Unofficial Advice

Thriving at Simpson:  A Guide for Faculty - This handbook is designed to help faculty succeed at Simpson.  Originally designed for new faculty, it contains lots of helpful information for all faculty.

Abbreviations and Acronyms - The Simpson community tends to abbreviate a lot of things.  This page will help you identify what all those letter strings really mean.

A List of People to Call if You Have Questions - Just a few of the most often asked questions and the names of contacts to assist with answers

Unofficial Advice about Summative Reviews - The following advice is offered by Sal Meyers, Director of Faculty Development, in an attempt to be helpful to faculty undergoing a summative review process.  The information in this document has not been approved by the Faculty Personnel Committee nor the dean and is not official College policy.  There is no guarantee that following this advice will lead to reappointment, tenure, or promotion.

• Who to Ask to Serve on a Mid-Probationary Review Committee or Write a Letter for a Tenure or Promotion File
• Writing the Self-Evaluation
• Syllabi and Other Supporting Material
• Working with Letter Writers when Being Considered for Tenure and/or Promotion

Official Information

Faculty Handbook

• Part I :  Constitution and Bylaws - Information about faculty meetings and faculty committees.
• Part II:  Personnel Policies - Policies concerning contracts and appointments, reappointment, tenure, promotion, and more.  This section includes the expectations for teaching, advising, scholarship, and service.
• Part III:  Personnel Procedures - Procedures for formative and summative reviews of faculty, sabbaticals, grievances, adn faculty personnel files.
• Part IV:  Academic Policies - Policies regarding academic integrity, class attendance,graduation requirements, honors, suspsension and more.  
• Part V:  Academic Information - Information about academic advising, faculty office hours, the Institutional Review Board (ethics board for research with human participants), and more.
• Part VI:  General Advising Information - All the details needed to advise students.
• Appendix A - 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure from AAC&U
• Appendix B - Guidelines for support letters from off-campus colleagues, on-campus colleagues, and students
• Appendix C - Guidelines for mid-probationary (third-year) review