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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The College of Education is revising the faculty performance evaluation process and schedule to align with the recently updated language in Article 19 of the CBA (in attached MOU) and the Provost’s Office website.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Career faculty:
</span></i><a href="https://provost.uoregon.edu/career-faculty-evaluation"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">https://provost.uoregon.edu/career-faculty-evaluation</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Tenure-track faculty:
</span></i><a href="https://provost.uoregon.edu/ttf-evaluation"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">https://provost.uoregon.edu/ttf-evaluation</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The COE’s Annual and Merit Review Guidelines and review templates have been renamed and revised to include the new performance evaluation cycle for career faculty and to remove references to “annual reviews.” Going forward, we will be replacing
references of <i>annual reviews</i> with the term <i>performance evaluations</i> or
<i>performance reviews</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Updated COE Performance Review Documents can be found here: <a href="https://coedocs.uoregon.edu/display/governance/Performance+Evaluation+and+Merit+Review+Policies">https://coedocs.uoregon.edu/display/governance/Performance+Evaluation+and+Merit+Review+Policies</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Career Faculty Performance Evaluations<span style="font-size:10.0pt">: Similar to the process for Tenured Faculty, career faculty who have been in their career position more than 3 years will be reviewed once every three years of their
employment. Note: The period of review will still be January – December, but it will refer to activities and performance over the span of the 3 prior calendar years. As an example, a career faculty member who is current on all prior evaluations and who is
starting their 4<sup>th</sup> year in 2022, will not receive a performance evaluation again until the spring of their sixth year in service. Similar to the process for Tenure Track Faculty, once a career faculty member seeks promotion, the faculty member
will be reviewed 3 yrs. later, regardless of the date of their last performance evaluation. Ongoing Pro Tem faculty will follow the same evaluation schedule as career faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pro Tem Faculty Performance Evaluations:<span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Pro tem faculty undergo performance evaluation on an annual basis.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tenured Faculty Performance Evaluations: <span style="font-size:10.0pt">
The COE will eliminate annual reviews for tenured faculty. Annual performance evaluations, while optional for colleges, are not a requirement of the CBA. (Untenured faculty are required to be reviewed in the spring of years 1, 2, 4, and 5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The COE’s annual communication at the start of the college-wide performance evaluation period typically begins in late January or early February. Starting this year, rather than a college-wide communication,
the evaluation period will be shared with Department Heads and Unit Directors and a communication will be sent directly to each faculty member who requires a review in the spring. Only those scheduled for a performance evaluation this year will receive information
about performance evaluations. If you are not clear whether you are up for an evaluation this year, check with your Department Head or Unit Director after February 11th.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
Background</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">: In February of 2021 the University of Oregon and United Academic of the University of Oregon, AFT/AAUP, AFL-CIO signed a Memorandum of Understanding* (attached) that outlined details of the career employment
implementation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In the implementation MOU the parties agreed to modifications to the CBA: Article 15, 16, 19, 23, and 26 which were modified with redlined exhibits.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In the MOU the parties agreed to the expectation of the continued employment MOU, removing references to contracts for career faculty, eliminating contract renewal reviews, and establishing a schedule for
career annual reviews*. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The implementation dates (for the changes) in the MOU were June 16, 2021 for 9-month faculty and July 1, 2021 for 12-month faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">* From the Implementation MOU:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Unit Level Rules: Given the desire to reduce service over AY20-21, units are not required nor is it recommended to open unit-level rules in AY 20-21 to implement changes to the CBA. Units should open their
unit-level rules in future years to reflect changes to the Career faculty review process provided for in Article 19. Until unit-level changes are made, unit level rules will be construed as consistent with the attached changes to the CBA – this means, for
example, that after the Implementation Dates, contract reviews will be read as performance reviews and
<b>the number of required reviews will be reduced as stated in the new Article 19</b>. (page 2, lines 1-8)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Am<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#538135">Amy Green<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Assistant Director for Human Resources, College of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">1215 University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Eugene, Oregon 97424<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#A8D08D">541-346-2449
<a href="mailto:amygreen@uoregon.edu"><span style="color:#A8D08D">amygreen@uoregon.edu</span></a>
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