Personnel Action Timeline: Tenure, Early Tenure and/or Promotion

Phase One: External Evaluator Selection and Material Preparation
Action timeframe
Candidates for tenure/early tenure and/or considering promotion formally notify the Provost of their intent to apply via e-mail, CCing the Director of Faculty Services and their Departmental Chair. CV must be attached to notification. by March 15
Candidates and their Chairs confer re potential evaluators; Chairs send out evaluation requests to 4-6 potential evaluators. before April 15
Candidate’s Chair forwards the contact information for 4-6 External Evaluators to the Director of Faculty Services, CCing the Candidate. by April 15
Phase Two : Preparation and Submission of Materials to the Personnel File
Action timeframe
FIDO access opened to Faculty Candidates and their Chairs. June 1 (approx)
Candidate reviews hard copy personnel file held by Faculty Services for archival materials for upload to FIDO. Appointment required. May 1 through the second Friday in September
Candidate’s Peer Teaching Observations and Post Observations should be completed, reviewed, signed and uploaded to Faculty Services Dropbox by Chair. by late May
Candidate works on Personnel Action Form (formerly form C). late May through the first week of September
Candidate’s chair uploads current Chair’s Annual Evaluation Memorandum and Peer Observation of Teaching to FIDO. June 1 through the second Friday in September
Candidates check FIDO to ensure that all relevant documents have been uploaded (recommended) by late August
Deadline for uploading materials to candidate’s FIDO profile. Second Friday in September
Phase Three: Faculty Personnel Review Process
Action timeframe
FIDO access opened to Departmental P&B and FPC Reviewers). mid-September
Departmental P&Bs review and vote on Fall faculty personnel actions September - October
FPC Review Committees review and vote on Fall faculty personnel actions October - November
Candidates formally notified re outcome of their Fall personnel action(s). by December 1