At the end of the third year of a tenure track appointment, the work of a tenure‐track faculty member is reviewed by FPC. This review is the final pre‐tenure review. As such, it serves as a basis of the reappointment decision at the end of the second two‐year contract. We have a responsibility to the candidate to state as clearly as possible any and all potential obstacles to tenure that exist in the record as it stands at the time of this review. In the third‐year review the committee is looking for

• Evidence that the colleague is establishing a record of sustained success as a teacher
• Evidence that the colleague has established a record of externally validated scholarship
• Evidence that the colleague is engaged in service to the department and the college.

In the time between the first and third year reviews, a department can help the pre‐tenure colleague establish a record that merits a positive third‐year review by attending to each of the following areas of faculty responsibility: