Date last revised: Oct. 18, 2022
The intention of this addendum is to set out performance expectations in the Department of Chemical Engineering for teaching, research and service. The Addendum to Faculty Performance Evaluation Guidelines is prescribed by Article 13 Part 5.1(b) of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo and the University of Waterloo (MOA). The document must be renewed biannually, and any update must be approved by a vote of the faculty members of the Department. Since performance evaluation is handled in accordance with the MOA, Policy 77, Faculty of Engineering guidelines, and this addendum, faculty members are encouraged to review all four documents.
The following notes provide clarification on faculty teaching, research and service expectations in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
A. TEACHING
- Teaching performance is assessed on the evidence from the year(s) under evaluation.
- Assessment of teaching is not limited to the delivery of undergraduate and graduate courses. Contributions to undergraduate project and graduate thesis supervision, graduate seminars, oral and thesis examinations, and collaborative development of shared teaching resources are all explicitly considered when evaluating teaching.
- The normal teaching load for tenure-stream faculty members is 3 courses per year. Tenure-stream faculty members are expected to supervise graduate students. The normal teaching load of 3 courses per year is conditional on meeting minimum expectations of graduate thesis supervision. The minimum expectation is sole supervision of one PhD thesis or equivalent, as determined by the Merit Committee of the Department of Chemical Engineering no later than 15 October in the year before the evaluation calendar year(s) to which this Addendum comes into effect.
- The normal teaching load for lecturers is up to 6 courses per year; however, in Chemical Engineering the average teaching load for a lecturer is 5 courses per year. This normally works out to 6 courses one year and 4 in the subsequent year, so that a lecturer teaches 2 courses per term and has one non-teaching term every two years.
B. RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
- Research performance is assessed on the evidence from the year(s) under evaluation
- Supervision of postdoctoral fellows and non-student research personnel is assessed as research
- Large grant applications (successful or not) are explicitly considered when evaluating research
- Knowledge mobilization in the form of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations is assessed in terms of both quality (e.g., publication in Q1 journals) and quantity
C. SERVICE
- Service performance is assessed on the evidence from the year(s) under evaluation
- All full-time faculty members are expected to be engaged in the life of the department and to dedicate some of their work time to service. Service can be done in activities internal to the university or externally in the professional or disciplinary institutions and associations. As noted in the Faculty of Engineering guidelines, internal service is a priority
- Specific information on the responsibilities, contributions and outcomes, as well as time commitment on reported service activities must be provided
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To
ensure
equitable
distribution
of
service
commitment,
satisfactory
service
performance
is
conditional
upon
meeting
the
minimum
service
expectation.
The
minimum
service
expectation
is
that
a
faculty
member
holding
a
regular
appointment
participate
in
each
of
the
following
internal
service
tasks:
- Grading of work term reports
- Chairing PhD defense examinations
- Recruitment events, including writing notes to prospective students with admission offers
- Attending monthly departmental meetings
- Participating in the hiring process for new faculty (separate from DACA work)
- Attending an event for the graduating class, such as convocation or the capstone symposium and awards event
- Pursuing and maintaining registration as a professional engineer (or limited license holder) in good standing, including ongoing requirements such as continuing professional development