Members—

Charges—

Standing Charges

1. Review department and school criteria and procedures for promotion and tenure pursuant to section 6.3.5.1 of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations for consistency with the requirements of Article VI of the rules and regulations, and approve criteria, guidelines, and procedures that are consistent with those requirements.  Identify inconsistencies and coordinate with the Provost’s Office to provide feedback to departments, the College, schools, and other administrative units to correct problems.  Submit issues that cannot be resolved to FacEx as provided in section 6.3.5.1 (ongoing). This includes tenure and non-tenure track faculty, if policy exists.
2. Review guidelines and forms developed by the Provost, and procedures developed by the UCPT, pursuant to 6.3.5.2 for consistency with the requirements of Article VI of the rules and regulations and identify problems or concerns.  Provide comments to the Provost and UCPT, and report issues that cannot be resolved to FacEx as provided in section 6.3.5.2 (ongoing).
3. Promote and facilitate compliance with the standards and procedural requirements of Article VI of the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations by maintaining and disseminating guidance documents for departments, the College, schools, and other administrative units (ongoing).
4. Work with the Office of Faculty Affairs to make sure documents are provided by the programs for SPPT review. 
5. Monitor the implementation of Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations concerning Promotion and Tenure.  Identify issues and problems as they arise and report recommendations to FacEx as needed (ongoing).
6. In coordination with the Policy Office, annually review technical modifications to Promotion and Tenure policies submitted to the Policy Library.

Specific Charges

1. Assist FacEx and FRPR with the proposal made in Spring 2022 by Chris Brown, VP for Faculty Development (Office of Faculty Affairs), to develop guidelines for including and accounting for work in the areas of service, DEIB initiatives, community-engaged scholarship, and entrepreneurship in the promotion and tenure process.
2. Develop plans for SPPT to become a more pro-active and effective committee. Set up a system so that future iterations of this committee can work constructively with the Administration to accomplish two main goals:
   1. Identify recurring or past problems in tenure and promotion procedures and practices and take steps to fix those problems.
      1. Gather information from past chairs of P&T committees (above Department level)
      2. Gather information from past chairs of Faculty Right Board
      3. Establish a protocol that automatically shares any external review comments about P&T processes with SPPT
   2. Develop Best Practice guidelines and exemplary documents to guide departments and schools whose procedures are reviewed by SPPT.
      1. Review department procedures that have been approved by past SPPT committees and identify exemplary documents (e.g., statements of mentoring plans)
      2. Review documents used to guide mid-level and above review (in schools that do that) and ensure they promote assessments in line with FSRR.

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