Faculty Handbook         Section IV
The Faculty and University Governance
A.
Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws		   B.
University Review Committee Charter and Bylaws		   C.
University Tenure Committe		   D.
Voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution System
E.
Major Standing Committees and Councils		   F.
Guidelines for Faculty Participation in Instructional Units		   G.
Faculty Elections		   I.
Evaluation of President, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

H.   Principles and Procedures for Evaluation of Academic Administrators
(15.1.25)

(As used in this section, the term academic administrators includes deans, the graduate dean, and department chairs or their equivalent.)

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The goal of these principles and procedures is to provide sustained information to academic administrators in order that they can perform effectively and can improve in the performance of their responsibilities. Effective evaluation of an administrator must include faculty evaluation.

All academic administrators will be evaluated, in writing, by their immediate supervisors annually on their performance with respect to the goals and objectives of their jobs. This evaluation will include written evaluation from various constituencies including the Personnel Affairs Committee of the unit of the person being evaluated, where appropriate. A questionnaire will be used to secure anonymous information from deans, department chairs, faculty and directors. All evaluations will be returned to the Faculty Senate Office.

As circumstances dictate, supervisors of each administrator may develop additional evaluative procedures to evaluate academic administrators who report to them.

Evaluation of all academic administrators will be in accord with the following principles:

a.    To provide the basis for meaningful and productive evaluation, each school or college must work with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs to prepare a job description for all such academic administrators. These descriptions should define the duties and responsibilities of each administrator, while providing a mechanism for goal setting.

b.    The evaluation should be based on an assessment of the individual's effectiveness as an administrator in achieving the university's and the academic unit's predetermined goals and objectives.

c.    Each administrator shall receive a written evaluation which shall be discussed with the individual by the appropriate supervisory administrator. The administrator to whom the academic administrator being evaluated reports shall consider all available information in his or her annual evaluation and decisions to reappoint.

(Refer to the UNT Policy Manual, Vol. III, #15.1.25 for the complete policy on principles and procedures for evaluation of academic administration.)

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