(Under Revision)

Faculty Evaluations

Date: 2024-01-10
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Purpose of Evaluation

The evaluation system is aimed at enhancing faculty members’ sense of honor and improving standards of teaching, research and services at the University.

Individuals Subject to Evaluation

  1. All paid full-time NTU faculty members shall be evaluated with respect to teaching, research and service performance. Each college may decide whether or not to evaluate unpaid full-time faculty members.
  2. Full-time specialists on regular payroll and recruited in accordance with the provisions of the NTU Guidelines for Appointing Specialist in Teaching Positions are required to undergo evaluation. Refer to the NTU Full-time Specialist Evaluation Standards for detailed information.

Evaluation Period and Related Rights and Interests

The schedule for teacher evaluations is as follows:

  1. Faculty members of all ranks shall be evaluated according to the following:(1) Instructors: Instructors hired before January 9, 1998 shall be evaluated by their college once every five years; instructors hired after January 10, 1998 shall be evaluated once within three to five years after being appointed at NTU, and those that pass the evaluation shall be evaluated by their college every three years.
    (2) Assistant professors hired before January 9, 1998 shall be evaluated by their college once every five years; assistant professors hired between January 10, 1998 and July 31, 2016 shall be evaluated once within three to five years after being appointed at NTU, and those that pass the evaluation shall be evaluated by their college every three years; assistant professors hired after August 1, 2016 shall be evaluated in accordance with Article 6 of the Faculty Evaluation Guidelines.
    (3) Associate professors and professors shall be evaluated by their college every five years.
  2. For faculty members that fail the evaluation, the college shall notify the faculty member of the specific reason and provide recommendations for improving teaching, research, and services. The college shall coordinate with the department (institute, degree program) to provide assistance, and the college will conduct a second evaluation within two years (starting from the following semester of the failed evaluation). If the faculty member fails the second evaluation, the faculty member is submitted to the college and university-level Faculty Evaluation Committee to decide on non-renewal of appointment or severance in accordance with the University Act and Teachers’ Act. However, if assistant professors hired after August 1, 2016 fail the first evaluation, it shall be handled in accordance with Article 6 of the Faculty Evaluation Guidelines.
  3. NTU faculty members may only apply for a promotion after passing the evaluation. However, assistant professors hired after August 1, 2016 shall be evaluated in accordance with Article 6 of the Faculty Guidelines Evaluation.
    Assistant professors hired before July 31, 2016 and have not been promoted after 8 years are deemed to have failed the review, and shall be handled in accordance with regulations of each college.
    The period that evaluation deferral and unpaid leave is approved for assistant professors is not included in the period counted in failing to be promoted.
  4. However, assistant professors hired after August 1, 2016 shall be evaluated according to the method below:
    (1) To help assistant professors complete promotion according to schedule, during the third year that an assistant professor begins serving at a college, the college will notify the assistant professors to submit a written description on teaching, research, and services to the Department (institute, degree program) Faculty Evaluation Committee, and the teaching, research, and services to the Department (institute, degree program) Faculty Evaluation Committee will carry out a career assessment based on the contents and report it to the College Faculty Evaluation Committee.
    (2) Colleges shall select one of the following two evaluation timetables:
    a. If the faculty member is required to apply for promotion in year five after serving at NTU, the faculty member is deemed to have passed the evaluation after being approved for promotion; the faculty member is deemed to have failed the evaluation if the promotion is not approved or the faculty member fails to apply for promotion within the specified period.
    b. If the faculty member is required to apply for promotion in year six after serving at NTU, the faculty member is deemed to have passed the evaluation after being approved for promotion; the faculty member is deemed to have failed the evaluation if the promotion is not approved or the faculty member fails to apply for promotion within the specified period.
    (3) Faculty Evaluation Committees at each level shall notify faculty members who did not pass the evaluation of the specify reason, and providing recommendations for improving their teaching, research, and service direction. The college will then coordinate with the department (institute, degree program) to provide assistance to the faculty member for a second evaluation in year seven. The faculty members must apply for promotion during the second evaluation, and is deemed to have passed the evaluation if the faculty member is promoted; the faculty member is deemed to have failed the evaluation if the promotion is not approved or the faculty member fails to apply for promotion within the specified period.
    (4) If a faculty member applies for promotion in advance while waiting for the second evaluation, the period for being evaluated is reset in the semester that the faculty member is promoted. If the faculty member is not promoted, it is not included in the evaluation record.
    (5) If a faculty member does not pass the second evaluation, the faculty members is not allowed to submit another promotion application, and is submitted to the college and university-level Faculty Evaluation Committee to decide on non-renewal of appointment or severance in accordance with the University Act and Teachers’ Act.
  5. 5. Faculty members who fail their most recent evaluation are not allowed to apply for applying for professor or assistant professor sabbatical leave, their salary is not adjusted in the following academic year, they are prohibited from holding concurrent positions, teaching courses at other universities, and temporary transfer, and are not eligible for service extension, or appointment as an NTU committee member or academic administrator for a period of time.
    After passing the second evaluation, the faculty member’s rights to hold concurrent positions, teach courses at other universities, and temporary transfer are restored, and their salary raises will resume in the following academic year. The resumption of other rights in the preceding paragraph shall comply with related regulations.
    Each college may follow their own regulations if they provide more strict regulations than Article 1 and Article 4, (1) to (4).

Regulations Governing Deferred Evaluation Application

What with childbirth or the need to care for children aged three or younger when faculty evaluation is to be administered, a faculty member may apply for a deferred evaluation with supporting documents. Once approved  by the college and the University, the evaluation may be deferred for one year, starting from the semester of the evaluation originally scheduled. However, each faculty member may apply once for deferred evaluation on account of said childcare.

What with unfortunate occurrences when faculty evaluation is to be administered, a faculty member may apply for a deferred evaluation with supporting documents. Once approved by the college and the University, the evaluation may be deferred for one year, starting from the semester of the evaluation originally scheduled. However, each faculty member may apply twice for deferred evaluation on account of said occurrences in an evaluation cycle.

Regulations Governing Evaluation Exemption

Professors who have reached certain teaching, research, and service achievements may be exempted from the teacher evaluation. See the NTU Regulations for Conducting Teacher Evaluations and the Guidelines for the Establishment of Teacher Evaluation Exemption Review Teams for details.

Revoking Qualification for Evaluation Exemption

If a college recommends that a faculty member be disqualified from evaluation exemption, the faculty member’s eligibility for evaluation exemption shall be revoked, provided that two thirds of the members of the Assessment Committee for Faculty Review Exemption in attendance have voted in a meeting in favor of the recommendation and the recommenda

Applicable regulations
1. Faculty Evaluation Standards
2. Guidelines for Establishing Assessment Committee for Faculty Evaluation Exemption and Its Operations
3. National Taiwan University Full-time Specialist Evaluation Standardstion is subsequently approved by the University President.

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