Minimum Requirements for Mentoring and Evaluation of Non-Tenure Track Faculty

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Initial Appointment of Non-Tenure Track Faculty

1. Orientation. Upon appointment, non-tenure track faculty will be oriented to:
   1. Mission and Vision of Edgewood College.
   2. Needs of the constituent academic unit (e.g., school, department, program) they have been hired to serve, including, for Lecturers expected to contribute service beyond teaching, the nature of these expectations as defined by the constituent unit.
   3. Requirements for course content, and pedagogical expectations.
   4. Expectations for Edgewood College course syllabi.
2. Mentoring. The constituent unit to be served will designate a mentor with experience teaching the class(es) to which the faculty will be assigned.
   1. The mentor will discuss with their mentee the goals for the class(es) to which the faculty is assigned, and consider with their mentee the faculty’s overall intellectual/professional development goals in relation to this appointment.
   2. For Lecturer positions that carry expectations of service beyond teaching, the mentor is expected to provide guidance as to these expectations.
   3. The faculty member will meet regularly with their mentor, on a mutually agreed upon basis, for at least the first year of the faculty member’s employment at Edgewood College.
3. Observation of Teaching. The head of the constituent unit, the faculty mentor, or another designated faculty member within the constituent unit will conduct peer observation of the faculty member’s teaching by the end of the semester. Results of this observation will be discussed with this individual, and a written summary provided to the faculty member and the head of the constituent unit.
4. Evaluation of Teaching.
   1. During the first semester of teaching at Edgewood College, at the midterm of each course, the faculty member will elicit student feedback in written form and discuss this feedback with their mentor.
   2. During the first year of teaching at Edgewood College, a faculty member’s student evaluations will be reviewed by the head of the faculty member’s constituent unit and discussed with the faculty member at the conclusion of each course.