As indicated, you will have to continue to work to improve your teaching in the theory sequence good teaching is required for tenure within the department. Summary and Suggestions, Progress Towards Tenure: As you see, while the evaluation of your performance includes both accomplishments and areas in need of improvement, overall you have made a good start to your career here at Michigan State University. This is a good level of service for a faculty member in the beginning of her/his probationary appointment. Also, serving as a panel member at this year's major outreach conference was helpful and well received. Service and Outreach: Your active participation in faculty meetings and on the department's admission's committee has been very positive service. I will ask the mentoring committee to help you in this process. We have confidence that you either already have the focus and need only to better articulate it or that you will soon find that focus. Our review of your "work in progress" section leaves us, at least at this point, unable to discern that focus or theme that is likely to lead to the substantial body of work published in our key journals that is necessary to be awarded tenure. In looking ahead, however, the advisory committee and I believe that you need to establish a thematic focus and a research agenda that will be cumulative in building your national reputation. These are key journals in our field and you should continue to publish in them. Your article in print in Journal of MMM and the one accepted in the Journal of RRR, but not yet published are a good start for you. Research: With regards to research, the advisory committee and I agree that you made good progress toward reappointment this year. While it is difficult to use the same teaching strategies that work so well in this graduate seminar, you should consider ways in which you might adapt some of your XXX 888 teaching strategies. With respect to XXX 888, all indications from SIRS forms and student comments suggest that you did an excellent job. I would also encourage you to continue videotaping class sessions in the coming academic year. Members of this committee would individually welcome a dialogue with you about these issues. I suggest that you examine closely the comments made by the peer review teaching committee (see letter of July 4, 1998) in a continuing effort to strive for teaching effectiveness with students at all levels. It was clear that you know the material you are teaching very well and that you are dedicated to the learning that takes place in the classroom. The comments indicated that the introduction of group assignments may have been a useful addition. I did notice an improvement in the SIRS scores in the spring semester. Your willingness to consult with others who have experience teaching large required undergraduate courses was valued, and I hope, helpful. The large class setting posed particular difficulties that you continue to work to overcome. The comments indicate that your lectures seem to lack variety in teaching techniques and could be better organized. We have talked about the SIRS forms in which your overall ratings for these courses is 20% below the department mean. Teaching the first-year theory sequence has been a considerable challenge. Teaching: In the area of teaching, your primary assignment has been to teach the first year theory sequence (XXX 150 and 151), and you also taught a graduate seminar (XXX 888). To some extent, the following assessments follow the expectations identified in that letter. That letter identifies those activities and accomplishments which are expected of you during this first probationary appointment. It will be helpful to you to refer back to the letter of offer you received prior to your tenure system appointment. For complete information on this requirement, please refer to the Faculty Handbook, Section IV and to the attached section of the department bylaws. In compliance with university policy and department bylaws, it is my responsibility to annually evaluate the performance of each tenure-system faculty member, and to prepare a written performance review, taking into consideration input from the department advisory committee. Untenured Assistant Professor Department of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Campus
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