Promotion and Tenure
Responsibility: Perform timely evaluations of the performance of the NOAO scientific staff for promotion or tenure review and provide a recommendation to the NOAO Director in each case.
Roles
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Constitute a committee for promotion and tenure, typically 5 individuals, with membership from NOAO north and south, and from both the scientist and tenure tracks. The committee produces a recommendation to the NOAO Director for the following situations:
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A review of a scientist for promotion (e.g., assistant to associate, associate to full)
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In the case of a scientist-track astronomer, a review for promotion from full to senior (for scientist-track astronomers hired after 1992, this review must take place by the 10th year)
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A review of a tenure-track scientist for progress toward tenure ("the fourth year review")
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A review of a tenure track scientist for advancement to tenure, by the 7th year
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Reviews the post-tenure performance of all tenured astronomers, roughly every 5 years
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The P&T committee or a subset thereof may be asked for a recommendation on a variety of special issues, and to review the progress of emeritus staff.
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Ensure that hiring and promotional practices are applied uniformly across all NOAO staff, in both hemispheres, for all genders, and all members of underrepresented groups.
Important Information
Current P&T Committee Membership: Bob Blum, Dave De Young (Chair), Ken Hinkle, Abi Saha, Alistair Walker
Internal NOAO Documents (Password Required)
Critical facts about Promotion and Tenure at NOAO (Dave De Young, 10 Feb 2009)
Timelines for Promotion and Tenure Reviews (George Jacoby and Dave De Young, 4 May 2009)
Fourth Year Review Policy Change (Dave De Young, 16 March 2009)
Definition of Various Scientist Track Levels (George Jacoby 7 April 2009)
1998 Director's Letter on Promotion Criteria, the Fourth Year Review, and notes from the P&T Committee (Dave De Young and Sidney Wolff)
2001 Director's Note on Promotion and Tenure (Jeremy Mould)
