Education Clinical Faculty Promotion Packet Template

College of Education clinical faculty applying for promotion 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 and Professional Assignment

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded teaching and professional assignment criteria. While not required, you may choose to include a short self-reflection.

Teaching and Professional Assignment Self-Reflection / Narrative up to 1 optional

This is where you may include a short self-reflection of how you have met or exceeded teaching and professional assignment criteria.

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

Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrated evidence of your teaching effectiveness, such as:

• student evaluation results
• written feedback from students
• colleagues and/or the department chair written evaluations of teaching
• sample course materials

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

Evidence of Advising, Membership on Graduate Student Committees and Exam Guidance 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrated evidence of your advising, membership on graduate student committees and exam guidance, such as:

• list of advisees and their status (progress toward degree completion) with an explanation of your role in advisin
• membership on and directorship of all graduate student committees assigned (theses and dissertations) and your role on these committees as well as student progress (e.g. specify the name of the student, the level of the student, and his/her stage in the program)
• letters from current and former advisees or students working on theses/dissertations
• examination guidance provided to students (students advanced to candidacy or completing comprehensive evaluations)
• opinions of advisees
• describe membership on graduate student committees outside the department

Evidence of Research Guidance and Support 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrate evidence of your research guidance and support, such as:

• external quality ratings for dissertations directed (e.g. Graduate School reviewer comments)
• publication of students' theses or dissertations or articles based on their thesis/dissertation research
• thesis or dissertation awards received
• number of students supported on research or training projects
• opinions of current and former students
• employment settings of students

Evidence of Professional Improvement and Innovation 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrate evidence of your professional improvement and innovation, such as:

• course or instructional materials developed
• NIU's instructional improvement grants received or proposed
• student opinions
• collaborator/colleague observations
• conferences or workshop attendance to improve teaching
• incorporation of technology in instruction
• self-reports on the development and delivery of professional training activities

Evidence of Effectiveness Related to Non-Teaching Professional Assignments optional

Describe the nature of any non-teaching assignment (typically administrative, grant, or partnership work). Other information that may be included:

• documentation of feedback from those persons affected by the quality of professional performance in this assignment
• feedback from the person supervising the non-teaching assignment (particularly in administrative roles)
• that portion of professional assignment time supported by grant activituy and the effectiveness in carrying out the responsibilities of the grant
• description of partnership work, including feedback from school or field personnel affected by partnership work

Additional Teaching and Professional Assignment Materials optional

Attach any additional teaching and professional assignment materials you wish to include as part of your packet.

Clinical Responsibilities

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded clinical responsibilities criteria. While not required, you may choose to include a short self-reflection.

Clinical Responsibilities Self-Reflection / Narrative up to 1 optional

Clinical faculty are subject to the guidelines for clinical responsibilities described below, rather than the guidelines for scholarly activity that apply to tenured/tenure-track faculty.

Individuals being recommended for promotion within clinical faculty appointments must have demonstrated successful provision of services to patients or clients and/or provided successful leadership and coordination of clinical services. Further, individuals being recommended for promotion must have shown continuing concern for critical assessment and improvement of their clinical services.

(A) Promotion to rank of assistant clinical professor: Promise, as demonstrated by an earned doctorate or similar educational or professional accomplishment, of an ability for engagement in the provision of clinical or client service.

(B) Promotion to rank of associate clinical professor: In considering individuals for promotion to associate professor, particular care should be given to assessing effectiveness of clinical care or client services.

(C) Promotion to rank of clinical professor: Individuals being recommended for promotion to the rank of professor should demonstrate a continued record of exemplary clinical or client services.

Recommended file naming convention for your clinical responsibilities narrative file upload:
Clinical_Responsibilities_Narrative

Clinical Materials 1+ required

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

Service to the University, the Profession, and the Public

Upload materials that demonstrate how you have met or exceeded service criteria. While not required, you may choose to include a short self-reflection.

Service Self-Reflection / Narrative up to 1 optional

This is where you may include a short self-reflection of how you have met or exceeded service criteria.

Recommended file naming convention for your service narrative file upload:
Service_Narrative

Evidence of Service to the University, College, and Department 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrate evidence of your service to the university, college, and department. Include service on relevant committees (department, college, and university level) and other work that servies the greater university community. Include a statement from the committee chair indicating some evidence of productivity and involvement.

• list committee names, membership status, length of service, frequency of committee meetings, amount of other time required, etc. for each committee
• report service as a Dean's designee at dissertation defenses in other program areas
• describe or document involvement in working with colleagues in mentoring activities
• informal service rendered in support of department or interdepartmental goals
• writing department/college proposals or reports
• directing or presenting campus workshops
• sponsoring student organizations

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

Evidence of Involvement in the Development of the Academic Program 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrate evidence of your involvement in the development of the academic program. Describe and document:

• involvement in the development of courses and/or academic programs for the preparation of professionals
• participation in the professional development activities to acquire/develop new skills or knowledge that will benefit the academic program

Evidence of Membership and Involvement in Professional Associations 1+ required

Attach materials that demonstrate evidence of your membership and involvement in professional associations. Describe your involvement in professional activities including:

• membership in professional associations, organizations, associations, or societies (describe the amount and type of your involvement in these professional activities)
• leadership positions held in professional organizations, associations or societies
• service as an editor, member of an editorial advisory board, etc.
• honors conferred by professional groups
• invitations to address meetings of scholarly or professional organizationsn (identify whether state, regional, national, or international)
• invited participation in conferences on specialized topics in the fields
• membership in selective and honorific societies
• off-campus and on-campus professional conferences attended (describe the amount and type of your involvement)
• membership on professional boards

Evidence of Professionally-Oriented Public Service optional

Attach any materials that demonstrate evidence of your professionally-oriented public service.

Additional Service Materials optional

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

Materials to Share with External Evaluators

This section is where you upload materials that are to be shared with your external evaluators. You do not need to attach your CV here, but you should attach a copy of all other materials that are to be shared with the external evaluators, even if it duplicates materials uploaded elsewhere.

Materials for External Evaluators 1+ required

Attach any materials to share with external evaluators, except for your CV.