With the school year wrapping up, folks on the tenure track are getting their reviews - 1st year, 2nd year, mid-tenure. I haven't been through it yet (it's set for June or July) but I have been keeping a "tenure journal" wherein I document everything I've done since I started at my school. Pubs, abstracts submitted for conferences, grants and $ amounts applied for (even if I don't get them it shows I tried and if I write down all the details now I won't have to scramble later), nice emails from students, etc. From that I've abstracted a year-in-review document that I can give my chair once he starts the process. It all helps me feel like I have a little bit of control over a process that is largely external.
Another thing that I've found to be helpful is to check the Chronicle of Higher Ed fora for firsthand experiences and advice:
Advice/reassurance needed for tt prof after second year review
Things not to do pre-tenure
Criticism of teaching in annual review
3rd yr review
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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