Faculty Affairs
The Office of Faculty Affairs at the VCU School of Medicine approaches Faculty Development in five content areas: TEACH, DISCOVER, SERVE, ADVANCE, and LEAD. View the specific competencies for each content area at this link: Competency-based Approach to Faculty Development
Promotion and Tenure
To aid faculty in planning and preparing the application for promotion and tenure, the Office of Faculty Affairs has listed important documents below as well as recorded an informational video in Kaltura.
View the official Promotion and Tenure Guidelines on the SOM OFA Website.
- Resources for Faculty
- Opening Letter – introduction to the P&T process, sent to all faculty
- Information Sheet – general guidelines, sent to all faculty with the opening letter
- Narrative v. biosketch breakdown – what to include with examples
- Teaching Portfolio – details about documentation and what to include
- Create your own Teaching Portfolio examples:
- Self-Assessment Worksheets – use these documents to reflect on areas for professional development
- Cover Page
- Overall Self-Evaluation
- Productivity Worksheet AP – for promotion to Associate Professor
- Productivity Worksheet P – for promotion to Professor
- Individual Development Plan
- CV Format – required format for Portfolio
- Resources for Administrators
- Administrators PPT – outlining how administrators or coordinators can assist in the process
- Full Video in Kaltura – information walkthrough session (VCU eID login required)
- Reference Letter Request for External Independent Evaluator – potential wording for sending the external independent evaluator form located below
- Reference Letter Request Template – potential wording to request references from colleagues
- External Independent Evaluator form – form for requesting external independent evaluator letters
- Link to form in Docusign
- Criteria – updates for external independent evaluators
- Evaluator Table – for recording letters of recommendation
- Cover Sheet – letters of recommendation received from colleagues
- Cover Sheet – letters of recommendation received from external independent evaluators
- Peer Signature Page – also available on DocuSign, used after the committee is formed and has met
- Chair Signature Page – all departments should use this document once the Peer Signature page has been completed by the committee
- Online voting PPT – if voting during a Zoom meeting, follow these steps to set up anonymous voting
- Checklist – documents required in your packet
- Portfolio
- Access to the Portfolio system
- Support – request help with preparing/updating information in Portfolio
- Portfolio video guides:
- Video and Sections
- Full Video in Kaltura for Faculty (VCU eID login required)
- Links to Specific Content: