Annual Faculty Evaluations

The Faculty Handbook requires that “Annual reviews of regular rank non-tenured tenure track faculty will be conducted by the Director of a Program, Chair, or Dean for the purpose of providing direction and advice to the faculty member regarding progress at Duke. In general, the advice of senior faculty in the unit will be solicited for this review.” (pp. 3-2 through 3-3)

Similarly, all other faculty are reviewed annually by their Chair, Director, or Dean prior to salary recommendations. Hiring units may require different documents from individual faculty members in preparation for this review. The unit’s guidelines for these annual reviews should be published as a part of the unit’s bylaws or operating procedures. One product of the review should be a written memorandum from the reviewing officer to the faculty member containing a description of how the officer has conducted the review, its findings, and any professional advice the reviewer wishes to offer the faculty member.

Just as appointment, promotion, and tenure dossiers require secondary/joint units to participate in these major personnel evaluations (Faculty Handbook, p. 3-3), so too should the officers of secondary/joint units participate in annual faculty evaluations if appropriate. It will be appropriate when such responsibilities have been outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding governing the terms of the joint/secondary appointment.