Annual Assessment of Faculty Members

As described in the following policy document, departmental chairs are required to provide to the Executive Dean (or Dean of the Wichita campus) an annual evaluation on all faculty members having at least 0.5 FTE commitment to the School of Medicine. This requirement includes faculty on ALL tracks, with the exception of Volunteer faculty. This evaluation must be based on both a self-assessment by the faculty member and the assessment of the departmental chair and must include a formal interview as described in the policy.

The School has developed an assessment form and requires departments to develop documentation systems specific to their needs such that an appropriate and accurate record of the evaluation is retained by the faculty member and department.

The Annual Faculty Assessment Summary must be completed for each faculty member and returned to the Office of the Executive Dean (or Dean of the Wichita campus) by Friday, April 11, 2008. The Dean on the Wichita Campus will forward copies of signed Annual Assessments for his faculty to the Executive Dean in Kansas City. This form is standardized to verify that the School meets the University requirement to provide annual evaluations to all faculty members. The last page of the completed Annual Faculty Assessment Summary must be signed by both the departmental chair and the faculty member to verify the information and meet legal requirements.

The Annual Faculty Assessment Summary has been developed based on feedback from chairs and faculty members. The form is available here as a Word document download.

Questions about reviews for this year and feedback on improving the process should be sent to Jo Halverson jhalvers@kumc.edu).