Montclair State University - Carnegie Committee - FAQ Hooks

Promotion

Promotion is a professional milestone for faculty. Unlike teachers in the primary and secondary systems, faculty in higher education must organize tangible proof of their value to their institutions and profession imbedded in narrative which will be judged by peers and administration.

The advantages inherent in the use of technology are not limited to enhancing the quality of teaching and learning. Teaching porfolios which can be included in promotion papers; Student surveys, as a complement to traditional student evaluations of faculty, can provide either an enhanced view of faculty teaching performance or can clarify what appear to be lacunae in performance; More precise assessment of student learning can be mined from such tools as Blackboard tallies of student access to various Blackboard resources.

The criteria for promotion are guidelines published by university administration. In our performance system, evaluation in four categories: Teaching, Scholarship of Pedagogy, Scholarship of Discovery, Integration, and Aesthetic Creation, or Scholarship of Application, are the categories in which we place examples of our achievement and expertise.