Faculty Evaluation System

1. Faculty Evaluation System Dr. Darnyd W Ortiz Seda Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Monday, August 4, 2008 dortiz@uprm.edu X3807, 3808

2. Reglamento General de la Universidad de Puerto Rico Articles that Rule Personnel Actions

3. ARTICLE 64ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 64.1 – Weekly Hours (37.5) • Section 64.2 – Tasks Assignment • Director in consultation with the professor and the approval of the Faculty Dean

4. ARTICLE 64ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 64.7.1. – Interference with university tasks • Professor’s duty to inform annually to the nominating authority a complete account of remunerated tasks and services rendered outside the University, demonstrating that they do not interfere with the performance of the university tasks and responsibilities

5. ARTICLE 65ELEMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 65.1 – Hours of direct contact • Equivalent to 12 credit hours per week • Section 65.2 – Office hours to provide individual attention to students • 6 hours per week • Established by the professor with the approval of the department’s Director

6. ARTICLE 65ELEMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 65.3 – Office hours for course preparation and other endeavors of the academic tasks • 15 hours per week • Section 65.4 – Meetings and other activities • 4.5 hours per week

7. ARTICLE 65ELEMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 65.11 – Additional compensation • Must respond to institutional interests • Authorized by the Director of the department if the additional work consists of teaching • Authorized by the Faculty Dean if the additional work consists of the substitution of tasks or if the additional task is not teaching

8. ARTICLE 65ELEMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Section 65.11.1 – Participation in committees will not carry additional compensation For more details about the elements of the academic workload and the work schedule document for the academic personnel dedicated to teaching and research, you may access http://www.uprm.edu/decasac/docs/normas_procesos.doc

9. ARTICLE 45 EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERSONNEL Section 45.3 – Evaluation Criteria In the evaluation of the performance of the academic personnel for different purposes, the following factors will be considered:

10. Section 45.3 Evaluation Criteria • Section 45.3.1 – Quality of teaching, research or divulgation • Section 45.3.2. – Dedication to university work and service • Section 45.3.3 – Fulfillment of academic duties

11. Section 45.3 Evaluation Criteria • Section 45.3.4 – Professional enhancement • Section 45.3.5. – Cooperation in faculty work, including committees and study programs • Section 45.3.6 – Research and creative work carried out

12. Section 45.3 Evaluation Criteria • Section 45.3.7 – Conferences on their field of study • Section 45.3.8. – Publications, exhibits, concerts and other similar activities

13. Section 45.3 Evaluation Criteria • Section 45.3.9 – Awards received • Section 45.3.10 – Opinions founded and sustained by peers and other persons related to work

14. Section 45.3 Evaluation Criteria • Section 45.3.11 – Professional attitude: professor’s disposition to participate in professional activities; professor’s equity, tact, sensibility, discretion and objectivity in the management of the situations in which the professor participates; spontaneous cooperation with the unit to which the professor serves and with the institution in general.

15. ARTICLE 46TENURE FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL • Section 46.2 – To whom it will be granted Tenure of academic personnel will be granted to those with probationary appointment who perform full time duties, occupy a regular position in the University budget or in any of its dependencies or institutional units and, that according to the competent authorities, have rendered five (5) years of satisfactory services, all in accordance with the following subsections.

16. ARTICLE 46TENURE FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL • Section 46.4 – Time of required services • Section 46.4.1 – Consecutive services The years of required services must be rendered consecutively in one of the academic categories indicated in Article 41.

17. ARTICLE 46TENURE FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL • Section 46.4.1 – Exception to the requirement of consecutive years The requirement of consecutive years will not apply to the cases of interruptions due to some types of leaves, or study leaves with financial aid for graduate studies approved by the institution.

18. ARTICLE 46TENURE FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL • Section 46.4.2 – Services under temporary, substitute or special appointments or under service contract Tenure will not be granted to academic personnel who perform their functions under substitute, temporary or special appointments, or under service contract, but the time served under such conditions, if rendered full time and evaluated satisfactorily after the corresponding evaluation, may be credited to the requirement of probationary period for the purpose of granting tenure.

19. ARTICLE 46TENURE FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL • Section 46.4.4 – Time in administrative functions To the members of the academic personnel with probationary appointment, to whom administrative functions have been assigned, the time during which they perform such duties will be credited when computing the years required for tenure in their regular position in academia, according to the principles established in Article 66.

20. ARTICLE 47 PROMOTION IN RANK • Section 47.5.1.1 – Personnel with doctorate Members of the academic personnel with rank of Instructor who obtain a Doctoral degree, may be considered for promotion to the second rank once the evidence is presented and accepted. If the promotion is granted, it may be effective the first day of the following month to the date of the degree’s certification or at the beginning of the next fiscal year at the latest.

21. ARTICLE 47 PROMOTION IN RANK A member of the academic personnel, with a Doctoral degree and three (3) years of service as Assistant Professor may be considered for promotion to Associate Professor; and with five (5) years of service as Associate Professor, may be considered for promotion to Professor.

22. ARTICLE 47 PROMOTION IN RANK • Section 47.5.1.2 – Personnel with masters degree A member of the academic personnel with a Masters degree and four (4) years of service as Instructor, may be considered for promotion to Assistant Professor; with five (5) years as Assistant Professor may be considered for promotion to Associate Professor; and with six (6) years as Associate Professor may be considered for promotion to Professor.

23. ARTICLE 47 PROMOTION IN RANK • Section 47.5.1.3. – Academic personnel with Bachelors degree A member of the academic personnel with a bachelors degree with tenure, who has been recruited in accordance with the dispositions established in Section 42.1.2, and who has served with excellence for five (5) years in the first rank, six (6) years in the second rank, or seven (7) years in the third rank, will be considered for promotion in rank.

24. ARTICLE 47 PROMOTION IN RANK Academic personnel with a bachelors degree working in the categories of Extension Agricultural Agent or Extension Home Economist, and who has served satisfactorily, productively, and laboriously during seven (7) years in the first rank, will be considered for promotion in rank.

25. ARTICLE 45EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERSONNEL Section 45.2 – Personnel Committees The evaluation of the members of the academic personnel will be performed by the members of the department and faculty personnel committees, according to the norms established by the institutional units and approved by the Administrative Board, which must be congruent with this Reglamento.

26. CERTIFICATION 86-87-476 PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR THE EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD RECINTO UNIVERSITARIO DE MAYAGUEZ

27. CERTIFICATION 86-87-476 • Frequency of Evaluation • Evaluation Procedure of the Departmental Personnel Committee or Regional or Agricultural Extension Service or Agricultural Experimental Station • Evaluation Procedure of the Faculty Personnel Committee • Prerogatives and Duties of the Evaluated Member of the Academic Personnel

28. CERTIFICATION 86-87-476 • Instruments of Evaluation • Appendix B: Resumé • Appendix F: Evaluación General (General Evaluation) • Appendix G: Evaluación de la Enseñanza (Teaching Evaluation) • Appendix H: Cuestionario de Evaluación Estudiantil (Student Evaluation) • Appendix I: Evaluación de la Investigación (Research Evaluation) • Appendix J: Evaluación de los Bibliotecarios (Librarians Evaluation) • Appendix K: Evaluación de los Extensionistas (Extensionists Evaluation) • Appendix L: Evaluación de la Gerencia Académica (Academic Management Evaluation)

29. Documents to be Submitted to the Personnel Committees for the Evaluation Process • Cover Letter • Résumé or Curriculum Vitae • Appendices Certification 86-87-476 • Table of Contents • Documents • Evidence of work done

30. Documents • Self-evaluation • Personal teaching philosophy • Strategy and implementation of this educational vision in the classroom or lab • Academic Performance • Future educational objectives and goals

31. Documents • Academic Work • Description of assigned tasks and responsibilities • Courses’ Syllabi • Evidence of academic work • Teaching strategies used • Assessment techniques used • Integration of technology to the educational process

32. Documents • Evidence of work done • Syllabi developed • Class Material developed • Evidence of published articles or books • Evidence of ongoing or finished research

33. Documents • Evidence of external funds brought to Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez • Evidence of work done during released time • Evidence of conferences or workshops attended • Evidence of conferences or workshops given • Evidence of committee work

34. Documents • Evidence of professional enhancement Examples: • Workshops, seminars, conferences related to education • Changes made in the teaching process

35. Documents • Evaluations • Peers • Students • Course coordinators • Administrators • Example: Department Director

36. References and Electronic Addresses • Reglamento General de la Universidad de Puerto Rico http://www.upr.edu/sindicos/reglamento.htm • Certification 86-87-476, Administrative Board RUM http://www.uprm.edu/senadojunta/docs/certjunta/86-87-476.pdf • Academic Affairs Web Page http://www.uprm.edu/decasac