Massachusetts Society of Professors

Workshops

Department & College Personnel Committee Workshops

Materials distributed at MSP's September 2023 Personnel Committee workshop sessions:

• MSP PowerPoint
• UMass ADVANCE Handouts
• Master Calendar Timelines for PC Members
• PC Chair Responsibilities
• Academic Personnel Policy (aka REDBOOK) -- standards and criteria for T&P reviews
• Provost's Annual Tenure & Promotion Memo
• Outside Reviewer Templates
  • Tenure and promotion to associate professor
  • Promotion to full professor

Pre-Tenure Workshops

Materials distributed at MSP's March 2024 Pre-tenure workshop sessions:

• MSP PowerPoint Presentation
• Table of Contents
• Tenure Review Timelines
• The C's You Need to Heed For Success at Tenure Time
• Promotion, Tenure, and the Engaged Scholar: Keeping the Scholarship of Engagement in the Review Process
• Article 12 (MSP Contract). Faculty Personnel Standards and Procedures
• Articles IV, V and VI of the Academic Personnel Policy of UMass (aka Redbook)
• MSP Guide to the Tenure Process
• Research Impact Indicators & Metrics
• Documents on Provost Website
  • Annual Memo on Promotion & Tenure Recommendations
  • Waiver of Right of Access to Letters of Recommendation
  • Solicitation of External Reviewers Letter Template

Promotion to Full Professor Workshops

Materials distributed at MSP's February 2024 Promotion to Full Professor workshop sessions:

• Complete Packet (PDF)
• Table of Contents
• Promotion to Full Professor Review Timelines
• Standards, Procedures & Rights of Faculty Members
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What MSP Can Do For You
  • General Advice When Crafting Response for a Promotion File
• Provost's Annual Memo on Promotion & Tenure
  • Excerpts from Provost memo related to the assessment of teaching, research and service of candidates during COVID-19 pandemic
• Solicitation Letter Template for Outside Reviewers
• MSP PowerPoint Presentation

Senior Lecturer Promotion Workshops

Materials distributed at MSP's November 2023 Senior Lecturer promotion workshop sessions:

• Table of Contents
• Promotion Review Timelines
• Standards & Criteria, Eligibility, Timing and Procedures
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What MSP Can Do For You
• "The Basics" -- An example of what one college (CSBS) offers as guidance for this review
• "NTT Faculty Reappointments and Promotions" -- An example of what one department (Biology) provides for guidance with regard to this review
• MSP PowerPoint Presentation

Periodic Multi-Year Review (PMYR) Workshop

Materials distributed at MSP's October 2022 PMYR workshop session:

• MSP PowerPoint Presentation
• Review Timelines
• MSP Contract Language (Article 34)
• MSP Contract Language (Appendix A)
• PMYR Process Outline
• PMYR Statement Hints
• Frequently Asked Questions
• PMYR Funding Request Form
• Center for Teaching and Learning -- PMYR Grant Guidelines
• 2021 Board of Trustee Report

Retirement Workshop

Materials distributed at MSP's March 2024 workshop:

• MSP PowerPoint Presentation
• HR's "Retiring and Thinking about Retirement" Webpage
• Emeritus Status Trustee Policy & Process
• Phased Retirement (ORP only)
• Post Retirement

Joint MSP/Administration Departmental Bylaws Workshops

All academic departments are required to have bylaws.  Joint MSP/Administration workshops were held for each college in February 2016 to aid in this process.  Below are some resources faculty may find useful in developing bylaws:

• Suggested content of academic department bylaws
• Faculty Senate/Trustee documents relevant to bylaw development
  • Senate Doc 82-021--Evaluation of academic administrators
  • Senate Doc 90-029--Search & appointment procedures for deans, department chairs/heads and academic program directors
  • Senate Doc 90-029C--Search & appointment procedures for deans, department chairs/heads & academic program directors (supersedes part of 90-029)
  • Senate Doc 96-006A--Review & retention of administrators (overview only)
  • Trustee Doc 76-081--Academic Personnel Policy (the Red Book)