“Help Us Save the Trees!”Using Technology for

Tenure Portfolio Presentations

Presenters…

Ted Bay,Grant County Agriculture Agent

Bill Halfman,Monroe County Agriculture Agent

Steve Huntzicker,La Crosse County Agriculture Agent

Bob Cropp,Pepin County Agriculture Agent

Workshop Purposes

1. Review benefits and limitations of hardcopy vs. electronic portfolios

2. Demonstrate an electronic version of a document

3. Share faculty responses to a “test drive” in Ag/Agbusiness Department

4. Discuss “Where to from here?”

History of Tenure Documents

The “Vita”(Who can remember?)

Switch to portfolio (for simplicity!)

Portfolios steadily became thicker!

More electronic exhibits appeared

Electronic versions of documents used in development of portfolios

History of Tenure Documents (cont.)

Faculty also using electronic transmission for:Three year reviews and mini-

portfoliosTenured faculty reviewsProfessorial documents Other professional

presentations Two candidates presented electronic

portfolios in Ag/Agbusiness department

The

HISTORY OFTENURE

Rocks in the Road....

Academic department bylaws and regulations Some reviewers need to “touch the document” County electronic resources may be limited Some exhibits are hard to display electronically May still be need for some hard copies

More Rocks in the Road... Department review committee may

not totally agree with new format Faculty Tenure Advisory

Committee...What would they think?

Dean, Chancellor, Board of Regents...?

The Open Road...

Savings of... Other advantages... Time Paper Printing Postage Handling

and transportation

Can be easier to make corrections and updates (page numbers adjustments)

Potentially a more professional presentation format (for SRP or FTAC committees)

Actual exhibits in document

Steve’s Story... Discussed at JCEP with

SRP Chair Ted Bay Shared aspects of

document on how it would work with committee ahead of time

Included a instruction sheet with CD

Did binders and CD for SRP Committee

Let’s Take a Look at a PortfolioDVD Version

Presented by

Steve HuntzickerLa Crosse County Agriculture Agent

Response of Ag/Agbusiness FacultyA Panel Discussion

Ted BayPast SRP Committee Chair

Bill HalfmanCurrent SRP Committee Chair

Steve Huntzicker“The Guinea Pig”

Where to From HereIn the Ag/Ag-business Department…

Not mandating any changes

Gathering more feedback

Considering this a process-not an event

Will encourage/support future candidates

Want to collaborate with other departments

?

Tenure 2012Department of Ag.

Where to From HereIn UW-Extension…

Learn more about other platforms/formats?

Must be a standard and supported programEasy for the candidate to useKey evaluators must approve new format

Collaboration on future “test drives”DepartmentsFaculty Tenure Advisory

CommitteeAdministration

Using Technology for Tenure Portfolio Presentations

Questions or Comments?