Business Faculty Promotion and Tenure Packet Template

College of Business faculty applying for promotion and/or tenure will use an online packet template in their case that includes the following form and file upload fields along with these provided instruction prompts.

Application for Promotion and/or Tenure

Your application is submitted in an online form at the beginning of your packet as further described.

Application Form required

To submit your application, draft the following information and then copy/paste into the provided form in this section of your packet:

• Applicant Name
• Application Type (Promotion and Tenure / Promotion Only / Tenure Only)
• Current Rank
• Department/School/Division
• Educational Background (Include name of institution and location, dates attended, and degree earned)
• Professional Experience (List institutions, rank or title, and dates of appointment concerning all professional positions in chronological order showing the most recent first. Include name of institution, rank/title, and appointment dates)
• Effective Date of Promotion/Tenure (Date Promotion / Tenure will become effective, if approved)
• NIU Employment Start Date
• Number of Years in Present Rank at NIU (Number of years must include the current academic year when the promotion and/or tenure application is reviewed at the university level)
• Number of years of service at NIU (Number of years must include the current academic year when the promotion and/or tenure application is reviewed at the university level)
• Number of years of full-time college-level teaching prior to NIU (Number of years of full-time college-level teaching in the rank of Assistant / Associate / Professor prior to joining NIU)
• Memorandum of Understanding (State whether this position is covered by an MOU that modifies promotion / tenure criteria or procedures)
• This is an early application (Yes / No)
• This is a short-track application (Yes / No)

Optional MOU optional

Please upload your optional MOU.

Recommended file naming convention for your MOU file upload:
LastName_FirstInitial_MOU

Curriculum Vitae

Upload a copy of your curriculum vitae (CV).

Candidate CV 1 required

Recommended file naming convention for your CV file upload:
LastName_FirstInitial_CV

Teaching Statement and Evidence

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded university, college, and department teaching criteria.

Teaching Narrative 1 required

Include a short reflection that describes the following:

1. Your teaching philosophy and approach
2. Summarizes student and peer evaluations
3. Describes your teaching innovations, curriculum development contributions, and any teaching awards

Recommended file naming convention for your teaching narrative file upload:
Teaching_Narrative

Teaching Materials 1+ required

Attach any teaching materials you wish to include as part of your packet.

Recommended file naming convention for your teaching documentation file upload(s):
Course#_YEAR_SEMESTER_PREFIX_NUMBER_TITLE_TYPE
Course1_2024_Fall_UHHS_ Research Positioning And Grantspersonship Skills_Student Evaluations

Research / Scholarship Activity Statement and Evidence

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded university, college, and department research criteria.

Research Narrative 1 required

Upload a self-evaluation of your research contributions that summarizes the ways in which you believe you have met or exceeded the expectations set forth in university, college, and department criteria. This self-evaluation should discuss:

• Research agenda and trajectory
• Publications and works in process
• Explanation of journal quality and rankings (department-specific)
• Authoriship contribution statements (department-specific)

Recommended file naming convention for your documentation file upload:
Research_Narrative

Research Materials 1+ required

Upload copies of your published research and works in progress.

Recommended file naming convention for your research documentation file upload(s):
TYPE#_YEAR_TITLE
Article1_2020_ Crowd Sourcing: Do Prototypical Peer Crowds Match Reality?

Recommended file naming convention for your grant, fellowships, and leaves file upload(s):
TYPE#_YEAR_TITLE
Grant3_2021_ Harmonizing Two NICHD-funded Datasets to Study Youths’ Behavioral Health

Service and Professionalism Activity and Evidence

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded expectations set forth in university, college, and department criteria for service and professionalism.

Service and Professionalism Activity Narrative 1 required

Provide a statement that provides the following:

1. The scope, level, and impact of your professionalism and service contributions to the department, college, or university
2. The nature and contributions of your external service to the profession and discipline
3. Your leadership roles and impact

Recommended file naming convention for your service and professionalism documentation file upload:
Service_and_Professionalism_Narrative

Service Materials 1+ required

Attach any service materials you wish to include as part of your packet, such as an email or letter documenting impact, serving in a particular role, attendance at meetings, etc.

Recommended file naming convention for your service documentation file upload(s):
TYPE#_AY_Committee_Role
TYPE#_Date_Title_Location
Committee2_AY22-23_DPC_Member
Committee1_AY21-22_DepartmentCurriculum_Chair
Workshop5_Feb5_2023_Using AI in General Education Courses_CITL

External Evaluators

Materials uploaded in the External Evaluation Materials section should represent the materials you wish external reviewers to evaluate. These materials may duplicate items submitted elsewhere but should be curated intentionally.

Materials for External Evaluators 1+ required

Attach any materials to share with external evaluators. Include curated research statement and selected publications.

Other Materials

Upload materials that do not fit any of the categories above.

Candidates seeking early tenure and/or promotion are required to clearly identify their intention to apply early and provide documentation demonstrating extraordinary achievement consistent with college and departmental standards. Upload this information.

Additional Materials optional

Attach any additional materials that do not fit any of the categories above.