Promotion & Tenure Workshops

This workshop will provide tips for navigating the promotion guidelines for academic professionals and will include an overview of the application process, dossier, and timeline. Academic professionals of all ranks, promotion unit heads, and support staff who would like to better understand academic professional promotion procedures are encouraged to attend. The workshop will include panelists knowledgeable about Academic Professional promotion processes.

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• For Quick Reference Guide, 2-Year Cycle of process, and Academic Professional Guidelines, see this page.
• Academic Professional Promotion Guidelines Workshop Video (3/14/24)

This workshop will provide insights on preparing for the annual evaluations and feature a panel of faculty who have successfully been promoted. They will also discuss their use of Elements, the web-based system by which UGA faculty collect and report their work in research, scholarship, creative works, and other professional activities. Elements plays a crucial role in the annual performance evaluation process. You’ll learn how to access and manage your user profile in UGA Elements.

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• See the Elements site for extensive support materials.

This workshop will provide tips for navigating the revised promotion guidelines for lecturers and will include an overview of the new Principal Lecturer rank, third-year review and preliminary consideration, promotion and reappointment application process, and timeline. Lecturers and Senior Lecturers, promotion unit heads, and support staff who would like to better understand lecturer appointment and promotion procedures are encouraged to attend. The workshop will be facilitated by Elizabeth Weeks, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs.

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• Lecturer Appointment and Promotion Guidelines Workshop Video (2/8/24)
• 2021 Lecturer Guidelines Implementation Memo

This workshop will provide instructions on the assembly of promotion and tenure dossiers and tips for avoiding problems that weaken dossiers. Department heads, staff who assemble dossiers, Academic (tenure-track / tenured) and clinical faculty who are preparing dossiers for full review in the fall are encouraged to attend.

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• Promotion and Tenure Dossier Workshop Zoom Recording (3/5/2024)
• Promotion and Tenure Dossier Workshop Handout (2024)
• Promotion and/or Tenure Electronic Dossier Checklist

This workshop will provide tips for navigating the Guidelines for Appointment and Promotion & Tenure. It will include an overview of important time-points prior to and during the application process. Academic (tenure-track / tenured) and clinical track faculty, promotion and tenure unit heads, and support staff who would like to better understand promotion and tenure procedures for these faculty tracks are encouraged to attend.

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Promotion and Tenure Procedures Workshop Video (11/7/2023)