service
2) Candidate reports of current and past service activity,
including status of any current service projects.
Met
These reports shall include independent supporting
documentation [e.g., press releases] verifying the assertions
contained therein.
Not Met
3) Obtaining grants or similar financial support that assists in
fulfilling the mission of the department, college, or
university by internal or external bodies (e.g., accrediting
organizations)
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Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
3. Increased Level of
Responsibility: Service
is sustained and ongoing
throughout the review
period with evidence of
increasing responsibility
(or sustained high-level
responsibility) throughout
the entire review period.
1) Minutes or products from committees, task forces, etc.
2) Statements from committee chairpersons regarding the
candidate’s participation and accomplishments
3) Statements from faculty, department chairpersons, or
administrators attesting to the candidate’s informal service
activities (e.g., mentoring junior faculty, reading/editing
colleagues’ grants or papers, etc.)
4) Candidate reports of service activities including
committees, task forces, special assignments, accreditation
activities, advising of student organizations, informal
service, service as a university representative to other
organizations, service as a chairperson of a committee, etc.
5) Verifiable curricular development products (beyond work
that is part of one’s regular teaching assignments, e.g.:
revision of a major or program, development of a minor,
collaboration with other institutions on curricula, etc.)
6) Obtaining grants or similar financial support that assists
in fulfilling the mission of the department, college, or
university by internal or external bodies (e.g., accrediting
organizations)
Met
Not Met
7) Assumption of a significant faculty position(s) within the
department, college, or university (e.g., major coordinator,
department chairperson, program leader, chairperson of a
committee, officer of a governance organization, director of
a program or center, etc.)
8) Assumption of a significant professional administrative
position(s) (e.g., national accreditation reviewer, program
review for professional organizations, editor of a journal,
elected position within a professional organization,
conference chair or organizer, etc.)
9. Ambassadorial outreach (e.g., supporting fund raising
efforts for the American Red Cross; mentoring high school
students in state competitions, etc.) to the geographic or
professional community in which SSU is directly or
indirectly represented.
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Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
4. Personal Responsibility,
Leadership, and
Attention: There is
evidence that a significant
portion of service is at a
level requiring elevated
personal responsibility and
attention (e.g., major
coordinator, department
chairperson, program
leader, chairperson of
university-wide
committee, officer of the
SEA, program director,
etc.).
1) Assumption of a significant faculty position(s) within the
department, college, or university (e.g., major coordinator,
department chairperson, program leader, chairperson of a
committee, officer of a governance organization, director of
a program or center, etc.)
2) Assumption of a significant professional administrative
position(s) (e.g., national accreditation reviewer, program
review for professional organizations, editor of a journal,
elected position within a professional organization,
conference chair or organizer, etc.)
3) Minutes or products from committees, task forces, etc.
4) Statements from faculty, department chairpersons, or
administrators attesting to the candidate’s high-level service
activities
Met
Not Met
5) Candidate reports of personal accomplishments within
high-level service assignments
6) Verifiable products resulting from candidate’s high-level
service appointment(s)
7) Obtaining or applying for grants or similar financial that
assists in fulfilling the mission of the department, college, or
university by internal or external bodies (e.g., accrediting
organizations)
The Department of Business Administration accepts and encourages inter- and multi-disciplinary work,
but a candidate is expected to demonstrate his or her independent, identifiable, and significant
contribution to the research team.
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Department of Business Administration
Promotion & Tenure Criteria: SERVICE
Evidence, and Assessment
As of April 29. 2014
Appendix -- Service that will generally not count towards tenure
1. Administrative Service for which the candidate receives course release time and/or additional
compensation.
2. Currently enrolled student’s opinions about advising effectiveness and style as demonstrated by letters
of his or her support.
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