Non-tenure Track Faculty Advancement

I: Review the Promotion Timeline 

The Promotion and Tenure Timeline provides critical dates and process steps for Instructors, Lecturers, and Clinical Faculty who are applying for promotion.

The Library Promotion Timeline provides critical dates and process steps for Library Faculty who are applying for promotion. 

II: Create an Interfolio case

Interfolio is the electronic dossier system used for promotion and tenure application. You can find a link to Interfolio in myWings. Once you have alerted your Chair of your intention to pursue promotion, an Interfolio case will be created for you by Academic & Student Affairs.

III: Read the 2022-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)

Carefully review the Labor agreement between the University and the applicable unions representing various University employees. Article 18, Performance Evaluations, is particularly important as it offers general guidance and examples of activities that count toward teaching, research, and service assignments. Such activities count toward promotion as well. Article 22, Promotions for Library Faculty, reviews and offers specific information for the library faculty promotion process. Article 23, Promotions for Instructors and Lecturers, reviews and offers specific information for the instructor and lecturer promotion process, while Article 24, Promotions for Clinical Faculty, reviews and offers specific information for clinical faculty.

IV: Determine if you have Department Guidelines

Of the most importance is to determine if your department has adopted Department Promotion and Tenure Guidelines, which further clarify the types and level of importance of activities that count toward promotion within specific fields. Please note that the list is not arranged alphabetically by department/program and is instead arranged chronologically by adoption.

If your department has not adopted unit-specific guidelines, then you will use the CBA Article 22, Promotions for Library Faculty, Article 23, Promotions for Instructors and Lecturers, or Article 24, Promotions for Clinical Faculty, which outline the promotion process and eligibility for faculty who are applying for promotion.

V: Review sample narratives from previous candidates

The purpose of this resource is to provide non-tenure track faculty who will pursue promotion with examples of CVs and teaching and service narratives from faculty contributors who were successful in their promotion applications. The Office of Faculty Excellence is grateful to our colleagues who generously provided their samples. While the purpose of this resource is to aid faculty who will apply for promotion, it is important to note that these materials are examples, not a guarantee of success through the application process. It is incumbent on each faculty member to create a full dossier that demonstrates their excellence and meritorious work in teaching and service.

Note: You will need to sign in via SharePoint to access the sample dossiers.