Promotion and Tenure Review
Information for colleges and department chairs
Forms and materials for promotion and tenure process
- Checklist (PDF, 865KB)
- Cover sheet (PDF, 152KB)
- Factual information summary (PDF, 267KB | DOC, 134KB)
- Sample letters to external evaluators (DOC, 54KB | PDF, 101KB)
- Log of external letters (PDF, 108KB | DOC, 73KB)
- Excerpts from Faculty Handbook (PDF, 129KB)
College templates for candidate preparation of promotion and tenure dossier
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 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
- Writing an Innovation and/or Entrepreneurship Philosophy Statement (DOC, 221KB)
- Documenting Your Innovation and Entrepreneurship (DOC, 222KB)
- Guidelines on Documenting Contributions to Multi-authored Scholarship (DOC, 235KB)
- Presenting your tenure file (PDF, 241KB)
- How to document your teaching
- Teaching portfolio contents
- Writing a teaching philosophy statement
- Student ratings 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)