Watermark Tenure and Promotion Workflow Steps

Once the form has been submitted, faculty members will be enrolled in the workflow within Watermark Faculty Success, and receive an email from Watermark to confirm enrollment. The college dean will be notified of your enrollment in the Tenure and Promotion workflow.

To complete this form, faculty members will need to provide background information about their service at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and at other institutions (if applicable), and their educational background.  Faculty also upload the required application materials, which include:

• Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Tenure and Promotion Narrative
• Criteria Documentation
• Previous Professional Development Plans (PDP) and Professional Development Reports (PDR), including department and dean comments

Optional materials to include:

• any additional supporting documentation relevant to the application.

All submitted documents need to be uploaded in PDF format. Watermark does not automatically save your work. If you wish to save a draft and return at another time, select "Save" in the action menu.

To submit this step to your department colleagues for their review, select "Submit to Personnel Committee & Faculty Recommendation" from the action menu.

If a faculty member wishes to withdraw their application, they can select "Withdraw Application" on the action menu.

To upload a letter of support, department faculty members can do so in the file upload dialog box. Letters should be formatted as a PDF document.

To submit this step, faculty members should select "Publish to Committee" to share the letter for inclusion in the candidate's materials.

Department faculty members are invited to review the candidate's application materials during this step of the tenure and promotion process. Once they have reviewed the materials, the faculty member designated as the personnel chair must complete the department statement form and collect signatures from all faculty members participating in the department's recommendation. Once all required signatures have been obtained, upload the completed form using the file upload dialog box.

If any department faculty upload individual letters of support in response to the candidate's tenure and promotion materials, personnel chairs will need to download the submitted letters and upload them via the file upload dialog box included as part of this step to ensure their inclusion in the materials.

Personnel Committee Chairs must upload the committee's recommendation letter addressing the faculty members dossier in relation to the five evaluation criteria:

1. Demonstrated ability to teach effectively and/or perform effectively in other current assignments.
2. Scholarly or creative achievement or research.
3. Evidence of continuing preparation and study.
4. Contribution to student growth and development.
5. Service to the university and community.

Once completed, upload the recommendation as a PDF using the file upload dialog box.

Submission of a letter is not required. If you chose to provide a letter, upload the document as a PDF in the file upload dialog box, and submit the step to the candidate for their review.

If a faculty member wishes to provide a response to their department, they should upload a PDF document of their response in the file dialog box.

If a faculty member does not wish to provide a response to their department/program, they can select "Submit to Dean's Recommendation" to advance the workflow to their Dean's Office without uploading a response.