Review and Promotion of Lecturers

The purpose of this evaluation is to allow lecturers who have several years of experience at UNM to be evaluated during the 2012-2013 academic year for appointment as a Senior Lecturer or a Principal Lecturer. Lecturers with 5-11 years of experience may be considered for promotion to Senior Lecturer and Lecturers with more than 11 years of experience may be considered for promotion to Principal Lecturer. This process will include a review and recommendation by the Department, followed by a review and recommendation by the College. This recommendation will be forwarded to the Provost for a decision.

Materials necessary for consideration by the College
1. CV – in the specified format –
2. Record of teaching load – classes and enrollment – for the past 5 years
3. Record of student evaluations of teaching for the past 5 years
4. At least 3 peer evaluations of teaching from the past 3 years
5. Teaching portfolio – in the specified format
6. Record of service activities
7. Record of scholarship including any publications or grant proposals from the last 5 years. While research is not required of lecturers we recognize that many of our lecturers do significant scholarship so we would like this to be part of the record
8. Department evaluation of the Lecturer – a sample form is included
9. Chairs recommendation on promotion that takes into account the materials above and the departmental vote. It is particularly important that the Chair explain the contribution of the lecturer to the department’s teaching mission.
Timetable
1. These materials must be submitted to the Arts and Sciences Office by October 15.
2. A committee of faculty, including lecturers, from across the college will review the files and make a recommendation to the Dean by December 1.
3. The Dean will submit a recommendation to the Provost by December 15.
Negative decisions
1. A negative decision by the Department or the College will be communicated to the Lecturer within 5 business days of the decision.
2. The lecturer will be give a copy of this decision and will then have 10 business days to appeal this decision.
3. The lecturer may request redacted copies of evaluations to aid in preparing an appeal.
4. If a negative decision is sustained, procedures outlined in the faculty handbook will apply.

Forms and Documents

For Faculty

Review and Promotion of Lecturers

Forms and Documents

Basic information

Review forms

Promotion forms