Tenure & Promotion Policy - Sam Fox School - Washington ...

Effect of Parental Leave Policy on Probationary Period
During the probationary period, the time that a faculty member spends on parental leave under
the Danforth Campus Policy on Parental Leave for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty or Section
IV.B.2 of the Washington University Policy on Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure
shall not count toward the probationary period. To avoid the administrative difficulties that
deviations from the usual yearly tenure review schedule would create, the total time spent on
parental leave will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of years to the extent necessary
to avoid such schedule deviation, for purposes of tolling the tenure clock.
E. Granting of Tenure
ii. appointments
Tenure may be granted only to full-time faculty with the rank of associate professor or professor
(for a definition of tenure, see Section IV of the Washington University Policy on Academic
Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure). Tenure may be granted at the time of appointment to the
faculty or at the conclusion of the probationary period but, in either case, is subject to the review
of the appropriate voting body of the faculty (see Section V.B). Cases of tenured appointments
from outside the university should be submitted as soon as possible after the search committee
decides on the candidate but before any employment offer is made.
iii. criteria for tenure and promotion decisions
Candidates for appointment, retention, tenure, or promotion shall be evaluated on their record
of performance in teaching, creative activity/research, and University and public service, as well
as institutional criteria such as budgetary, teaching, and research requirements. Exceptional
ability in teaching, creative activity/research, and service is necessary to achieve tenure and
promotion.
The disciplines within the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts are diverse, ranging from
studio art and design disciplines to architecture and architectural history, with a wide range of
forums for teaching and dissemination of creative and scholarly work. These criteria are meant
to serve as guidelines in the evaluation of these various disciplines.
A tenured appointment is a long-term commitment, based not only on the evaluation of the
candidate’s past teaching and creative activity/research and service, but also measured with
the expectation of continuing high-quality teaching and work that will significantly benefit the
Sam Fox School and advance the academic standing and reputation of both the candidate and
the institution.
Tenured faculty members are expected to develop and expand their work and teaching beyond
that which merited them their appointment with tenure. A faculty member will be encouraged to
attain standards in work and teaching that merit promotion to full professor.
The work and activities of all tenure-track and full-time faculty members are evaluated annually.
(See Appendix B for Annual Professional Activities Report Form.) The quality and recognition
in the field of the individual candidate’s teaching, creative activity/research, and professional
practice, as well as the merits of the candidate’s role and contribution to the programs of the
school are evaluated using the criteria for tenure and promotion of the Sam Fox School. The
burden is on the faculty member under consideration to demonstrate that these criteria have
been met and will be met during his or her academic career.
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II. Appointments
III. Criteria for Tenure
and Promotion
Decisions