Annual Review

The Task:

Per department policy, we require two 500-word narratives, one in which you reflect on your teaching and one in which you reflect on your student evaluations. Student comments should NOT be separated in the "third" box, nor should student remarks be otherwise separated as bullet points, etc. Incorporated student comments count toward the 500-word limit.

Use the comment box if you wish to describe how Covid and the pandemic have negatively impacted your teaching, scholarship, research, or creative activities. This statement is not required.

AR committees will be looking to the 500-word narratives because those are the measure required by department policy. Using the "Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development" area in Faculty Qualifications should not be misunderstood as some kind of substitute/alternative for the 500-word narratives that go into their own special boxes.

NB: ITAC offers Faculty Qualifications office hours via SignUp. These are two hour drop-in sessions where you can ask any questions about the system you may have ahead of our faculty review season. 

The Purpose:

The  system is used to conduct and report annual faculty reviews within the College of Liberal Arts. The purpose of annual review is to

  • give faculty clear guidelines for reporting workload and professional activities;
  • give reviewers the information they need in a consistent, readable form;
  • provide a standard format for reporting departmental evaluations;
  • ensure that faculty are informed of evaluation results and have an opportunity to respond;
  • give the College of Liberal Arts a complete record of the annual review, which is kept on file and used for compiling the Faculty Bibliography and other reports.

You can find the English Department's annual review policy on our Departmental Documents and Administration page. 

The Procedure for Lecturers:

To create your two 500-word narratives . . .

  1. Log in to Digital Measurables
  2. SCROLL PAST “Teaching” to the bottom of the page and click "Annual Review Narratives" (Do not use the “Teaching” section for your annual review).
  3. Click + Add New Item.
  4. For Year Under Review, type the current year. 
  5. Skip Annual Plan for Coming Year.
  6. Type/paste in your Comments on Teaching for Year Under Review. DO NOT attach files. 
  7. Type/paste in your Instructor Comments on Student Evaluates for Year Under Review. DO NOT attach files. 
  8. Click Save.

 To submit your annual review . . .

  1. Click Workflow.
  2. From your Inbox, click English Lecturers Annual Review.
  3. Check to make sure your report is current. If not, hit Refresh Report. 
  4. Click the PDF icon next to the report. The report will open, and you will be able to review it.
  5. If you need to make changes, click Manage Activities, make your corrections/additions, and begin the submission process anew. Be sure to click Refresh Report to reflect these changes.
  6. Return to the Workflow task.
  7. Use the comment box if you wish to describe how Covid and the pandemic have negatively impacted your teaching, scholarship, research, or creative activities. This statement is not required.
  8. Click Save to save your progress and return later. Click Submit to submit your report. Submissions are final. Resubmissions require system administrator intervention.

Recommendations for First Year English Annual Review Reports:

Comments on Teaching

  • Articulate how your writing assignments, sequence of assignments, and assessment support FYE course goals.

Summary Comments on Student Evaluations

  • Analyze student evaluations while citing specific examples.
  • Based on student evaluations, clarify how you will change (or not change) your pedagogy as it aligns with FYE course goals.

N.B. Honor the 500-word limit on both sections.