Professor
Prior to consideration the candidate must have demonstrated consistently effective ability as a teacher, must have been recognized in the chosen field, must hold the terminal degree and have completed ten years of collegiate academic experience. The academic experience need not have been at Mount Saint Mary College.
For promotion to full professor, a faculty member must meet all of the requirements of associate professors, and demonstrate sustained excellence in all areas of teaching, scholarship, and service. This can be demonstrated by earning a total of 25 outstanding ratings or comparable documented strong performance distributed over all three rubrics since your last promotion, with emphasis on the 5 years prior to application.
Expectations of a Full Professor
Full professors are expected to maintain the standards required for promotion to full professor at each 5-year reflection reviewed by the PRC & P&T Committees.
The candidate for promotion to Professor is expected to have met or to have exceeded the following standards:
a. Teaching
For promotion to Professor, evaluation will continue to include “consistently effective ability” as a teacher. The candidate’s portfolio should contain documentation similar to that indicated for Associate Professor with emphasis on one’s growth as a teacher and changes made in teaching performance since the last promotion.
Examples of contributions and evidence that reflect “consistently effective ability” and incremental growth as a teacher may include but are not limited to:
- Above average teaching effectiveness ratings from one’s Chairperson, from peers and from students. Recognition as an expert teacher by students and peers;
- Demonstration of leadership in program and course development, and evaluation of learning. Course syllabi show evidence of the incorporation of one’s growth in scholarship and expertise;
- Collaboration with colleagues from a variety of Divisions and the Center for Student Success to reflect upon, assess, and improve student learning;
- Demonstration of cultural diversity and globalization in instructional course content and methodology;
- Excellent ratings from students with regard to academic advisement and guidance for career development.
b. Scholarship
To demonstrate “recognition” in one’s chosen field a portfolio for a candidate for promotion to Professor should contain documentation of positive evaluations of one’s scholarship from colleagues at Mount Saint Mary College and colleagues who are affiliated with outside institutions.
Examples of contributions and evidence that reflect “recognition” of one’s scholarship may include but are not limited to:
- Ongoing rigorous inquiry in an area of scholarship;
- Publication of scholarship in peer-reviewed journals;
- Positive reviews of professional performances;
- Publication of text books, editing of books or writing of chapters in works in one’s field;
- Publication of issue articles, position papers and the like;
- Presentation of scholarly papers at regional, national or international professional meetings;
- Leading workshops or participating in panel presentations at professional meetings;
- Poster presentations at professional meetings;
- Grant awards for scholarship or educational projects;
- Writing/editing accreditation reports;
- Conducting feasibility studies, developing new programs of study and writing proposals for registration of new programs by the State Education Department.
c. Service
To demonstrate “recognition” in one’s chosen field a portfolio for a candidate for promotion to Professor should contain documentation of positive evaluations of one’s leadership in professional activities from colleagues at Mount Saint Mary College and colleagues who are affiliated with outside institutions.
Examples of contributions and evidence that reflect leadership in professional activities may include but are not limited to:
- Recognition by professional colleagues in community, clinical or practice settings such that the faculty member’s expertise is solicited to provide mentoring, advice about professional development or help with program implementation and evaluation;
- Demonstration of leadership on college committees as evidenced by initiative and by taking proactive stances on needed changes in policy, curriculum and instruction;
- Advancing the achievement of goals of a professional organization by effective leadership as an officer, committee Chairperson, board member and the like;
- Demonstration of skills in mentoring new faculty in teaching effectiveness, student advisement and professional development.