Common use of Summary Evaluation Clause in Contracts

Summary Evaluation. While evaluation by peers and administrators should be a continuous and ongoing process, each faculty member must be given periodic appraisals of how peers and administrators view that faculty member’s overall performance, and must be given an opportunity to respond to each such appraisal. The DPC upon the request by the faculty member will meet with the faculty member receiving a summary evaluation to discuss the summary evaluation with the faculty member after the faculty member has received it. 1. Non-tenured faculty members will receive summary evaluations each year to be completed according to the deadlines indicated below: a. November 15 for those in their fourth or fifth year of service; b. December 15 for those in their third year of service; c. January 15 for those in their first or second year of service, except: 1). March 15 for those in their first year of service who were hired after November 1 but prior to the spring semester; 2). May 1 for those in their first year of service who were hired after the start of the spring semester. 2. Tenured faculty members will receive summary evaluations by the dates indicated: a. February 28 during each year in which the faculty member is applying for promotion (see Article VIII); b. April 30 during each year following a year in which a visit evaluation takes place; c. April 30 in any additional year in which a summary evaluation is requested by the individual faculty member; d. April 30 in any additional year in which the DPC, at its discretion, chooses to require a summary evaluation of a given faculty member, or any year in which (under extraordinary circumstances) the President of the College requires a summary evaluation of a given faculty member. 3. On a schedule to be determined by the DPC, between the submission of each faculty member's Self-Evaluation and the appropriate deadline date indicated above, the following steps shall occur: a. The division ▇▇▇▇ (or other appropriate administrator) shall prepare a DPC Commentary on the faculty member's overall performance, referring to the Self-Evaluation and including any additional relevant information or opinion considered appropriate. This commentary shall be organized into the following sections: 1). Teaching (or other primary work responsibility) 2). Contribution to discipline/department/division 3). Contribution to college/profession/community 4). Professional growth Each DPC Commentary shall be signed by those DPC members who concur with its contents. Those who do not concur shall prepare and sign a narrative entitled Exception to the DPC Commentary. b. Before the applicable deadline, copies of the DPC Commentary and any Exception(s) to it shall be given to the faculty member and to the Human Resources Office for placement into his or her personnel file. The faculty member will have the opportunity to respond in writing within five (5) working days of receipt of the final written Commentary and any Exception(s). If the response identifies errors of fact or introduces information not previously known to those who signed the Commentary or Exception, they shall have the opportunity to amend the original Commentary or Exception. c. In the personnel file, the faculty member's written response (if any) will be affixed in front of the Commentary and/or Exception to which it responds, and the Commentary and any Exceptions will be affixed behind the faculty member's Self-Evaluation Narrative to which they were referenced.

Summary Evaluation. While evaluation by peers and administrators should be a continuous and ongoing process, each faculty member must be given periodic appraisals of how peers and administrators view that faculty member’s overall performance, and must be given an opportunity to respond to each such appraisal. The DPC upon the request by the faculty member will meet with the faculty member receiving a summary evaluation to discuss the summary evaluation with the faculty member after the faculty member has received it. 1. Non-tenured faculty members will receive summary evaluations each year to be completed according to the deadlines indicated below: a. November 15 for those in their fourth or fifth year of service; b. December 15 for those in their third year of service; c. January 15 for those in their first or second year of service, except: 1). March 15 for those in their first year of service who were hired after November 1 but prior to the spring Spring semester; 2). May 1 for those in their first year of service who were hired after the start of the spring Spring semester. 2. Tenured faculty members will receive summary evaluations by the dates indicated: a. February 28 during each year in which the faculty member is applying for promotion (see Article VIII); b. April 30 during each year following a year in which a visit evaluation takes place; c. April 30 in any additional year in which a summary evaluation is requested by the individual faculty member; d. April 30 in any additional year in which the DPC, at its discretion, chooses to require a summary evaluation of a given faculty member, or any year in which (under extraordinary circumstances) the President of the College requires a summary evaluation of a given faculty member. 3. On a schedule to be determined by the DPC, between the submission of each faculty member's Self-Evaluation and the appropriate deadline date indicated above, the following steps shall occur: a. The division ▇▇▇▇ (or other appropriate administrator) shall prepare a DPC Commentary on the faculty member's overall performance, referring to the Self-Evaluation and including any additional relevant information or opinion considered appropriate. This commentary shall be organized into the following sections: 1). Teaching (or other primary work responsibility) 2). Contribution to discipline/department/division 3). Contribution to college/profession/community 4). Professional growth Each DPC Commentary shall be signed by those DPC members who concur with its contents. Those who do not concur shall prepare and sign a narrative entitled Exception to the DPC Commentary. b. Before the applicable deadline, copies of the DPC Commentary and any Exception(s) to it shall be given to the faculty member and to the Human Resources Office for placement into his or her personnel file. The faculty member will have the opportunity to respond in writing within five (5) working days of receipt of the final written Commentary and any Exception(s). If the response identifies errors of fact or introduces information not previously known to those who signed the Commentary or Exception, they shall have the opportunity to amend the original Commentary or Exception. c. In the personnel file, the faculty member's written response (if any) will be affixed in front of the Commentary and/or Exception to which it responds, and the Commentary and any Exceptions will be affixed behind the faculty member's Self-Evaluation Narrative to which they were referenced.