Scheme B: Performance Descriptors and Scoring

In evaluating applications Committees will expect to see a rising career trajectory.  The bandings and scores set out in the tables below should be used to summarise the description of achievement in relation to the Assessment Criteria. 

Scoring Associate Teaching Professorships (Grade 9)

Progression from Senior Teaching Associate (Grade 8) to Associate Teaching Professor (Grade 9) is determined by reference to the scoring scheme for promotion to Associate Teaching Professor (Grade 10) in Scheme A.  

Applicants for promotion to Associate Teaching Professor (Grade 9) will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Teaching & Scholarship (80/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (20/100).

The lowest two bandings (‘Clearly Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Insufficient Evidence’) are deemed to be below the threshold for promotion.

Scoring Senior Teaching Associates and Teaching Associate (Grade 7)

Progression from Teaching Associate (Grade 6) to Teaching Associate (Grade 7), and from Teaching Associate (Grade 7) to Senior Teaching Associate (Grade 8) is informed by the system at Scheme A. 

Applicants for promotion to Senior Teaching Associate (Grade 8) will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Teaching & Scholarship (90/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (10/100).

However, in recognition of the different contexts and roles held by academic teaching & scholarship staff in different institutions, an alternative weighting is also available for which a clear rationale would need to be made by the applicant and supported by their Head of Institution. 

This would be done through use of the same evaluative criteria and an adjusted scoring methodology:

• Teaching & Scholarship (80/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (20/100).

The lowest two bandings (‘Clearly Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Insufficient Evidence’) are deemed to be below the threshold for promotion.
 

Scoring Teaching Associates (Grade 7) 

Applicants for promotion to Teaching Associate (Grade 7) will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology, which accounts for the fact that few Grade 6 Teaching Associates may have the opportunity to fulfil the Service criterion in fulfilment of their roles.: 

• Teaching & Scholarship (100); 

However, in recognition of the different contexts and roles held by academic teaching & scholarship staff in different institutions with other opportunities to contribute, an alternative weighting is also available for which a clear rationale would need to be made by the applicant and supported by their Head of Institution, using the same evaluative criteria and an adjusted scoring methodology:

• Teaching & Scholarship (90/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (10/100).

The lowest two bandings (‘Clearly Unsatisfactory’ and ‘Insufficient Evidence’) are deemed to be below the threshold for promotion.