A consistent record that includes:

• Attendance at professional conferences.
• Publication in state or regional refereed journals.
• Publication in state, regional, national, or international non-refereed journals or newsletters.
• Presentations at local, state, or regional conferences.
• Presentations at RCOE or ASU sponsored symposia or colloquia.
• Evidence of on-going inquiry.
• Participation on review boards for journals and other scholarly publications.

A consistent record that includes:

• Publication in national or international refereed journals.
• Publication of a book, a monograph, or a chapter of a book.
• Presentations at national or international conferences.
• Supervision of student scholarly publications.
• Nominated for or received awards for writing/scholarly activity.
• Production significant artifacts such as a video or museum exhibit.
• Writing or directing funded grants that seek to add to the body of knowledge (research grants).
• Serves as editor or on an editorial board for a journal.

There is a continuum of activity running from acceptable to outstanding. A modest level of activity/publications is found at the acceptable end of the continuum moving up to a more prolific level of activity/publications at the outstanding end of the continuum.

• Good student evaluations and Peer reviews that indicate good teaching.
• Good unsolicited feedback about classes.
• Appropriate use of technology.
• Appropriate infusion of issues of diversity.
• Serve on thesis and dissertation committees.
• Evidence that content is kept current.

• High student evaluations.
• Peer reviews that indicate excellence.
• Excellent unsolicited feedback on classes.
• Chair of thesis and dissertation committees.
• Evidence of infusion of scholarly activity into instruction.
• Participation in professional development related to instruction.
• Evidence of revisions of existing courses that significantly improve them.
• Developing new courses that enhance the curriculum of a program.
• Offers well conceived independent studies and appropriately designed individual studies.
• Evidence of the infusion of technology into course activities that significantly enhances students’ experience or serves as a model of technology use by students.
• Nominated for and/or received teaching awards.

• Serves on department, college, university committees as needed.
• Member of professional organizations.
• Contributes to public schools (K-12), community colleges, or libraries, etc.
• Advises students
• Serves on a review boards for journals.
• Serves as a member of or consultant for a taskforce, committee, commission, or institution.
• Serve as a program coordinator.

• Serves as a key officer or chair of department, college, or university committee.
• Active and productive member of multiple department, college, or university committees.
• Serves as a board member or officer of a state, regional, national, or international organization.
• Directs or is an active participant making outstanding contributions to accreditation and program reviews.
• Wrote or directs funded grant that seeks to improved Appalachian, community, etc. (service grants).
• Nominated for or recipient of a service award.
• Record of advocacy/leadership in addressing current educational issues.
• Plans or organizing a conference.
• Active participant/leader of curricular revisions for a program.
• Superior work as program coordinator.