Tenure-Track Annual Reviews and Promotion

Tenure Track Year 1 Annual Reviews

It is imperative that all Tenure-Earning Faculty start building their dossier through their annual review documents, as soon as they arrive at UT Arlington. The first year for a tenure-track faculty member may result in a dossier that is necessarily thin and cursory, but it serves as a place-holder later in the tenure dossier and, more importantly, a point of departure.

The importance of using the tenure template becomes evident for the more extensive third year review, the midpoint review of the faculty member's progress toward meeting requirements and expectations for tenure and promotion.

These forms allow for the creation of a complete yearly performance record including recommendations from the chair, dean and ACTP. This process establishes more transparency, establishes a record of evaluation with recommendations, and contributes incrementally to the final T and P dossier.

Please review HOP Section 6-304 in preparation for advising tenure-track faculty on their annual reviews

The “Recommendation for Tenure Earning Faculty Form” is sent to each Dean the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness in early Spring, providing each pre-tenure faculty member's name, rank, years of service at UTA, date they began on the tenure track, and the academic year of 3rd year review, follow up review (if warranted) and tenure review.