{"id":296,"date":"2020-05-21T01:08:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2020-09-06T00:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T05:41:34","slug":"summary-of-satisfying-department-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/summary-of-satisfying-department-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Satisfying Department Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For your convenience, the table below presents a summary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/01\/Final-Voting-Copy-of-December-2017-TP-Revisions.pdf\">department criteria for tenure<\/a>. In the lists, I provide links to select examples demonstrating fulfillment of the relevant criteria with brief explanations in brackets. These examples are not exhaustive, and the following pages of the portfolio present additional examples with more detail and reflection.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Component<\/th>\n<th>Department Examples [<em>selected activity<\/em>]<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Collegiality<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend Department Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Attend CAS Faculty Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Attend Provost Faculty Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Attend University Meetings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/ChapelTalk_20191203.pdf\">Lead or Participate in Spiritual Formation Activities<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Department Spiritual Formation talk<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/09\/GuestTeachForJess.pdf\">Teach class for another faculty member<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Covered lecture for Dr. Dowdy<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Guest Lecture for a course for which you are not teacher of record<\/li>\n<li>Team Teaching a course<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_7916-scaled-e1590034072122.jpg\">Support ACU, by attending, athletic events, concerts, campus discussion events, etc.<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Attendance at ACU baseball games<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Attend Summit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/07\/SmallTeachingOnline_e-mail.pdf\">Participate in Adams Center events<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Co-lead <\/em>Small Teaching Online<em> Reading group with Dr. Shelly Sanders<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Attend Abilene focussed community events<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/08\/Letter_Jernigan_Kendra.pdf\">Co-teach an Honors Colloquium<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Honors Colloquium with Dr. Kendra Jernigan<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Any other activity that involves collegiality [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/07\/Schubert_20191122.pdf\">Attend faculty lunches<\/a> with Dr. Schubert<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The faculty member needs to document collegiality by soliciting <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/collegiality\/collegiality-letters\/\">several letters<\/a> of collegiality for their portfolio both from the department and from various sources at ACU. Any documentation of collegiality, other than letters, is helpful, but not required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching<\/td>\n<td>Required Activities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turning in all syllabi to the department by the end of the first week of classes<\/li>\n<li>Teach or arrange alternative experiences for all scheduled classes unless negotiated in writing with the department chair<\/li>\n<li>Turn in semester grades by the deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Grade, or insure grading by a competent grader, of all student work<\/li>\n<li>Turn in Goals and Reflections in a timely manner<\/li>\n<li>Schedule and attend a departmental annual evaluation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[<em>I have satisfied the above, for example, see my <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/annual-evaluations\/\">annual evaluations<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solicit observations of your teaching\u00a0[<em>Observations by Drs. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/01\/MasterTeacherObservation_Houghtalen.pdf\">Lori Houghtalen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/07\/MasterTeacherObservation_Jernigan.pdf\">Kendra Jernigan<\/a><\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other indicators of excellence in teaching might include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student opinion surveys, i.e. end of course student evaluations [<em>Question averages for <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/All-Classes_Lamar.png\">Lamar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/AllClasses.png\">ACU<\/a><\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Peer-to-peer reviews on instruction<\/li>\n<li>Pedagogical improvements<\/li>\n<li>Teaching awards<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/teaching\/reflections-on-empowering-students-to-learn\/\">Reflections that lead to changes in teaching<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Series of improvements in pedagogy and utilization of technological tools<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Write and Submit new course requests for university approval<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/01\/PHYS221.v0.pdf\">Development of new curriculum for a course or curriculum innovations<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Designed and wrote a new curriculum for Engineering Physics I Lab<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/MasterTeacherEmail.pdf\">Becoming an ACU Master teacher through the Adams Center Program<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Notice of completion of Master Teacher program<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Be asked to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/08\/Letter_Jernigan_Kendra.pdf\">team teach a course<\/a> by someone else from another department. [<em>co-teach honors colloquium with Dr. Kendra Jernigan<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL8E0Z9kZM-NUUPifRKsFYQBLFPh_NOvzX\">Implementation of teaching strategies from your own research or gained through working with the Adams Center<\/a>\u00a0[<em>YouTube playlist of pre-lecture videos I created to facilitate evidence-based active-learning methods during face-to-face class-time, based upon advances in physics education research<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Scholarship<\/td>\n<td>No minimum number of peer-reviewed achievements required for tenure or rank of Associate Professor. \u200bRank of Professor requires one peer-reviewed publication or success in gaining external funding.\u200b Below are seven broad categories; it is \u200bnot expected\u200b that a candidate will exhibit scholarly activity that falls under each of these seven categories.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prd\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevD.97.032004\">Publications<\/a>\u00a0[<em>APS journal article for which I was principal author<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1920077&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">External Funding<\/a>\u00a0[<em>NSF grant of which I am co-principal investigator<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>External Accreditation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indico.cern.ch\/event\/568360\/contributions\/2476749\/\">Talks<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Example of invited talk at an international conference<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/meetings.aps.org\/Meeting\/DNP19\/Session\/GG.5\">Research products<\/a>:\u200b Included is supervision of the research of others, particularly undergraduate students [<em>Major conference presentation by student I mentored<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnl.gov\/userscenter\/merit\/past-competitions\/2018\/\">Other recognition of expertise\u200b<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Received a merit award from the RHIC\/AGS Users&#8217; Executive Committee<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Internal Funding\u200b<\/li>\n<li>Industry Partnerships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Service<\/td>\n<td>Activities might include, but are not limited to, participation in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/2020DrachenbergURFThankYouLetter.png\">University committees<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Service on the\u00a0Undergraduate Research Festival Planning Committee<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/06\/CASCommittees_2015-2016.pdf\">Departmental or college committees<\/a> [<em>Lamar University College of Arts and Sciences SACS representative<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/05\/Confirmation-Ltr-Jim-Drachenberg.png\">Church-related interactions<\/a>\u00a0[<em>Bible class teacher at Oldham Lane church of Christ<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Departmental or university leadership<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1y3r_LJy0jS0Y37dtYF3anU6C68YQg593SzmvjXrG_2k\/edit#gid=0\">Community service<\/a> [<i>Volunteer data analyst for Abilene-Taylor County\u00a0Public Health Department during COVID-19 pandemic<\/i>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/groupmail.acu.edu\/acu-sps\/officers\/faculty-sponsors?authuser=1\">Club or service club interactions<\/a> [<em>Society of Physics Students co-sponsor<\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The applicant must include at least three solicited letters from the following:<br \/>\nRequired:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One letter from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/08\/Letter_Dowdy_Jess.pdf\">department chair<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/08\/Letter_Kennedy_Tim.pdf\">engineering executive director<\/a> regarding service to the department, college, or university (letter should list specific committees or service activities the applicant participated in that support the department, college, and\/or university)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/09\/2020DrachenbergURFThankYouLetter.pdf\">One letter from a colleague on campus regarding service to the department, college, or university<\/a> (letter should list specific committees or service activities the applicant participated in that support the department, college, and\/or university)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At least one additional letter from the following list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/07\/Letter_Smith_Jack.pdf\">Church minister or elder<\/a> (letter should list specific committees or service activities the applicant participated in that support the mission of the church) [<em>Letter from elder at Oldham Lane church of Christ<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/files\/2020\/07\/LetterFromAnnette.pdf\">Community leader<\/a> (letter should list specific committees or service activities the applicant participated in that support the community) [<em>Annette Lerma, Director of Health Services, Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>Professional organization leader (APS, IEEE, SPS, TSPE, AAPT, ASME, AAPT, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Student club officer of a sponsored club<\/li>\n<li>Leader in a professional service club (Example: Rotary, Abilene Women\u2019s Club, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jimdrachenberg\/\">&lt;&lt;&lt; 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