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<p class="MsoNormal">Attention - Faculty intending to go up for promotion, please review the information below.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please sign up for and attend the workshop, and then begin organizing/updating your dossier.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Those who <b><u>have not organized</u></b><u> a Peer observation of your teaching (forms attached)</u>, please let me know this week.
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<p class="MsoNormal">More information on ‘within unit support’ available to assist you in this process will follow soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks – JKB<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The
<a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/promotion-dossier-templates">2024-25 promotion dossier templates and guidelines</a> are now available. The most current
<b>promotion policies</b> are provided in the <i>University Handbook for Appointed Personnel (UHAP)</i></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">3.3 for Career-track and Tenure-track faculty and 4A.3 for Continuing Status track faculty. Please note the deadlines for 2024-2025 dossiers to be submitted to the Office of the Provost. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Career-Track submission deadline is Friday, December 13, 2024</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tenure-Track and Continuing-Track submission deadline is Friday, January 17, 2025</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Provost decisions will be distributed no later than Friday, April 25, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please <b>encourage candidates to watch updated promotion workshops</b>, which will be available on-line on the
<a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/promotion-workshops">Faculty Affairs Promotion Workshops webpage</a> by March 11, 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please encourage all peer review committee members and department heads</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> to watch updated workshops on promotion review best practices,
which will be <b>available on-line</b> on the <b>Faculty Affairs Promotion Workshops</b> webpage by March 11, 2024.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">To avoid any disruption of the promotion review process, please review the section on</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/common-problems-promotion-dossiers">most common problems in dossiers.</a> In particular, both c<u>andidates and department heads need to carefully review the
<i><a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/promotion-dossiers#:~:text=Conflict%20of%20Interest%3A">conflict of interest<b>
</b>recommendations</a></i></u></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">
</span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">and closely adhere to the guidance.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The following is a brief summary of updates for this promotion cycle. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The teaching reviews must utilize the 2024 UPDATED correct UCATT observation tool this review cycle unless a special dispensation has been provided by the Office of the Provost. Please find information and the
correct tools for in-person and online observations in <a href="https://facultyaffairs.arizona.edu/promotion-dossier-templates#:~:text=%C2%A0View%20pdf-,Section%206,%C2%A0View%20pdf,-6B">
Section 6 and 6A of the dossier templates</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">There are updated 2024 tutorials on how to download abbreviated student ratings (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIrUYZxGoA">SCS</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_gewC20v0o">
TCE</a>) for promotion and tenure purposes that will be uploaded into Section 6A. These tutorials also include details on how to download student comments into a separate PDF that will be uploaded into Section 6B. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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