Welcome to the HC Tenure Review Committee (TRC) site

Information on this site is intended to assist working committee members and probationers during the tenure process.

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Working Committee Forms and Checklists

Checklist of Dates for Quarterly Reports and Meetings
Probationer Electronic Signature Form

Tenure Working Committee Quarterly Report Cover Pages
We have both MS Word and fillable PDFs for your use. Please save the PDF before filling it out so that you do not lose information.

Tenure Working Committee - type-able self-evaluation template
We have a MS Word form to use to type in the probationer's self-evaluation organized by the college-wide tenure criteria.

If your TWC wants examples of which criteria they can cover in which quarters, please see Tenure Criteria by Quarter - Possible Schedule. This only an example; not a requirement.

Tenure Working Committee (TWC) Handbook

The TWC Handbook provides probationers and TWC members with answers to commonly-asked questions. It is a living document updated by the TRC. Email the TRC chair/co-chairs with any questions not addressed by the TWC Handbook.

Items Related to Class Observations

Class observations should be based on the six sub-criteria of the Faculty Effectiveness tenure criteria. An individual observer can choose to focus on one or two sub-criteria for one class observation, as long as all the sub-criteria are observed during the course of the academic year.

Observations will include 2-3 observations per quarter, including at least one observation per year by each team member. To facilitate proper evaluation, an attempt should be made to ensure that all classes are observed by team members.

Use one of the required or recommended observation forms shown below while doing the observation to ensure the Faculty Effectiveness tenure criteria are observed, but in the quarterly report submit only a summary of the observation (not the rubrics themselves). The summary should focus on the six sub-criteria of the Faculty Effectiveness tenure criteria.

In-Person Observations

TRC recommends using the appropriate updated PLAID rubrics for In-person classes and Online Synchronous classes.
Alternatively, use the class observation form from the Teaching Effectiveness course.

Online Observations

TWC should use the updated PLAID rubric for Asynchronous Online classes during the observation, and submit a summary in the quarterly report.
The PLAID Quick Guide gives an excellent overview of the PLAID criteria.

Items Related to Probationer Self-Evaluation

Effective Teaching Canvas Course - New faculty are automatically added to the Effective Teaching Canvas Course. See 7.2 Learn About the Self-Evaluation for the Tenure-Track Process for suggestions on reflective writing in the self-evaluation.