PAD Resources for Tenured and Probationary Term (Tenure-Track) Faculty

Below, you will find resources that can help you develop your Personnel Action Dossier (PAD). Directions for the PAD are found in Part X of the Faculty Manual. Faculty members should consult their unit heads and their personnel committee chairs for guidance. Unit Codes (available on the Faculty Senate Website) should also be consulted carefully.

• Link to Personnel Action Summary Form
• Promotion and Tenure Timeline
• Promotion and Tenure Top 7 Tips 

External Resources to Consider

• General Resources
  • 10 things no one told me about applying for tenure (The Chronicle of Higher Education) 
  • Tools for Dossier Success: A Guide For Promotion and Tenure (Burnham, Hooper & Wright, 2010) – Book available online through ECU Libraries
• Supporting Materials Resources
  • General list of supporting materials you might include (University of Central Florida, College of Medicine) 
• Writing Statements
  • Prompts and information about writing research, teaching & service statements (University at Albany) 
  • Tips for writing your teaching statement (The Chronicle of Higher Education) 
  • General information about teaching statements with prompts, also includes links to more resources (Vanderbilt University) 
• Teaching Section
  • How to prepare a teaching portfolio, has tips & steps (Rodriguez-Farrar, University of Arizona)