Congratulations on being hired as a tenure-track employee at North Idaho College! Follow these guidelines for creating and maintaining your tenure candidate portfolio/notebook that will be submitted by December 20 of the fourth year of your probationary period.
Start with a 3-inch, 3-ring view binder with 5 tabs to identify each section.
Complete the Tenure Candidate Cover Page with your information and slide the cover page in the front cover of the view binder.
Tab #1: Application
- Completed Application for Initial Tenure.
Tab #2: Division Chair (DC) Documents
(Arrange documents chronologically, oldest on top.)
- DC’s recommendation for or against conferral of tenure.
- DC’s summative evaluation (Summary of formative evaluations).
- DC’s formative evaluation rating sheets from all probationary semesters.
- Any other letters or memos from DC related to the candidate’s tenure/probationary period.
Tab #3: FET Documents
(Arrange documents chronologically, oldest on top)
- FET recommendations for or against conferral of tenure.
- FET summative evaluations (Summary of formative evaluations).
- FET mentor’s formative evaluations.
- FET observation rating sheets from all probationary semesters.
- Any other letters or memos from FET related to the candidate’s tenure/probationary period.
Tab #4: Student Evaluations
- Organized chronologically, oldest on top.
- Include pages of comments compiled, most recent semester first. Indicate on compiled comments pages the course #, course name, semester, year, class title, and whether the course is on-campus, online, hybrid, or IVC.) Do not exclude any student evaluations or student comments from the section.
Tab #5: Candidate’s Self Evaluations
- Organized chronologically, oldest on top. Refer to Guidelines for Writing Your Self Evaluation.
- Letters of appreciation, awards, certificates, etc.
- Any other letters or memos from students, faculty members, or the community related to the candidate’s tenure/probationary period.