The rubric is not referenced anywhere in the policy/Academic Regulation. There is nothing that I could find in the policy that addressed the criteria upon which faculty would be evaluated beyond the following: “Recommendations and decisions for reappointment shall be based on the evaluation of performance in teaching, scholarly/creative activities, and service with specific reference to successful student credit hour production using program economics for program-related viability metrics.” What are the standards for reappointment, performance improvement, etc.? The side by side document says that faculty must achieve a rating of 3 or above from Students in each discipline, but I could not find that captured anywhere.
What is a “Unit, College, or a School?” All capitalized terms should be defined. Also, once they are defined make sure the appropriate references are there
Any references to advising have been removed from the rubric and the policy. The side by side document states that it will be counted in Service but that is not captured anywhere.
The side by side document references a “new performance policy” using an equation for credit hour production. I haven’t seen that document and I am unclear how that will be incorporated into this process.
The timeline in the Policy mentions “Peer review” and the side by side document fleshes out a bit what that entails, but there is no reference to it in the substantive portions of the Policy.
There should be more detail to support the criteria for evaluation in the rubric, or at least some process for determining those at the department level.
A description of Rubric metrics has been added to pages 3 and 4 and the rating system used. It is now clearly stated on page 2 and 7 that the “Average Rubric ratings for University Service Rating below 2, would be cause for non-reappointment recommendations.” It is stated that a score of 3 or higher as the University default expectation. Specific reference is given to successful student credit hour production (SCHP) using program economics for program-related viability metrics, weighted SCHP will be based upon percentage defined in contract for teaching (as it varies across 12 and 9 month faculty, and those will additional university service/grant attainment).
The terms College and Schools at KSU are now defined on pages 6 and 7. Unit does not appear in the policy document. Unit is used only to refer to library faculty members. The library falls under the College of Humanities, Business and Society.
This has been added back in to service in the rubric.
This equation on page 7, is additional information for the Committee to consider in addition to the evaluation rubric. We have now added further clarification to the definition.
We have added to the policy on page 3 and 5, that the Elected Peer School committee is critical to the evaluation policy.
All faculty would be measured by the rubric included as minimum expectations for a faculty member. It is now stated on page 2 that if these are in addition to the university rubric metrics, these additional measures would also need to be present to the Dean and Provost levels for approval to be added to any evaluation metrics.