School of Social Welfare Faculty Evaluation Plan and Merit Guidelines

• Does not meet expectations <40 merit points
• Meets expectations 40-60 merit points
• Exceeds expectations >60 merit points 

Tenure-Track Faculty Merit Policy

• Teaching a course = 4 points per course. 
• Preparing to teach a course for first time = 2 points per course. 
• Preparing to teach a course in a new modality (e.g., moving from in person to Jayhawk Global) = 2 points per course. 
• Receiving a course release or course buy-out = 4 points per course. 
• Instructor of record for Readings & Investigations (total, not also points for “Preparing to teach a course for first time”) = 2 points per course. 
• Doctoral (PhD and DSW) activities 
  • Chair, dissertation committee = 2 points; (per semester) 
  • Methodologist on dissertation committee = 2 points; (per semester) 
  • Chair of Qualifying Committee = 2 points; (per semester) 
  • Members of qualifying committee = 2 points; (points awarded in year of                                                                                                                                       completion only) 
  • Member of dissertation committee (whether inside or outside the School) = 2 points (points awarded in year of completion only) 
  • Chair of Capstone Committee = 2 points; (per semester) 
  • Member of Capstone Committee = 2 points; (points awarded in year of completion only) 
• Mentoring activities (per mentee/per semester) 
  • Pre-Tenured Faculty = 1 point; 
  • Lecturer (Adjunct Instructors) = ½ point; 
  • GTAs = 1 point; 
  • GRAs = 1 point; 
  • Student scholars (e.g., undergraduate research scholars, Toni Johnson Center scholars, and MSW research scholars) = ½ point. 
  • Group of students (per group/per semester) = ½ point.

Scholarship:

• Peer-reviewed article, counted only once in year of acceptance or publication = 8 points.
• Book chapter, counted in year publisher accepts final manuscript = 8 points.
• Book:
  • Authored by faculty member (i.e., not edited) and published by scholarly publishing company, counted in year of publisher acceptance of final manuscript = faculty member can make the case for how many points each chapter is worth, not to exceed 8 points per chapter. 
  • Edited by faculty member and published by scholarly publishing company, counted in year of publisher acceptance of final manuscript = faculty member can make the case for how many points each chapter is worth, not to exceed 4 points per chapter. 
• Presentations, that are a part scholarship dissemination (e.g., conference, webinar, podcast): 
  • May count toward scholarship or service, counted only once = 1 point.
• Public testimony: 
  • May count toward scholarship or service, counted only once = 1 point.
• Other scholarly products (e.g., report, implementation plan, program evaluation) = faculty member can make the case for how many points each product is worth, not to exceed 2 points per product
• Release of second scholarship unit = 8 points.

• Submitting a proposal, unfunded or funded
  • Internal proposal = 1 point the year of submission
  • External proposal = 2 points the year of submission
• Funding up to 25K = 4 points each year the award is active
• Funding over 25K and up to 50K = 8 points each year the award is active
• Funding over 50K and up to 100K = 12 points each year the award is active
• Above 100K, 4 points for each additional 100K of funding each year the award is active

The following activities and associated points are in addition to the above:

• Authorship order = 1 point for first author, ½ point for second author
• Student authorship = ½ point per student
• Grant/contract role = 1 point for PI role, ½ for Co-PI role

Service:

Sabbatical and Other Academic Leave: