Verification of Scholarly Practitioner (SP) Status
Turn this form in with your 2015 annual review
Instructions: All full time and part time faculty members in the College of Business (COB) are required
to document their faculty qualifications as part of their annual review and submit to the appropriate
department head. The faculty qualification determination is made annually on a 5-year rolling window
basis. Thus, information below should cover activities performed between January 1, 2011 through
December 31, 2015.
Name:
Position/Department:
Course(s) taught last year:
Section I: Initial Qualification of SP Status. Must meet ONE criteria in Section I to be scholarly
practitioner qualified. Check one box below according to how you meet the educational
requirement.
Initial PA Qualification Criteria
1. A master’s degree or other
graduate degree relevant to
the teaching area.
2. Professional experience
significant in duration and
level of responsibility
current at the time of hiring
and acquired during the
faculty member’s career and
before the faculty member is
designated as SP.
Yes
No
Verification (attach additional pages as needed)
List degree earned and date
List professional experience at time of hiring and attach
resume.
revised: 2/6/2016
Section II: Maintenance of SP Status. In addition to the factor in Section I, to achieve and maintain
scholarly practitioner (SP) status, a faculty member must have evidence of meeting the COB
criteria during the past five years. Check one box below according to how you meet the
intellectual contribution requirement. Consult categories of activities in the COB Policy
Manual under Section 4.1 Minimum Qualifications at
http://business.missouristate.edu/assets/business/COB_Policy_Manual_Last_Updated_6_10_1
5.pdf
Maintenance SP Qualification
Criteria
Two items from Category A
OR
One item from Category A and
two items from Category B or C;
OR
Yes
No
Verification (attach additional pages as needed)
List citations and attach copies of article(s) or acceptance
letter.
For Category A scholarship activities list citations and attach
copies of article(s) or acceptance letter. For Category B
scholarship activities and Category C professional
engagement activities, indicate which specific items you
have fulfilled.
For Category B scholarship activities and Category C or D
professional engagement activities, indicate which specific
items you have fulfilled.
Five Items from Category B, C,
or D
revised: 2/6/2016
Section III: Impact of Intellectual Contributions. AACSB Standard 2 requires a summary of
impact indicators resulting from the intellectual contributions produced by the faculty of
the School. In the space below is additional guidance on what this documentation may
include. Please provide evidence of quality and impact of your own intellectual
contributions. In this section you may provide information that includes your impact
prior to the current 5-year window.
You must complete this section. Attach additional pages as needed.
See Appendix to AACSB standards for a non-exhaustive list of possible impact indicators, including
publications in highly recognized peer-review journals, citation counts, editorship and associate
editorships, elections to leadership positions in academic and/or professional associations, external
recognitions for research quality, invitations to participate in research conferences, use of academic work
in doctoral seminars, awards of competitive grants from major national or international agencies, patent
awards, appointments as visiting professors or scholars at other institutions, case studies of research that
leads to the adoption of new teaching/learning practices, textbooks that are widely adopted, researchbased learning projects with companies, and/or non-profit organizations, and widely used instructional
software.
revised: 2/6/2016
Faculty Member Attestation
I agree to a review of this information by the department personnel committee. I certify that all
information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
__________________________________________________
Faculty member signature
__________________________
Date
Personnel Committee Review – Sign one of the below statements and indicate any concerns
The department personnel committee has reviewed this form and accompanying documentation and
agrees by a majority vote with the classification as SP for this faculty member.
__________________________________________________
Department Personnel Committee Chair signature
__________________________
Date
Or
The department personnel committee has reviewed this form and accompanying documentation and does
not agree by a majority vote with the classification as SP for this faculty member. Specific concerns are
noted below.
___________________________________________________
Department Personnel Committee Chair signature
_________________________
Date
Specific concerns of the department personnel committee:
Department Head Attestation:
I have reviewed this form and accompanying documentation and agree this faculty member is SP.
__________________________________________________
Department Head signature
__________________________
Date
Or
I have reviewed this form and accompanying documentation and do not agree this faculty member is SP.
___________________________________________________
Department Head signature
_________________________
Date
revised: 2/6/2016