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Department Needs Survey Template and Guidelines
A critical step in the Preparation Phase is to determine the needs of the department and the
qualifications of the candidate who will fill those needs. This includes determining the required and
preferred qualifications, and the evaluation criteria that will be used to evaluate the candidate
submissions.
Search Committees can use this survey template to determine the needs of the department and the
priority ranking assigned to those needs. You can copy and paste these questions into a free Survey
Monkey account that you set up yourself, or you can find another means of soliciting this information
from your committee members or department faculty.
Introduction
Our department is hiring a new faculty member and we, the Search Committee, want to understand
what faculty feel are the departmental needs and candidate qualifications. Please complete this survey
to help us do that.
Topic Area
1. In which primary topic area or specialization should the new faculty member be concentrated?
a. FILL IN SPECIALIZATIONS AS ANSWER CHOICES
2. The new faculty member should have an earned PhD in _______________
3. What are the courses this person would teach based on the topic area or specialization
described above?
a. Leave open ended, or FILL IN ANSWER CHOICES
4. Who will the new faculty member teach?
a. Undergrads only
b. Undergrads and grad students
Required Qualifications
1. What rank should the new faculty member be?
a. Junior Faculty
b. Senior Faculty
2. How many years of teaching experience should the new faculty member have?
a. 1 year including their post-doc
b. 2-3 years as adjunct, visiting, or full-time faculty
c. 4-5 years as adjunct, visiting, or full-time faculty
d. More than 5 years as adjunct, visiting, or full-time faculty
e. Any amount of teaching experience
3. Which of the following are required qualifications for this position? (mark all that apply)
a. Earned PhD
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Earned MS, MA degree
Productive scholar with potential or evidence of publications
Ability or experience conducting interdisciplinary research
Ability or experience conducting international research, creating professional networks
or programs
Ability to obtain and conduct collaborative externally funded research
Evidence of professional leadership in the field
Evidence of leadership at another academic institution
Past experience in ______
Evidence of successful external funding
Ability to mentor undergraduate research students
Ability or experience supervising graduate and post-doc students
Experience in curriculum development
Experience in developing new courses
Experience teaching introductory level courses
Experience developing or running run a new program
Ability or experience advising students
Ability or experience performing institutional service, such as serve on committees
Evidence of teaching excellence (student evaluation results, recommendations from
students, results of mentoring students)
Ability to work with a diverse student body and colleagues
Relevant industry or lab experience
Entrepreneurship or project management experience
Preferred Qualifications
a. Earned PhD
b. Productive scholar with potential or evidence of publications
c. Ability or experience conducting interdisciplinary research
d. Ability or experience conducting international research, creating professional networks
or programs
e. Ability to obtain and conduct collaborative externally funded research
f. Evidence of professional leadership in the field
g. Evidence of leadership at another academic institution
h. Past experience in ______
i. Evidence of successful external funding
j. Ability to mentor undergraduate research students
k. Ability or experience supervising graduate and post-doc students
l. Experience in curriculum development
m. Experience in developing new courses
n. Experience teaching introductory level courses
o. Experience developing or running run a new program
p. Ability or experience advising students
q. Ability or experience performing institutional service, such as serve on committees
r. Evidence of teaching excellence (student evaluation results, recommendations from
students, results of mentoring students)
s. Ability to work with a diverse student body and colleagues
t. Relevant industry or lab experience
u. Entrepreneurship or project management experience
v. Demonstrated experience teaching in a lecture/lab environment
Which of the following qualifications are a top priority (select only 3)
a. Earned PhD
b. Productive scholar with potential or evidence of publications
c. Ability or experience conducting interdisciplinary research
d. Ability or experience conducting international research, creating professional networks
or programs
e. Ability to obtain and conduct collaborative externally funded research
f. Evidence of professional leadership in the field
g. Evidence of leadership at another academic institution
h. Past experience in ______
i. Evidence of successful external funding
j. Ability to mentor undergraduate research students
k. Ability or experience supervising graduate and post-doc students
l. Experience in curriculum development
m. Experience in developing new courses
n. Experience teaching introductory level courses
o. Experience developing or running run a new program
p. Ability or experience advising students
q. Ability or experience performing institutional service, such as serve on committees
r. Evidence of teaching excellence (student evaluation results, recommendations from
students, results of mentoring students)
s. Ability to work with a diverse student body and colleagues
t. Relevant industry or lab experience
u. Entrepreneurship or project management experience
v. Demonstrated experience teaching in a lecture/lab environment
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Which of the following qualifications are a low priority (select only 3)
a. Earned PhD
b. Productive scholar with potential or evidence of publications
c. Ability or experience conducting interdisciplinary research
d. Ability or experience conducting international research, creating professional networks
or programs
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Ability to obtain and conduct collaborative externally funded research
Evidence of professional leadership in the field
Evidence of leadership at another academic institution
Past experience in ______
Evidence of successful external funding
Ability to mentor undergraduate research students
Ability or experience supervising graduate and post-doc students
Experience in curriculum development
Experience in developing new courses
Experience teaching introductory level courses
Experience developing or running run a new program
Ability or experience advising students
Ability or experience performing institutional service, such as serve on committees
Evidence of teaching excellence (student evaluation results, recommendations from
students, results of mentoring students)
Ability to work with a diverse student body and colleagues
Relevant industry or lab experience
Entrepreneurship or project management experience
Demonstrated experience teaching in a lecture/lab environment
Ability to advise students in interdisciplinary programs
Required Application Materials
Which of the following application materials should be required for submission? (mark all that apply)
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Publications list
Former syllabi
4 Letters of Recommendation or list of references
Research Plan
CV
PhD transcripts
Description of research accomplishments
Description of current and future collaborations
Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Writing Sample