Promotion and Tenure Review

Exemplary Promotion and Tenure Dossiers

The Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost makes a selection of exemplary Promotion and Tenure dossiers available for faculty review throughout the year. These dossiers (Tab 2 faculty narratives) offer good examples of the variety of ways in which faculty summarize and present their work and scholarly impact as part of their promotion and/or tenure case. These dossiers are available for faculty review via CyBox. If you are interested in reviewing these dossiers, please read the guidelines and contact Mel Lee at mklee@iastate.edu or Megan Peterson at meganmp@iastate.edu, or call 515-294-9591.

Documenting impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on faculty work

The Provost’s Office has issued clear communication to address impacts of the sudden disruption and unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Relevant communications include:

• Documenting impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on faculty work (PDF, 164KB)
• Faculty Annual Evaluation Guidance for CY2021
• Tenure-clock Extensions for Pre-tenure Faculty Due to COVID-19
• Best Practices for Documenting the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Faculty Workload

Other Promotion and Tenure References

• Faculty Handbook
• American Council on Education, Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation (PDF, 187KB)
• ISU Library, Electronic promotion and tenure resources for faculty

Documentation for Promotion and Tenure Process

• Presenting your tenure file (PDF, 241KB)
• How to document your teaching
• Teaching portfolio contents
• Writing a teaching philosophy statement
• Student evaluation of teaching
• Scholarship of teaching and learning

Promotion to Professor

• Best practices in mentoring associate professors (PDF, 34KB) 
• Guidelines and Examples for Voluntary Faculty Documenting of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts (DOC, 36KB)
• Mid-career faculty planning (PDF, 165KB)
• Resources for associate professors (DOC, 82KB)