The PDP/DEA-1 must identify areas of growth that address recognized weaknesses and then provide specific activities that will remedy the weakness.
The PDP/DEA-1 must identify areas of growth with respect to identified strengths and then provide specific activities that will enhance the strength.
The PDP/DEA-1 must specify levels of performance that reflect the rating of "meets expectations." Thus, should the faculty member complete with quality all the specified activities, that faculty member would be judged to have met expectations.
The PDP/DEA-1 should specify activities that, if successfully completed, would be recognized as exceptional performance.
The level of performance necessary to be rated as "meets expectations" must be agreed upon by the faculty member and the unit administrator. The number and quality of these activities must be relatively uniform throughout the University and the individual unit.
For each portion of the Professional Development Plan--Instructional Development, Professional Activity Development, and Service Development--specific benchmarks must be stated and the means of measuring or evaluating the achievements must be made clear. A list of resources that the faculty member needs in order to be able to accomplish the identified benchmarks must be offered if the resources are not available within the unit or college. For example, a faculty member may identify a need for support of study time, financial support to attend a conference or a workshop, or support to visit a funding agency.
CONTENTS OF THE FACULTY MEMBER'S FILE:
The following is a list of items that must or may be included in the faculty member's file. The required material is marked with and asterisk. Other items are optional.
Required Information
*1. SES-1
This is to be used as a basis of assessment by peer reviewers as well as by the administrator. The faculty member may include a narrative summary as well.
*2. Peer reviewer Forms, Administrative Reviewer Form, and Administrative Tabulation (PR-1, PR-2, AR-1, AT-1, AT-2)
These evaluations should be addressed by the Professional Development Plan. The peer review evaluations are not to be consulted by the administrator in filling out form AR-1.
*3. Professional Development Plan (Form PDP/DEA-1)
The Professional Development Plan is described in more detail in Part IV. Every file must have a PDP/DEA-1 for the previous year and a proposed PDP/DEA-1 for the coming year.
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