CONCORD UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS

POLICY NO. 39

PROCEDURE FOR FACULTY EVALUATION

 

 

SECTION       1.0       GENERAL

1.1       Scope: This policy establishes a procedure for faculty evaluation

1.2      Authority: WV Code 18B-2A-4 and

HEPC Procedural Rule Series 9

1.3       Effective Date: November 6, 2007

1.4       Approved by: West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

 

SECTION       2.0       PURPOSE

2.1      To establish the procedure for the annual performance evaluation of full-time tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure-track faculty (continuing and non-continuing), and part-time faculty (continuing and non-continuing) at Concord University.

2.2       To affirm and ensure:

            2.2.1    Compliance with state code and HEPC rules.

            2.2.2    All faculty receive a written annual evaluation of

performance directly related to duties and

responsibilities as defined by their contracts

with the University.    

2.2.3    Evaluation procedures are multi-dimensional and

include criteria such as personnel committee

evaluations, student evaluations, and evaluations by

immediate supervisors.

                                                2.2.4    Evaluations encourage professional growth and

  development of the faculty and assist in making

  personnel decisions.               

SECTION       3.0       PROCEDURE FOR FACULTY PERFORMANCE

EVALUATION

3.1       Each academic year all faculty will submit to the Division

Personnel Comittee a portfolio providing documentary

evidence of student evaluations, self-evaluation and

Personnel Committee evaluations

3.2       Evaluation instruments in each portfolio include,

but are not limited to:

3.2.1    Student evaluations—completed during the last two

   weeks of every semester, spring and fall, for all

    non-tenured faculty and every third semester for

   tenured faculty. Copies of the evaluation results

     will be sent to the individual faculty member,

his/her division chair and the Office of the

Vice President and Academic Dean.

3.2.2    Professional Activities Summary—submitted

     annually to the division chair by the eighth week

     of the spring semester.

3.2.3   Advising evaluations—completed by students

    annually during the fall course selection process,

    and every three years during the spring course

    selection process and returned to the faculty

    member.

3.3  The portfolios of all tenured faculty and tenure track faculty

will be reviewed by the Division Personnel Committee.

3.3.1      Criteria that the Division Personnel Committee will consider are:

3.3.2    Teaching effectiveness

3.3.3    Professional growth and development

3.3.4    Working relationships

3.3.5    Service to Concord University

3.3.6    Community service

                        3.4 The sequence for review and recommendation for all tenure track

and tenured faculty is:

                                                3.4.1    From Division Personnel Committee to

department chair, if one exists

                                                3.4.2    From department chair to division chair

                                                3.4.3    From division chair to Vice President

and Academic Dean

                        3.5      At each point in the review process, a report explaining the

recommendation will be sent to the next level of review,

with a copy of the report given to the faculty member.

3.6       All tenure-track recommendations, whether positive or negative, shall be forwarded to the President for the final decision.

3.7       Non-retention notices will be sent to tenure track faculty by the Office of the President no later than:

                        3.7.1    March 1 of the first academic year

                        3.7.2    December 15 of the second academic year

                        3.7.3    At least one (1) year before the expiration of an

appointment after two (2) or more years of

service to the University.

3.8       The division chair reviews all other classifications of faculty. Negative reviews by the division chair must be forwarded to the Vice President and Academic Dean.

3.9       Evaluations become part of the personnel file maintained at each level for six years.