Selected Measures of Out-of-Classroom Faculty Activity
Delaware Study Faculty Activity Checklist

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Dear Colleague:

Your institution has agreed to participate in the Delaware Study of Selected Measures of Out-of-Classroom Faculty Activity. This is a national data project, underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education. Data will be collected by academic department/discipline at each participating institution, and will be reported in aggregate form for each unit. We are asking for your voluntary participation to provide your department chair with your personal tally for each of the following variables, which he/she will aggregate and report as department/discipline totals. We will not see your individual responses, only departmental totals. These aggregate data will be used to develop national benchmarks to assist your department to see how it compares with similar departments at similar institutions for each of the variables. I thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance.

Sincerely,

Please report your activity for each of the following measures. Report only what you accomplished in each during the 2004-05 Academic Year, i.e., your activity which corresponds to your most recent faculty evaluation period. Be sure to review the definitions provided before responding. Please denote any not-applicable data as 'na' and any data element that is truly zero as '0'. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO TEACHING 1. Total number of separate course preparations you have developed. __________ 2. Number of existing courses where you have redesigned the pedagogy or curriculum under the auspices of a grant or course-release time. __________ 3. Number of new courses you have created and delivered. __________ 4. Number of courses indicated in the previous item which you deliver fully or primarily online. __________ 5. Unduplicated headcount of undergraduate academic advisees formally assigned to you. __________ 6. Unduplicated headcount of graduate academic advisees formally assigned to you. __________ 7. Number of thesis/dissertation committees on which you served as chairperson. __________ 8. Number of thesis/dissertation committees on which you served in a non-chairing role. __________ 9. Number of undergraduate senior theses (e.g., senior thesis, recital, art show, other capstone experiences) you have advised. __________ 10. Total number of students you have taught individually in independent or directed studies (e.g., one-on-one student faculty interaction for credit directed as satisfying a degree requirement). __________ 11. Number of undergraduate students formally engaged in research with you. __________ 12. Number of graduate students formally engaged in research with you. __________ 13. Number of clinical (e.g., student nurses), practicum students (e.g., student teachers), internship students, and students in cooperative and service learning programs who are formally assigned to you. __________ 14. Number of students (undergraduate and graduate) who have co-authored a journal article or book chapter with you. __________ 15. Number of students (undergraduate and graduate) who have co-presented a paper at a state, regional, national, and international professional meeting with you. __________ 16. Number of assessment projects or separate assignments for purpose of program evaluation (as distinct from individual courses) you have undertaken. __________ 17. Number of institution-sanctioned professional development activities related to teaching efforts (e.g., workshops offered by Center for Teaching Effectiveness). __________ ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SCHOLARSHIP 18. Number of print or electronic refereed journal articles, book chapters, and creative works you have published. __________ 19. Number of print or electronic non-refereed journal articles, book chapters, and creative works you have published. __________ 20. Number of single-author or joint-author books or monographs you have written and have had published by an academic or commercial press. __________ 21. Number of manuscripts (e.g. journal articles, books) you have submitted to publishers. __________ 22. Number of books, collections, and monographs you have edited. __________ 23. Number of books, journal articles, and manuscripts you have reviewed and formally submitted. __________ 24. Number of editorial positions you have held. __________ 25. Number of juried shows, commissioned performances, creative readings, and competitive exhibitions in which you have participated. __________ 26. Number of non-juried shows, performances, creative readings, and exhibitions in which you have participated. __________ 27. Number of digital programs or applications (e.g., software development, web-based learning modules) you designed related to your field of expertise. __________ 28. Number of provisional or issued patents based on products that are registered in your name. __________ 29. Number of your works in progress (e.g., journal articles, paintings, musical compositions). __________ 30. Number of formal presentations you have made at state, regional, national, and international professional meetings. __________ 31. Number of external and institutionally-designated grant, contract, and scholarly fellowship proposals you have submitted. __________ 32. Number of new external grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships which have been formally awarded to you or your institution on your behalf. __________ 33. Total dollar value of the new externally funded grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships which you reported in Item 32. __________ 34 . Number of new institutionally-designated grants and contracts which have been formally awarded to you. __________ 35 . Total dollar value of the new institutionally-designated funded grants and contracts which you reported in Item 34. __________ 36 . Number of continuing external and institutionally-designated grants, contracts, and scholarly fellowships. __________ 37 . Number of institution-sanctioned professional development activities related to scholarship. __________ ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SERVICE 38 . Number of activities related to service to your institution (e.g., faculty governance, faculty committees, peer mentoring, academic programs in residences, recruiting efforts, student activity advisor, other student activity involvement) in which you have engaged. __________ 39 . Number of extension and outreach activities related to your field of expertise (e.g., civic service, K-12 service, community workshops, invited talks to community groups, seminars, lectures, demonstrations) in which you have engaged. __________ 40 . Number of activities related to recognized or visible service to your profession (e.g., service on a regional or national committee, service on a self-study visitation team for another institution, serving as a volunteer juror for a show, performance, or exhibition) in which you have engaged. __________ 41 . Number of grant proposals you have reviewed related to your field of expertise. __________ 42 . Number of positions in professional associations where you held a leadership role (e.g., elected officer, committee chairperson, conference chair). __________ Thank You!