APPENDIX B:
DOCUMENTATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT
Documentation for the annual reappointment file for tenure-line faculty should mirror as closely as possible the contents and format of the documentation that will be required for promotion and tenure. Documentation should be organized in three sections: an Administrative Section, a Candidate Section, and a section of Appendices of supporting evidence. By their very nature, some of these materials will be cumulative over the entire career to date and other materials will refer exclusively to the year under review for reappointment. Some redundancy is inevitable in this scheme, in particular between the Activity Insight file and Teaching Information required in the Administrative section, and the CV, candidate statement, and documentation that follow. The following description of materials should be checked every year against the current requirements of the office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
A. ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION
- Original letters of appointment or position description, reappointment and record of any changes or amendments, if any, including in apportionment of duties
- Annual letters of reappointment by the Director and the Faculty for each previous year of service at UNL
- Annual letters of Evaluation by the Director for each previous year of service at UNL
- The Activity Insight file for calendar year of evaluation
- The Activity Insight file for the four immediately prior calendar years
- Teaching Information: List of all courses ever taught, with summary of quantitative data from student teaching evaluations if available. Since a professional academic CV normally concentrates upon research and creative activity (and is requested below in the Candidate Section), the information requested here should constitute, in effect, a full CV of the entire teaching career, both at UNL and, if applicable, at other institutions prior to and during employment at UNL.
B. CANDIDATE SECTION
- Curriculum Vitae (clearly note refereed or juried work; extent of contributions if collaborative work). It is normal that a professional academic CV should focus upon research/creative activity, but the CV requested here should also contain a report of teaching (but note the Teaching Information requested above in the Administrative Section, which does not have to be fully duplicated here) and a report of Outreach/Service. This CV should account for the candidate's entire career to date, including activity at other academic institutions prior to and during employment at UNL.
- Candidate statement identifying that portion of the candidate’s work that in the candidate’s judgment represents his or her most significant work, explains why he or she thinks this work is significant, and points out what its impact has been or will be. This statement should refer to supporting materials in the Appendices. Most specifically, the particular work of the calendar year under review for reappointment should be contextualized in respect to prior work recorded in the CV and also in respect to future plans and goals.
To include as appropriate to assignment:- Teaching philosophy, goals, summary of evidence that documents achievements and local and broader impact (1-5 pages)
- Research/Creative Activity philosophy, goals, achievements, significance and impact (1-5 pages)
- Outreach/Service philosophy, goals, achievements, significance, impact at the department, college, university, professional and community levels (1-5 pages)
C. APPENDICES
- To contain only significant and relevant information.
- Should not contain any new information not referenced in the Candidate Section.
- Drawn from documentation for the calendar year under review in the reappointment process.
- Including evidence of the quality and effectiveness of teaching.
- Including evidence of the quality of scholarly, professional, and creative activity.
- Including evidence of the quality and significance of professional and institutional service and outreach activities.