COH Annual Performance Review and Post-tenure Review

The COH associate dean has oversight responsibility for facilitating through department heads and program directors the implementation of university and college academic policies and procedures for annual performance reviews and post-tenure reviews. The following documents for the current review cycle have been delivered to COH department heads and program directors and are posted here for online reference.

December 1, 2008 Memorandum from Kimberly Jones initiating the COH annual performance review and post-tenure review for CY 2008 (PDF)

Summary of Faculty’s Workload Assignment form

December 1, 2008 COH Annual Performance Review Summary Timeline for Conducting Reviews for CY 2008 (PDF)

May 4, 2009 Memorandum from Kimberly Jones informing COH Heads and Directors of the completion of the Annual Performance Review Process for CY 2008 (PDF)

COH Criteria for Annual Performance Review and Post-tenure Review [Revised 4/2005] (PDF)

COH Procedures for Annual Performance Review and Post-tenure Review [Revised 4/2005] (PDF)

Effective July 1, 2003 all incoming tenure-eligible and continuing status eligible faculty are on a 3/6 year promotion and tenure review cycle at the University of Arizona. This process requires a less formal yearly promotion and tenure assessment as part of each tenure-eligible faculty member's annual performance review in all years except the third and sixth year. Each college is required to have a written, approved plan for providing college-wide “common elements” for this assessment component within annual review.

The COH Common Elements document is referenced below. Departmental Common Elements plans are available at the local level. Many COH units have their Common Elements plans posted on their websites.

COH Common Elements for Conducting Formal Assessment of Progress toward Promotion and Tenure (P&T) in the Annual Performance Review (Effective July 1, 2003) (PDF)

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Post-tenure Review Reporting and the Dean's Level Audit

The University Handbook for Appointed Personnel UHAP 3.10.01 refers to the Dean’s Level Audit for post-tenure review reporting. College deans are required to audit and file a report on the annual performance review post-tenure review process in their college. This audit is meant to determine the adequacy, fairness and integrity of the post-tenure review process. In the College of Humanities the Dean’s Level Audit is conducted by an elected faculty peer review committee. According to university procedures, the college-level audit is to be completed by September 15.

Timetable for the Dean's Level Audit

May 15	Department level annual and post-tenure reviews to be completed
May 30	Deadline for faculty members to appeal their annual evaluation
June 1	Audit committee can begin requesting faculty files from heads/directors
September 15	Deadline for audit committee to submit report to dean
October 1	Dean’s summary of audit outcomes due in Provost’s Office