The Faculty Third-Year Review Performance Improvement Plan

Faculty Third-Year Review Performance Improvement Plan shall be for a maximum of one year. Additional time may be considered by the provost.

The Faculty Third-Year Review Performance Improvement Plan shall:

  1. Identify specific concerns to be addressed.
  2. Define specific outcome objectives to remedy the concerns that are reasonable and measurable.
  3. Outline the activities required to achieve the objectives.
  4. Set timelines, with specific milestones throughout the plan, for achieving the objectives.
  5. State the criteria for progress reviews and for completion of the plan; and
  6. Identify sources of funding required to implement the plan, if necessary.

Assessment of the Faculty Third-Year Review Performance Improvement Plan

  1. At each milestone in the Faculty Third Year Review Performance Improvement Plan, the school chair shall assess the achievement of the stated objectives. If a milestone objective has not been satisfactorily met, the chair shall notify the chair in writing. The chair may recommend the faculty member continue with the development plan or may recommend a sanction. If a sanction is recommended, the chair shall forward the recommendation and the report to the dean. The recommendation of sanction shall then follow steps 5-8 below.
  2. Within 30 calendar days of the conclusion of the Faculty Third-Year Review Performance Improvement Plan, the chair shall assess the achievement of the stated objectives and shall write a report indicating how each objective was achieved or not achieved. The chair can make one of two findings:
  3. the faculty member has fulfilled the development plan objectives and the review period has been completed with an overall satisfactory rating, or
  4. the faculty member has continued performance deficiencies.
  5. The chair shall submit the report to the dean.
  6. If the dean concurs with a finding that the development plan has been fulfilled, the faculty member will resume the normal annual review cycle. If the chair does not concur with a finding

ALL POLICIES ARE SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT

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