Information about the promotion and tenure (P&T) and employment security status (ESS) process can be found below. The following files are available in either MS Word, MS Excel or PDF. Please contact our office if you have any questions.

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For faculty:

• Guidelines and instructions for faculty promotion and tenure packets
• Guidelines and instructions for teaching faculty promotion packets
• External evaluator letter (tenure/tenure track, Research, Clinical) (MS Word)
• Evaluator letter template (Teaching) (MS Word)
• Externally funded research form (MS Excel)
• Promotion and tenure procedures and factors for faculty
• Promotion procedures and factors for teaching faculty
• Faculty professional record template (MS Word)

SmartPath Training Videos:

• Promotion workflow for departmentalized schools/colleges
• Promotion workflow for nondepartmentalized schools/colleges
• (For BAOs) Add signature block to external evaluator letters
• (For BAOs) Add new school/college P&T committee member user

For academic staff:

• Guidelines and instructions for academic staff promotion and tenure packets
• Promotion and tenure coversheet template for academic staff
• Summary of additional evaluators (academic staff) (MS Word)
• Promotion and tenure procedures and factors for academic staff
• Additional evaluator template for academic staff

• See also Procedures for ESS application and review (MS Word)
• Academic staff ESS application coversheet
• Academic staff professional record template (MS Word)