Faculty Reviews
Review Deadlines for SOMD Faculty
- September 1: TTF Promotion & Tenure and Promotion to Full dossiers supporting material due
- December 1: TTF 3-year PTR dossiers due
- January 5: TTF midterm review dossiers due
- January 5: CF Promotion and CF Continuous Employment dossiers due
- February 15: TTF External reviewer names due (P&T)
- March 15: TTF 6-year PTR dossiers due
- May 15: TTF Annual Reviews, CF Annual Reviews, and CF Triennial Reviews
Tenure Track Faculty (TTF) Evaluation
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Full Professor
Assistant Professor Reviews
This timeline may be shortened or lengthened with years of credit or tenure-clock extensions.
- First year: Annual Review
- Second year: Annual Review; recommend peer teaching review
- Third year: Midterm Review
- Fourth Year: Annual Review; recommend peer teaching review
- Fifth year: Annual Review (and P&T file preparation year); recommend peer teaching review
- Sixth Year: Promotion and Tenure Review
Associate Professor Reviews
Associate Professors undergo third-year post tenure reviews every three years until they are ready to undergo a Promotion to Full review.
- First year: no review
- Second year: no review; recommend peer teaching review
- Third year: Third-Year Post-Tenure Review
- Repeat
Full Professor Reviews
- First year: no review
- Second year: no review; recommend peer teaching review
- Third year: Third-Year Post-Tenure Review
- Fourth year: no review
- Fifth year: no review; recommend peer teaching review
- Sixth year: Sixth-Year Post-Tenure Review
- Repeat
Career Faculty (CF) Evaluation
- First year: Annual Review; recommend peer teaching review
- Second year: Annual Review; recommend peer teaching review
- Third year: Annual Review; recommend peer teaching review
- Fourth year: no review
- Fifth year: no review; recommend peer teaching review
- Sixth year: Triennial Review or Promotion Review, if eligible
Career Faculty continue to cycle through triennial reviews every three years. Promotion resets the triennial review schedule.
Career Faculty are eligible for Career Continuous Employment Reviews after accumulating six years of service at .5 FTE in the highest rank in their category.