Faculty Activity Checklist

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Dear Colleague:

Your institution has agreed to participate in the Delaware Study of Selected Measures of Out-of-Classroom Faculty Activity. This is a national data project, underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education. Data will be collected by academic department/discipline at each participating institution, and will be reported in aggregate form for each unit. We are asking for your voluntary participation to provide your department chair with your personal tally for each of the following variables, which he/she will aggregate and report as department/discipline totals. We will not see your individual responses, only departmental totals. These aggregate data will be used to develop national benchmarks to assist your department to see how it compares with similar departments at similar institutions for each of the variables. I thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance.

Sincerely,

Please report your activity for each of the following measures. Report only what you accomplished in each during the 2007-08 Academic Year, i.e., your activity which corresponds to your most recent faculty evaluation period. Be sure to review the definitions provided before responding. Please denote any not-applicable data as 'na' and any data element that is truly zero as '0'. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TEACHING 1. Total number of separate course preparations. __________ 2. Number of existing courses where you have redesigned the pedagogy or curriculum under the auspices of a grant or course-release time. __________ 3. Number of new courses you have created and have been approved for delivery. __________ 4. Number of courses indicated in the previous items which you deliver fully or primarily online. __________ 5. Unduplicated headcount of undergraduate academic advisees formally assigned to you. __________ 6. Unduplicated headcount of graduate academic advisees formally assigned to you. __________ 7. Number of thesis/dissertation committees on which you served as chairperson. __________ 8. Number of thesis/dissertation committees on which you served in a non-chairing role. __________ 9. Number of undergraduate senior theses (e.g., senior portfolio project, recital, art show, other capstone experience) you have supervised. __________ 10. Total number of students you have taught individually in independent or directed studies (e.g., one-on-one student-faculty interaction for credit toward satisfying a degree requirement). __________ 11. Number of undergraduate students formally engaged in research with you. __________ 12. Number of graduate students formally engaged in research with you. __________ 13. Number of clinical (e.g., student nurses), practicum students (e.g., student teachers), internship students, and students in cooperative and service learning programs who are formally assigned to you. __________ 14. Number of students (undergraduate and graduate) who have co-authored a journal article or book chapter with you. __________ 15. Number of students (undergraduate and graduate) who have co-presented a paper at a state, regional, national, and international professional meeting with you. __________ 16. Number of assessment projects or separate assignments for purpose of program evaluation (as distinct from individual courses) you have undertaken. __________ 17. Number of institution-sanctioned professional development activities related to teaching efforts (e.g., attending conferences on General Education, participating in workshops on undergraduate research, participating in workshops offered by Center for Teaching Effectiveness). __________ ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIP 18. Number of print or electronic refereed journal articles, book chapters, reviews, and creative works you have published. __________ 19. Number of print or electronic non-refereed journal articles, book chapters, reviews, and creative works you have published. __________ 20. Number of single-author or joint-author books or monographs you have written and have had published by an academic or commercial press. __________ 21. Number of manuscripts (e.g. journal articles, books) you have submitted to publishers. __________ 22. Number of books, collections, and monographs you have edited. __________ 23. Number of pre-publication books, journal articles, and chapters you have reviewed. __________ 24. Number of grant proposals you have reviewed related to your field of expertise. __________ 25. Number of editorial positions you have held. __________ 26. Number of juried shows, commissioned performances, creative readings, and competitive exhibitions in which you have participated. __________ 27. Number of non-juried shows, performances, creative readings, and exhibitions in which you have participated. __________ 28. Number of digital programs or applications (e.g., software development, web-based learning modules) you designed related to your field of expertise. __________ 29. Number of provisional or issued patents based on products that are registered in your name. __________ 30. Number of your works in progress (e.g., journal articles, paintings, musical compositions). __________ 31. Number of formal presentations you have made at state, regional, national, and international professional meetings. __________ 32. Number of external and internal grant, contract, and scholarly fellowship proposals you have submitted. __________ 33. Number of new external grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships which have been formally awarded to you or your institution on your behalf. __________ 34. Total dollar value of the new externally funded grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships reported in Item 33. __________ 35 . Number of new internal grants and contracts which have been formally awarded to you. __________ 36 . Total dollar value of the new internal grants and contracts reported in Item 35. __________ 37 . Number of continuing external and internal grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships. __________ 38 . Number of institution-sanctioned professional development activities related to scholarship (e.g., participating in a grant writing workshop, attending a training session to learn a new research tool or software application, enrolling in a statistics course). __________ ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SERVICE 39 . Number of activities related to service to your institution (e.g., faculty governance, faculty committees, peer mentoring, academic programs in residences, recruiting efforts, student activity advisor, other student activity involvement) in which you have engaged. __________ 40 . Number of extension and outreach activities related to your field of expertise (e.g., civic service, K-12 service, community workshops, invited talks to community groups, seminars, lectures, demonstrations) in which you have engaged. __________ 41 . Number of activities related to recognized or visible service to your profession (e.g., service on a regional or national committee, service on a self-study visitation team for another institution, serving as an invited or volunteer juror for a show, performance, or exhibition) in which you have engaged. __________ 42 . Number of positions in professional associations where you held a leadership role (e.g., elected officer, committee chairperson, conference chair). __________ Thank You!