At the end of the first year of a tenure track appointment, the work of a tenure‐track faculty member is reviewed by FPC. A negative review might result in the candidate not being retained at the end of the initial two‐year contract. At the same time, concerns and suggestions for improvement must be voiced at this review in order for the candidate to know clearly what will be expected in future reviews. In the first‐year review the committee is looking for:

• Evidence that the colleague is becoming a successful teacher
• Evidence that the colleague is establishing a trajectory of externally validated scholarship
• Evidence that the colleague is engaged in the department.

Over the course of the first year at the college, a department can help the new colleague establish a record that merits a positive first‐year review by attending to each of the following areas of faculty responsibility: