Promotion, Tenure & Reappointments: Tenure Track Faculty

updated 7/12/19

Review and Reappointment:  Junior Faculty

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For Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion in the College,
please see the Faculty Handbook.

TIMING

Junior Faculty will be reviewed four times prior to preparation and submission of the Tenure and Promotion Dossier in the sixth year. Chairs should submit annual reviews and 2^nd and 4^th year reviews to the Senior Associate Dean of Faculty.

• 2^nd and 4^th year reviews carried out during the fall of the 2^nd and 4^th years of appointment will serve as annual reviews of the preceding academic year and will accompany chairs’ recommendations for re-appointment.
• During the fall of the 3^rd and 5^th years of employment, chairs will provide an annual review of the preceding academic year prepared in accordance with the guidelines above.
• No annual review need be submitted during the fall of the 6^th year unless the tenure clock has been extended.

Tenure & Promotion Guidelines

These guidelines apply both to candidates for Tenure and Promotion and candidates for Promotion to Full Professor.

Candidate Materials

• Candidate’s cover letter to the Chair requesting consideration for promotion.
• Candidate’s CV including resume of teaching, research, and service contributions. Peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed publications, shows, performances, and presentations should be listed separately. A list of all courses taught at Wake Forest and the frequency of these offerings (offered once, offered every two years, etc.) should also be included.
• Candidate’s Teaching and Research Statement (one document, approximately 6 pages). These statements should include:
  1. Teaching philosophy.
  2. Pedagogical growth and development.
  3. Summary and trajectory of scholarly or creative activity.
  4. Connection between teaching and scholarship, as applicable.
• A representative sample of the candidate’s scholarly work (published manuscripts, books, creative works).
• Teaching/course evaluations from the last 3 semesters. Any committee or peer assessments of teaching, along with any course portfolios or self-assessments, should also be included. If letters from former students are submitted, the department chair and review committee will select a representative sample of letters to be included in the file.
  1. Aggregate data are requested for each class (provided by Chair).
  2. Include departmental teaching evaluation averages for comparative purposes (provided by Chair).
• Reviews of completed works may be included as well as evidence of citation by others or evidence of the number of libraries that hold the work.