College of Arts and Sciences
Binder Order Cheat Sheet

Always check the Faculty Handbook for further explanation of requirements in sections.

• No double-siding
• No stapling
• Use regular paper (i.e. no heavy card-stock or colored paper)
• Three ring binder with cover page (outside preferred) with your name and type of review (i.e. promotion, tenure, third year)

Section 1: Preliminary Materials

• Table of Contents
• Letter of Support (department chair)
• Curriculum Vitae
• PDP's with Responses from Administration
• Third Year Review Faculty Status Committee Letter (for tenure)

Section 2: Character & Congruence with Mission

• Narrative of Faith and Faith Journey
• Statement of Vocation (statement on teaching, scholarship & service)
  • Letters of support from colleagues

Section 3: Teaching

• General Self-Reflection/Analysis
• Peer Evaluation(s) (at least one in the department and at least one out of the department)
• Course Specific Analysis (include course syllabus followed by student evaluations for that course in chronological order)
  • Course syllabi
  • Course evaluations
  • Any other tools collected
• Advising Self-Reflection/Assessment
  • Letter from 3 recent grads commenting o teaching and advising (for tenure)

Section 4: Scholarship

• Provide a statement that gives context to your scholarship and your future plans for scholarship and growth in your discipline - "trajectory".
• It may be helpful to present using the four types of scholarship listed in the Faculty Handbook.
• Letters of support from peers outside the University.

Section 5: Service

• Summary of Service
  • Baseline: attendance at department, school, University faculty meetings/functions such as retreat.
  • Committees, task forces at department, school, University levels.
  • Out of the ordinary departmental service.
  • Service to students (cadres, clubs, etc.)
  • Serious junior faculty mentoring
  • Service in professional guilds
  • NOTE: Service to church and community may be considered as part of the service to the university.

Section 6: Appendices

• Representative reprints of journal articles and/or copies of grant proposals.
• Approriate equivalents of the above for artistic work or other scholarly activity.

   

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