The annual evaluation must consider the performance of the faculty member both within and outside of the academic unit in the areas of teaching, research and scholarly/creative activity, and service. Additionally, any aspects of a faculty member’s conduct or behavior around academic responsibility and professional ethics that impacts performance, positive or negative, is addressed in these evaluations. The AUH solicits input from appropriate individuals outside of the academic unit when the faculty member has assignments outside of the academic unit. The AUH may solicit information from the AUPAC according to academic unit procedures.

If an instructional faculty member’s primary assignment is outside of an academic unit (e.g., in a center, institute, or administrative department), the person who performs the annual evaluation is the supervisor of the primary assignment, with input from any AUH of a department where the faculty member teaches or has other responsibilities.

In each of the three performance areas, a faculty member is evaluated as excellent, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory. In addition to an evaluation in each of the three areas of performance, the faculty member's overall performance is evaluated as acceptable or unacceptable. A factor in determining overall annual performance is the relative weight associated with each of the areas of performance.