Faculty Resources

• Digital Measures APPR
• Role of Chair
• Procedure for the Annual Performance and Planning Review (spelled out in Appendix J of the 2018 UTHSC Faculty Handbook – see pp. 100 – 104 in document)
• Procedure for the mandatory Interim Probationary Review for the Award of Tenure (spelled out in Appendix K of the 2018 UTHSC Faculty Handbook - see pp. 105 – 107)
• Summary of Interim Probationary Review of Tenure Track Faculty (Form 2) 
  NOTE: Form 2 should only be used for the mandatory Interim Probationary Review of Tenure Track Faculty. 
• Performance Rating Definitions and Applications (spelled out on pp. 100-101 of the 2018 UTHSC Faculty Handbook)
• Checklist for Reviewer (Chair/Relevant Supervisor) Narrative for the Annual Performance and Planning Review

• Supporting Narrative for the Annual Review Improvement Template
• Annual Review Improvement Template (Form 9)
  • PDF version to preview layout
  • Word version with expandable cells

• Promotion/Tenure Memo
• Promotion and Tenure Checklist and Summary of Final Probationary Review of Tenure-Track Faculty (Form 5)
• Letter Requirements

• Promotion and Tenure Slides
• Session Recording
• Blackboard Site
  • Blackboard Instructions
    1. Log into Blackboard  https://blackboard.uthsc.edu
    2. Near the top left of the screen (in the black bar), click on Courses 
    3. In Course Search (left-hand column), type UTHSC Promotion and click Go
    4. Click on the Course ID of UTHSC_PandT_2019_2020
    5. In the middle of some print in the main portion of the page will be a message to Click here to enroll, which you should do
    6. In the left-hand column for the course, click + Enroll
    7. Then click OK at the lower right-hand corner

• Procedure for Effecting Promotion in Rank (spelled out in Appendix N of the UTHSC Faculty Handbook)
• Description and Application of the Promotion Metric Matrix
• Unit Promotion in Rank Recommendations Form (Form 7 Excel)
• Promotion Metric Matrix (Form 10 - in PDF or Excel version)
• Request for Early Promotion Checklist

• Procedure for the Final Probationary Review for the Award of Tenure (spelled out in Appendix L of the UTHSC Faculty Handbook)
• Unit Tenure Recommendations Form (Form 6 Excel)
• Request for Early Tenure Checklist
• Request for Tenure Upon Hire Checklist

Transfers between tracks (tenure track, non-tenure track) may be permitted per the UTHSC Faculty Handbook. Sections 4.9.2 and 5.2 provide guidance to faculty members, chairs, and deans as to such a request.

To process requests for transfers from tenure track to non-tenure track, please use the provided template, located here.

Typically, a faculty member on tenure track serves a probationary period prior to being considered for tenure (the exception is tenure upon initial appointment). In keeping with the UT Board of Trustees policy, the probationary period at UTHSC is six years. The faculty member will apply for tenure during the sixth year, and if tenure is not granted, the faculty member will be permitted to serve a seventh year as a terminal year.

Review the current tenure calculation chart for date calculations for:

• Required six year probationary period for tenure
• Requirements for early consideration for tenure before the sixth year of the probationary period

Need to review the old tenure calculation chart 

• Actual PTR document for insertion into Faculty Handbook
• Board of Trustees' November 2018 approved document with track changes

• Eligibility Counts for PTR 2021
• All Tenured Faculty by College
• Dentistry
• Graduate Health Sciences
• Health Professions
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Pharmacy

• Graduate Health Sciences
• Dentistry
• Health Professions
• Medicine - Chattanooga
• Medicine - Knoxville
• Medicine - Memphis
• Nursing
• Pharmacy

• Webinar Information
• Campus Presentation 2021 PTR Final
  
• Introduction to Post Tenure Review
• Faculty Profiles
• Committee Nomination Process
• Guide to Required Documents
• 2021 Timeline

• Faculty Recruitment Workflow Chart
• Faculty Recruitment Guidelines
• Initial Approval Form for Recruitment to Fill a Faculty Position
• Faculty Hiring Procedures for Search Committees
• Faculty Appointment Agreement (last modified August 2021)
• Checklist of Topics to be Included in Initial Appointment Letters
• Faculty Appointment Checklist

• Human Resources Employment (New Hire) Forms
• Office of Equity and Diversity Materials
• Fair Credit Reporting Act Disclosure and Authorization to Release Information
• Outside Interest Disclosure Form

Contact one of the following individuals in the Office of Academic, Faculty & Student Affairs, Suite 400 Hyman:

• Dr. Stephanie Cage, EdD, Director of Faculty Affairs
  901.448.8915
  scage@uthsc.edu

• Lisa Zeigler, Logistics Coordinator
  901.448.2226
  lzeigler@uthsc.edu

• Alesha White, Faculty Affairs Coordinator 
  901.448.3259 
  awhite64@uthsc.edu
   
• Danielle Edmondson, Faculty Affairs Coordinator,
  901.448.9406
  dedmond8@uthsc.edu