Form I2
PROMOTION CONSIDERATION CHECK-OFF LIST
Name_________________________________________________________________________
Check-off list to determine whether faculty member meets the minimum requirements for
consideration for promotion:
1. The faculty member holds a full-time appointment in one of the following academic
ranks (see TTU Policy 206 - Faculty Promotion, Section V.)
____ a. instructor ____ b. senior instructor ____ c. master instructor
2. For promotion to senior instructor, the faculty member
____ Provides documented evidence of ability in teaching and/or
research/scholarship/creative activity and/or service/outreach.;
____ Provides documented evidence of high quality professional productivity which
may lead to national recognition in the academic discipline, and/or consonant with
the goals of the university and of the academic unit to which the faculty member
belongs;
____ Has a minimum of a Master's degree from an accredited institution in the
instructional discipline or related area;
____ has completed five full academic years at the rank of instructor at the end of the
academic year during which the faculty member is applying for promotion to
senior instructor;
____ Shows evidence of good character, mature attitude, and professional integrity.
For promotion to master instructor, the faculty member
____ provides documented evidence of teaching excellence and superior contribution to
student development or superior scholarly or creative activity will contribute to
the positive record of the candidate for advancement to the rank of Master
Instructor. Since there is no higher rank as an Instructor, promotion to Master
Instructor is taken with great care and requires a level of achievement beyond that
required for Senior Instructor. This rank is not a reward for long service; rather it
is recognition of superior achievement within the discipline with every
expectation of continuing contribution to the university and the larger academic
community;
____ provides documented evidence of sustained high quality professional productivity
and national recognition in the academic discipline or sustained high quality
professional productivity in the academic discipline that is consonant with the
goals of the university and of the academic unit to which the faculty member
belongs;
____ holds a minimum of a Master's degree from an accredited institution in the
instructional discipline or related area;
____ has completed five full academic years at the rank of senior instructor at the end
of the academic year during which the faculty member is applying for promotion
to master instructor;
____ shows evidence of evidence of good character, mature attitude, and professional
integrity.
