AFT Local Agreements - MOAs, forms, checklists, and more covering T&R, Promotion, Sabbatical, etc. All needed instructions can be found here.

The purpose of the Impact of COVID-19 statement is for inclusion within documentation relating to any deficiencies in anticipated benchmarks and achievements of AFT employees during this unprecedented time. AU levels of evaluations of the performance and production of AFT employees for the purposes of probationary recontracting, tenure, multi-year recontracting, promotion, sabbatical, and any other related evaluations should not be affected negatively because of the effects of the pandemic.

The Senate TR&P Committee Chair is Cristina Iftode. All questions should be emailed to senatetandr@rowan.edu. Please reference the appropriate MOA in your email.

The T&R Process Session slides  (8/23)

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Please contact senatetandr@rowan.edu for guidance. Please reference the appropriate MOA in your email.

Campbell Library - Research and Scholarship - This page provides resources and tools that will help you get started with your research and scholarship.

All sessions are virtual from 3:30-4:30 on Fridays

September 13 - Q&A- Last minute questions for candidates applying for tenure (for tenure-track faculty and librarians in their year 6th of service)

September 27 - Q&A- Last minute questions for tenure-track candidates applying for 5th and/or 6th year recontracting (for tenure-track faculty and librarians in their 4th or 5th year of service)

October 18 - Avoiding pitfalls and supporting T&R candidates for (TRP Committees chairs and members) (recording) (presentation slides)

November 8 - Crafting the promotion file for tenure-track/tenured faculty or librarians (for Instructors, Assistant and Associate Professors, Librarians) (recording) (presentation slides)

November 22 - The first comprehensive review for tenure-track candidates applying for 3rd and/or 4th year recontracting (for tenure-track faculty and librarians in their 2nd year of service)(recording) (presentation slides)

January 31 - Crafting the promotion file for non-tenure-track teaching faculty (for Assistant and Associate Teaching Professors) (recording) (presentation slides)

February 14 - The first comprehensive review for non-tenure-track teaching faculty applying for 3rd, 4th, & 5th year recontracting (for non-tenure-track teaching faculty in their 2nd year of service) (recording) (presentation slides)

March 7 - Q&A- Last minute questions for non-tenure-track teaching faculty applying recontracting (for non-tenure-track teaching faculty applying in all recontracting cycles)

April 4 - Preparing for a Successful External Review Process (for tenure-track faculty (tenure candidates) and tenured faculty (promotion candidates) (recording) (presentation slides)

T&R Packet Preparation and Design slides (11/20/24)

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Tenure & Recontracting Session for Candidates in 1st Year of Service Slides 

(applying for 2nd year recontracting) (1/26/24)

Video recording

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On November 22, 2024, Cristina Iftode, Chair of the Senate Tenure, Recontracting, and Promotion Committee, presented this information session for tenure-track candidates in their 2nd or 3rd year of service (applying for 3rd and/or 4th year recontracting).

The first TT comprehensive application: 3rd and 4th year recontracting for TT Faculty and TT Librarians in their 2nd year of service (recording) (presentation slides) (11/21/24)

3rd/4th Year T&R Packet Preparation and Design slides (11/20/24)

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Crafting the promotion file for Non-Tenure Track Teaching Professors or Librarians for Assistant and Associate Teaching Professors, Non-TT Librarian III-I

Information Session for Teaching Faculty Crafting the Promotion File Presentation Slides (1/31/25)

(2/14/25) The first comprehensive review for non-tenure-track teaching faculty applying for 3rd, 4th, & 5th year recontracting (for non-tenure-track teaching faculty in their 2nd year of service) (presentation slides)

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A huge THANK YOU to Alison Novak, from PR & Advertising, who recorded the videos, and Rachel Shapiro, from Writing Arts, who put together the clickable checklist guide. 

Building upon her years of experience as a member and Chair of the Senate TR&P Committee, Dr. Cristina Iftode provided Department & College TR&P Committee chairs and members with things to think about, do, and avoid while supporting candidates through the TR&P processes.

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Promoting Equity: Transforming the Tenure Review Process

This paper, written by the Academics for Black Survival and Wellness (A4BL) Anti-racist Tenure Letter Working Group, makes a case for anti-racist tenure and promotion letters and provides guidance for engaging in writing them.

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Sabbatical Leave Information Session slides (6/23)
Sabbatical Leave Information Session video (6/23)
Sabbatical Leave Information Session Video with transcript & closed captioning (6/23)