Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Promotion and Tenure Packet Template

College of Visual and Performing Arts 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

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_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

Research

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

Research Narrative up to 1 optional

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

• Success in keeping up to date in the field(s) of scholarly competence.
• Quality of scholarly or creative productivity in the faculty member's chosen field(s) of study that may include work which spans at least two traditional disciplines.
• Contributions to the creation, integration, and dissemination of knowledge. Notably, research impact should be measured not only based on quality of publication outlets, citations, and other common research metrics, but also based on impact on practices and reach of intended audience.

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

Research Materials 1+ required

Attach any research/artistry/scholarship materials you wish to include as part of your packet.

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 research presentation file upload(s):
TYPE#_YEAR_TITLE
Presentation1_2020_Title of Presentation

Recommended file naming convention for your grant, fellowships, and leaves file upload(s):
TYPE#_YEAR_TITLE
Grant3_2021_ Title of Grant

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 self-reflection/narrative file upload: Service_Narrative

Service Materials 1+ required

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.