Faculty Development and Evaluation System

Bob Bausch, English Faculty, Author of Nine Novels &

Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Ratings Categories

•From Five Categories to Two

•“Meets Expectations” or “Does Not Meet Expectations”

Ratings Data

•Self-Evaluation

•Supervisor

•Students

•Peers (Recommended)

Patrick Reed and Charles Evans, History Faculty and

Recipients of the 2012 Chancellor’s

Commonwealth Professor Award

Performance Domains

•TEACHING: Minimum Weight 70% for First Year Faculty; 60% for Second Year Faculty; 50% for All Other Faculty

•INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Minimum Weight 10%

•SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES: Minimum Weight 10%

SERVICE: Minimum Weight 10%

Rosemary Gallick, Art Faculty and Award

Winning Artist

NEW FACULTY

•A Two Million Dollar Decision

•Evaluated at the End of Each Semester in their First Year

•Evaluated Once in their Second and Third Years

•Non-Renewal of Contract for a Rating of “Does Not Meet Expectations”

•Peer-Reviewed Appeals Process

Rebecca Kamen, Art Faculty and 2011 Chancellor’s

Commonwealth Professor

FACULTY ON MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS

•All Faculty Will Have an Annual Conference with their Supervisor on Agreed Upon Performance and Professional Objectives

•Formal Evaluations Occur Only in the Final Year of their Multi-Year Contract

•Revert to One Year Contract on an Evaluation of “Does Not Meet Expectations”

•Peer Reviewed Appeals Process

Joe Windham, Historian and Recipient of the

Educational Foundation’s Faculty of the Year Award

Reward and Recognition Program

•Given to a Recommended 10-25% of those Faculty who Receive “Meets Expectations”

•Full-Time Teaching Faculty Heavily Involved in Decisions

•Might Involve Bonuses, Release Time, Professional Development Stipends, Gift Cards, and Percentage Pay Increases

Richard SemmlerCalendar• Fall, 2013, New Faculty Evaluated on the Model Plan•September 24, Training of Deans and Provosts•October 11, VCCS Approves NOVA Plan•Fall, 2013, HR Training of Assistant Deans and Faculty•Calendar Year 2014, NOVA Plan Implemented

Final Comments

•Recognition of Committee

•VCCS-29 Revisions

•Vigorous Training in Fall, 2013

•Advantage to Academic Deans

•Focus on New Faculty during the Graying of the College

Ken Rasmussen, Geology Faculty & Recipient of SCHEV Outstanding

Faculty Award

Calendar

•Fall of 2012 – Form College Committee

•Spring of 2013 – Develop NOVA’s College Plan

•Fall of 2013, Convocation – Faculty Vote on College Plan

•Fall of 2013 – Training of Faculty, Assistant Deans, Deans, Supervisors, and HR Personnel

•Fall of 2013 – Training of Assistant Deans and Faculty

Kathleen O’Sullivan, Speech and Drama Faculty, Author

and Playwright

Calendar

•Fall of 2013, New Faculty Evaluated under the College Plan

•October 31, 2013 – Final Date for VCCS Approval of the NOVA Evaluation Plan

•Calendar Year 2014 – All Faculty Evaluated Under the New Evaluation Plan

Laura Franklin, Foreign Language Faculty and Recipient of the SCHEV

Outstanding Faculty Award

Other Considerations

•VCCS-29 Revisions

•Calendar Year Evaluation Cycle

•Majority of Full-Time Faculty Must Approve

•Dr. Templin Approves and Forwards to the VCCS Final Plan

•There will be a Backup Default Plan

Terry Alford, History Faculty, Lincoln Scholar, Recipient of the SCHEV

Outstanding Faculty Award

Recommended Membership in Faculty Evaluation Committee

•Four Members of the Personnel Services Committee

•Four Members of the College Senate to Include One College Dean

•Four Members of the Instructional and Student Services Committee

Callan Bentley, Geology Faculty and 2012 Recipient of the Chancellor’s Award

for Teaching Excellence

•Four Members of the Administrative Council to Include One Provost

•One HR Representative

•One Representative from Budget/Finance

•A Large Committee will Allow Subgroups to Work on Particular Parts of the Plan

•Teaching Faculty Represent a Majority of the Committee with a VP as Chair

•First Meeting in December of 2012 with a Working Draft Completed by May of 2013

Questions