Information for New Faculty

Shown here are links to the various documents that were used or discussed during the New Faculty Orientation, for Psychology Faculty held on Sept.1 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 12:00

The first item is the Agenda that was used by the Chair as a guide. The list is an Word Document and does not include the discussion of Advising. Thought the agenda might be of limited use, it might jog the memory somewhat allowing you to retrieve some of the information provided.

Items included below are not in an order of importance, but do follow the order of the agenda for the Meeting. Note that most of the files are Word Documents, that can be saved.

• RTP/PTR--This is the Review, Tenure and Promotion and Post-Tenure Review; respectively.
  • Department RTP Criteria
  • Department PTR Criteria
  • Included here, though not relevant for Tenure-track folks is the Guidelines for Full Time Temporary and Part-time Temporary Faculty.
• Classroom Expectations--The agenda provides the topics that are relevant and faculty are encouraged to pick and choose from material the current gray-haired faculty have on-line.
• Although under revision, the department expects that students will learn about each of the 5 items listed in the CSUB Psychology Goals sheet.
• Psychology is an area where testing is more or less the norm. The department keeps a number of tests on file and the list is given here. Advising seems to be one area that faculty are initially unsure, with some good reasons. To help we provide the following.
  • Students who initially declare Psychology as a major are generally transfer students from the local junior colleges. To help with the transfer of courses from the junior colleges the campuses agree through articulation what lower division courses will meet particular requirements. Shown here are the Psychology Articulations with most of the feeder junior colleges.
  • A little known fact for all students and many faculty is that all courses in the major and minor must have been completed in the last 10 years. Courses older than 10 years must be either taken over or re-certified. The department has adopted a stategy in which we have identified particular faculty to recertify particular courses (see Psychology Department Recertification Policy.doc)
  • Students are shown in Psyc 290 the curriculum required, as well as during advising periods. Attached here is an Excel spreadsheet that allows the student to track Psychology Courses. Another form is in the works to track GE courses, for those students that might contact us as Freshman.
• The University Handbook is the agreement between the Faculty and Administration about how we will do business. Although much of it is governed by the CFA (California Faculty Association) contract with the CSU, much is also negotiated during meeting of the CSUB Academic Senate and the committees of that body, which are ultimately accepted, or modified with negotiation, by the Campus President.
• NEW ITEMS: Here are links to previous personal statements written by me. These are word documents. The first is for the review in 1996/1997, the other two cover the period from 1997 to 2000 and 1997 to 2001. I am not saying these are great, but I did get eventually promoted and become chair of the department. If any of the current Tenure-track faculty would like to look at my full file, you have my permission to contact Lori Lowrimore in the Dean's office.

If there is something that should be on this page, please contact me and let me know. Sincerely, Jess