See additional resources at COE: COVID-19 Resources on Campus.
Overview - extension and review options
See links provided for additional information and criteria for each type below.
| Mechanism | Which faculty? | What is it? | Additional criteria | Links | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID Professional Impact Statement | All faculty | An optional statement that faculty can include in their materials for all types of faculty reviews (annual, mid-probationary, promotion and tenure, and comprehensive periodic review), to provide a contextualized view of productivity, performance, and professional trajectory impacted by the pandemic. | Only address professional impact - personal information should be avoided. | EVPP: COVID Professional Impact Statements COE: COVID Professional Impact Statement | Limit length of statement to maximum two pages. |
| Extension of Probationary Period for COVID-related impact | Assistant Professors | Allows the probationary period to be extended for one year due to the negative impact of COVID-19. | A COVID-19 probationary period extension is not counted in the maximum of two extensions due to personal circumstances permitted by the university. | EVPP: Probationary Period Extensions under COVID-19 COE: Extension of Probationary Period for COVID-Related Impact | A request for probationary period extension associated with COVID-19 must be made no later than the end of the spring semester (May 31) before the faculty member's required tenure review year. -For example, if 2020-21 is a faculty member's final year of probationary period before they must be reviewed for tenure, then the extension request must be submitted by May 31, 2020. Can be rescinded - submit rescind request in writing. |
| Personal Circumstances Flag | Associate and full professors; professional/non-tenure track faculty | Analogous to the Probationary Period Extension that tenure-track faculty are able to request. This allows these faculty to designate a year within the scope of a multi-year review as having been impacted by personal circumstances (related to the pandemic or not). The notation, but not the reason for it, would be available to review committees and provide context for the flagged year. | Can receive twice while in rank. Requests made in 2020-21 can be associated with events occurring in 2019-20. Not available for events that occurred before 2019-20. | EVPP: Personal Circumstances Flag | Can be rescinded. Can apply for both Personal Circumstances Flag and Research Reboot. |
| Research Reboot Program | Assistant and Associate Professors | Assist faculty whose upward research trajectories have been disrupted by the pandemic by providing a full semester’s course release, with the teaching allocation of their assignment for that semester reassigned to research. In some cases, faculty may receive summer funding instead. | Ineligible if up for promotion in 2019-20 or 2020-21. See COE: Research Reboot Program for additional college priorities and criteria. Must teach at least one course during the academic year. | Applications CLOSED January 22, 2021. Candidate notifications from EVPP Mar. 1, 2021 Not leave; instead a reapportioning of time, with teaching allocation assigned to research. Can apply for both Research Reboot and Personal Circumstances flag. |
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