221428 Preparing Ahead for Review, Promotion and Tenure Part I

Sunday, November 7, 2010 : 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Sherril B. Gelmon, DrPH , Professor of Public Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Careful and thoughtful planning is essential to the work of community-engaged faculty members and those aiming to join their ranks. Developing and implementing one's vision for community-engaged scholarship over the long-term (i.e. 5-7 years) requires a planned approach. This session encourages and prepares participants to be proactive in learning the culture of their institutional environment; taking time to articulate a personal vision; exploring how to translate a vision into a viable career focused on community-engaged scholarship; uing the resources and a framework for finding mentors that can guide and enable one to sustain a vision; and showcasing community engaged work and soliciting peer review.

Promotion and tenure review has basically three components: the documentation that the candidate provides, the materials that the committee collects, and the process by which the committee reviews these materials and conducts its deliberations. A well-prepared faculty member can go a long way in making his or her "case" by providing strong context and solid documentation for the committee to consider.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Explain ways to identify both academic and community mentors and get the most out of a mentor-mentee relationship. Formulate a strategy for successfully navigating the promotion and tenure system.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a community-engaged scholar who has successfully navigated my institution's promotion and tenure system, and has published articles that report on that experience in practical terms for my peers, I am qualified to present this content. I also contributed to the content that appears in the CCPH Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit that helps faculty to prepare strong portfolios for promotion and tenure. Further, through my work as evaluator for the CCPH Faculty for the Engaged Campus initiative, I have been gathering data from faculty and institutions across the country re: how they approach, document, and assess community-engaged scholarship in the faculty promotion and tenure process.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Program Evaluation Consultant, Speaker's bureau and teaching engagements and Travel has been paid for in part by the Community Campus Partnerships for Health.

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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