jeff waddoups chair, sabbatical leave committee department of economics [email protected]...
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To enhance faculty member’s value to the university
◦ Research and study intended to result in publication, invention of creation
◦ Program of study designed to keep the faculty member abreast of the latest developments in a related area of specialization (but not working toward an academic degree)
Tenure-Track Faculty: first-time application
◦ Sixth academic year of tenure-track employment
Faculty: subsequent applications
◦ must serve a minimum of six years in full-time service before becoming eligible for another leave (either sabbatical or faculty development leave)
Description of the Activity (non-technical language to the extent possible) (50%)
◦ Summary/timeline (20%)
◦ Value of the plan (how does the plan make the applicant of more value to the university?) (20%)
◦ Letters (confidential letters of assessment) (10%)
Teaching (20%)◦ Evidence of teaching performance during past 5
years
◦ Summaries of student evaluations
◦ Peer evaluations of teaching
◦ Advising/mentoring
◦ Teaching awards
Research or Creative Activities in past 5 years (20%)◦ Books◦ Refereed articles◦ Articles in non-refereed journal◦ Reports ◦ Book reviews◦ Other professional papers, speeches, or creative
works◦ Other professional work.
Service Activity for the past 5 years (10%)◦ University, college, departmental committees◦ Professional associations◦ Editorships/Editorial boards◦ Speeches/media appearances◦ Charity work◦ Consulting◦ Other service work
Also Include:◦ Complete copies of annual faculty evaluation for
past three years
◦ Copies of two most significant publications or descriptions of two most significant creative or scholarly accomplishments
◦ Signed letter in support of application from applicant’s chair/director and/or dean
Blends group discussion with individual analysis◦ Committee meets and discusses each application over
the course of fall semester◦ Every committee member evaluates and scores each
application ◦ The committee determines whether the application
should receive a ‘Positive’, ‘Alternate’, or ‘Negative’ recommendation.
◦ Chair compiles the scores, throwing out the highest and lowest score, and ranks them according to the score
◦ The committee’s judgement (‘Positive’ ‘Alternate’ and ‘Negative’ along with the ranking becomes the recommendation to the Provost, who makes the ultimate decision
Description of Activity◦ Summary/Timeline (20 points)◦ Value (20 points)◦ Letters (10 points)◦ Teaching (20 points)◦ Research (20 points)◦ Service (10 points)◦ Total (100 points)
All the materials above (except for the confidential letters of evaluation) will be submitted electronically in the form of one Adobe pdf file
Due date: No later than noon on the first Thursday in October (October 4, 2012)
Keep good records, because a sabbatical report is due after the leave, which addresses the extent to which objectives outlined in the application were fulfilled.