According to House Bill 250, Section 1(g), effective April 8, 2022, the following process regarding a faculty performance review during the 2022 calendar year of term, tenured and tenure-track faculty at Kentucky State University is adopted, effective January 1, 2024.
As stated in HB 250, subparagraph 2 of Section 1(g), “The process shall ensure a consistently high level of employee performance and shall include, but not be limited to, assessments by peers, students, and administrators. In addition to evaluating an employee’s growth, accomplishments, and skills, the process shall be used to identify deficiencies and ineffectiveness and redirect employee efforts to improve or increase productivity. The process shall be used as a basis for decisions on continued employment, promotion, salary increases, tenure, and maintenance of tenure; . . . the review process for tenured faculty shall include an evaluation of teaching effectiveness, research body of work, overall commitment to the mission of the university, and other criteria determined by the board and the council.”
Determining a faculty member in “good standing” is based on documented and verifiable evidence using university performance standards.
Based on the HB 250 mandate, Kentucky State University's new process addressing the calendar year performance evaluation of faculty ensures that processes are clearly articulated and published and are available to all persons in the university community. The process respects the uniqueness of disciplines within the university and provides appropriate, professional, and flexibility at college and school levels.
The revised performance review process at each administrative level shall include appropriate evaluations of performance in teaching, scholarship, and service. The evaluation shall be a part of the individual's evaluation file housed in the Office of Academic Affairs and Human Resources, with a copy to the faculty member, school chair, and dean.
The review process at each level shall be limited to professionally relevant considerations and shall include documented evidence of performance from the faculty member, students, other faculty, and college- and university-level administrators. The documented evidence shall be a part of the individual's evaluation dossier.