opportunity to file an appeal of his/her evaluation and to have that appeal judged, and (f) a grievance, if any, is properly processed.

The Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs shall ensure that probationary faculty members receive a comprehensive peer review in the year prior to application for tenure. The Provost/Vice President's Office shall inform the unit administrator and the faculty member in the spring term of the need to conduct a Comprehensive Peer Review as well as the Annual Review.

Faculty members intending to apply for promotion are responsible for informing their unit administrator of their intentions in the spring prior to submitting their applications for promotion. The faculty member is responsible for ensuring that his/her curriculum vitae is accurate and completed in a timely manner. Completion of the curriculum vitae and of appropriate review forms is considered a component of the faculty member's professional responsibilities.

Another responsibility is that of participating in a Comprehensive Peer Review, and if requested, in a Classroom Visitation. Faculty members who participate in the peer review process accept the responsibility of fair and impartial assessment and evaluation. Evaluation must be made on documented achievements in the curriculum vitae and indicated by Form PDP/DEA-1. Faculty may indicate a perceived weakness in the plan as well as evaluating the actual performance as documented or observed.

Each faculty member will prepare an annual Professional Development Plan, recorded on Form PDP/DEA-1. The curriculum vitae are annually updated. The curriculum vitae must list achievements of the previous year, while the Professional Development Plan (Form PDP/DEA-1) must establish specific objectives for the coming year. The faculty member identifies in the Professional Development Plan (Form PDP/DEA-1) achievable benchmarks of performance. The curriculum vitae and Form PDP/DEA-1 must be used as the basis for reviews by peers and the unit administrators. Other documentation may be included along with the curriculum vitae. The extent to which a faculty member has met the Unit performance expectations is judged in these evaluations. Exceptional and substandard performance must be identified and documented. The evaluations take place according to the following schedule. Particular details regarding how the reviews and evaluations are conducted are described in Section III. The composition of the Professional Development Plan (Form PDP/DEA-1) is described in Section IV.

Note: In the following Timetable, the Comprehensive Peer Review refers to the component of evaluation that involves the review of the Professional Development Plan (Form PDP/DEA-1) and the curriculum vitae by a panel of peer reviewers. The Annual Review includes the self-evaluation, preparation of Form PDP/DEA-1 and the curriculum vitae, and review and tabulation by the unit administrator. Annual Reviews include Comprehensive Peer Review on a biannual basis for probationary faculty and a five-year basis for tenured faculty.

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