Faculty Evaluations

All active faculty members, both tenured and non-tenured, are evaluated annually based on their previous year in rank. The annual evaluation is conducted to provide guidance for continuing and meaningful faculty development, and is essential for Department Chairs to plan the workload for faculty in the following year. For more information on the College's workload policy, please see the CNS Workload Policy.

Mid-Probationary Reviews 

Mid-Probationary Reviews - Departments are required to conduct a comprehensive review of performance of all tenure-track faculty approximately three years after their initial appointment as an Assistant Professor. The review should be done no earlier that the beginning of the 6thsemester and no later than the end of the 7th semester. This review must address accomplishments of the candidate in the areas of:

Research and Scholarly Activity: Publications since arriving at UT, grant support at UT, graduate student supervision, invited talks, and other results of research activity.

Teaching: IB requires that all Assistant Professors have 1 peer assessment done each year, 1 external evaluation done for every three years in rank (with at least 1 prior to the mid-probationary review), and at least 2 reflective teaching observations (conducted by the candidate) of a colleague’s teaching. Please make sure you schedule these assessments in a timely manner so they are available during the assessment. Teaching assessment templates can be found at https://cns.utexas.edu/faculty-affairs/faculty-evaluations/teaching-assessment-templates#templates. Please send all completed assessments to Theresa Kelly to retain in your faculty file. 

Service: Any service to the Department, College or University should be documented. Service to the research community, national organizations, and local community can also be considered.

Comprehensive Periodic Review (CPR)

Every tenured faculty member must undergo a Comprehensive Periodic Review (CPR) every six years from the start of their current tenured appointment. CPRs of tenured faculty are intended to enhance and protect, not diminish, the important guarantees of tenure and academic freedom through a positive, thorough, fair, and transparent process. The purpose of comprehensive evaluation is to:

• Provide guidance for continuing and meaningful faculty development
• Assist faculty to enhance professional skills and goals
• Refocus academic and professional efforts, when appropriate
• Provide assurance that faculty members are meeting their responsibilities to the University and the State of Texas
• Assess whether the individual is making a contribution consistent with that expected of a tenured faculty member
• Form a basis for determining merit raises, honors, awards, and other types of recognition

IB requires that all Full Professors have 1 peer assessment done every three years (with at least 1 prior to the comprehensive review) for a total of 2 peer assessments over the six-year period. Teaching assessment templates can be found at https://cns.utexas.edu/faculty-affairs/faculty-evaluations/teaching-assessment-templates#templates. Please send all completed assessments to Theresa Kelly to retain in your faculty file. 

IB requires that Associate Professors must have 1 peer assessment done every other year (with at least 1 prior to the comprehensive review) for a total of 3 peer assessments over a six-year period. 

For more detailed information on the policies and procedures of this review, please refer to the Guidelines for Comprehensive Periodic Review of Tenured Faculty provided by the HOP 2-2150.

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