Health and Human Sciences Clinical Faculty Promotion Packet Template

College of Health and Human Sciences 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

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

Teaching Narrative up to 1 optional

Attach a 1-2 page self-evaluation of your teaching contributions that summarizes the ways in which you believe they have met or exceeded the expectations set forth in university, college and unit criteria.

Recommended file naming convention for your self-reflection/narrative file upload:
Teaching_and_Narrative

Teaching Materials 1+ required

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

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

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

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

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 Narrative up to 1 optional

Attach a 1-2 page self-evaluation of your service contributions and the ways in which you believe they have met or exceeded the expectations set forth in university, college and unit criteria.

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

Other Materials

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

Additional Materials optional

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

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.