Accomplishments in teaching, research/creative activity, and service are evaluated annually as part of the process of determining the distribution of funds made available to the GKSOM for the recognition of merit.
Annual evaluations may generate specific recommendations for self-improvement and professional development. Particularly in the case of tenure-track faculty, adherence to these recommendations will enhance the chances of reappointments and eventual achievement of tenure following the probationary period. Care should be taken that a positive annual review is not understood as a promise of eventual tenure. A positive evaluation should be interpreted as a prognosis favorable, but not binding on the part of the University. It is important to recognize that sustained positive contributions in teaching, research/creative activity, and service are critical for the awarding of tenure.
The Director of the GKSOM is required to submit the following information to the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts every spring semester:
- An evaluation of the quantity and quality of the teaching, research/creative activity, and service for each faculty member expressed in numeric values on a grid provided by the Dean.
- A copy of the written evaluation of every faculty member.
- A recommendation for increases in salary, based on merit criteria which must stand comparison with the evaluations as stipulated in items 1 and 2.
How these requirements will be met is left to the determination of the Dean and the Director of the GKSOM. The evaluation described in point 1 immediately above is carried out by the Director and the GKSOM Executive Committee, and is based upon evidence provided in the annual Faculty Evaluation Portfolio (FEP).
Faculty members will receive late in the spring semester a written copy of their evaluation. After final action by the Board of Regents, a statement announcing their salary for the next year will be posted in the faculty member's Employee Self-Service section in UNL's Firefly Business Portal, at: https://firefly.nebraska.edu/