Introduction

  • This election is for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Education and Social Work Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Education and Social Work Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
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The nominees for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Education and Social Work Representative are:

Heather Leaman

Nominations close Apr 1, 2019.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Education and Social Work may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • No nominations from Social Work at this time.
    • Must be available for meetings Friday mornings 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
    • Each Department and each School within a College can have at most one representative on the university wide Tenure and Promotion Committee.
    • Membership on the committee is restricted to the following structure: 2 faculty representatives from each of the five academic Colleges and 1 faculty representative from the non-classroom faculty.
    • The election is decided by a majority of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rules or the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.

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Heather Leaman


Department: Early & Middle Grades Education

I am a Professor in the Department of Early & Middle Grades Education. I highly value and respect the work of the TeP Committee and the varied work of our colleagues across the university. During my 15 years at WCU, I have participated in roles and on committees that have afforded me insight into our varied faculty responsibilities in teaching, scholarship and service. I have served on the evaluation committee in our department, and as evaluation committee member for faculty in 5 other departments, in and outside of our college. I have participated in the evaluation process as EMGE Department Chair, and I have served in the role of Department Chair for evaluations of faculty in 2 other departments. I have been fortunate to learn about faculty teaching and scholarship through participation on the Academic Recognition Committee, the former Pedagogy for Engagement Committee, and the former Faculty Grant Development Committee. Additionally, I have worked in undergraduate and graduate education, now serving as Coordinator for our M.Ed. in Applied Studies in Teaching and Learning program. I believe these experiences enable me to appreciate and understand the varied teaching, research /creative activity and service experiences of our faculty at WCU. Thank you for considering my nomination.


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