Excellent faculty are the heart and soul of an excellent university. At Iowa State, we strive to support faculty success in teaching, research, professional practice, and extension through constructive mentoring and regular developmental feedback by department chairs and senior colleagues. Three formal review processes are in place to guide faculty career advancement:

• Preliminary or Third Year Review
• Promotion and Tenure
• Post Tenure Review

Preliminary or Third Year Review

• Process and Guidelines
• Cover Sheet for Preliminary Review (PDF | DOC)

Promotion and Tenure

Information for Colleges and Department Chairs

• Promotion and Tenure Process for AY2013
• ISU Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure Review
• Evaluation and Mentoring Tenure-Eligible Faculty:  Best Practices
• Timing of Promotion and Tenure Review
• Issues in the Promotion and Tenure Review Process
• Student Evaluation of Teaching

Forms and Materials for Promotion and Tenure Process

• Best Practices for Successful Preparation of Promotion and Tenure Dossiers (PDF)
• Cover Sheet (PDF | DOC)
• Check List (PDF | DOCX)
• Examples of Letters to External Evaluators (PDF | DOC)
• Log of External Letters [Optional] (PDF | DOC)
• Excerpts of Faculty Handbook Sections on Promotion and Tenure for External Reviewers (PDF | DOC)

The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost has available some Promotion and Tenure documents that offer excellent examples of the variety of ways in which faculty work can be summarized. These are available for review by candidates and Department Chairs in 1550 Beardshear. If you are interested in reviewing these dossiers, please contact Mel Lee at mklee@iastate.edu or 4-9591.

Other Promotion and Tenure References

• Faculty Handbook
• American Council on Education, Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation
• ISU Library, Electronic Promotion and Tenure Resources for Faculty

Documentation for Promotion and Tenure Process

• Excerpts from Faculty Handbook
• PRS Samples
• Presenting Your Tenure File
• Scholarly Teaching and SoTL
• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
• How to Document Your Teaching
• Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
• Recommended Portfolio Contents
• Selected Readings about Teaching Portfolios
• Student Evaluation of Teaching

Faculty Approved for Promotion and Tenure

• 2013-2014
• 2012-2013
• 2011-2012
• 2010-2011
• 2009-2010

Post Tenure Review

• Cover Sheet for Post Tenure Review (PDF | DOC)
• Implementation Guidelines for Post-Tenure Review
• Post-Tenure Review Policy - Faculty Handbook 5.3.5