What is OneNote?

OneNote is simply an electronic three-ring binder.  It allows you to store material on the web so that it can be shared by multiple people and accessed from anywhere.  The only thing that has changed with the process of Tenure Review Committees (TRC) at TCC is where members store their documents.  Instead of printing out a copy and giving it to the administrative support person, you will now upload it into OneNote yourself after you are sure it is complete.

What Goes In The Dossier?

Everything that use to go in to the manila file in the drawer now goes into the OneNote Tenure Dossier. This includes committee member observations, the Instructional Administrators evaluations, the TRC annual report, meeting minutes, the probationers self-evaluations, representative works, student opinion surveys,and the probationers written analysis of the student feedback surveys.

In addition, because the OneNote file is electronic, probationers can also input non-paper artifacts, such as video or audio clips, to demonstrate their skills. 

Who "owns" the OneNote Tenure Dossier?

The Tenure Probationer is the physical "owner" of the dossier.  This means they are the ones that set up the initial dossier and share it with their TRC.  This does not mean that they are the only ones with access to the dossier or that they can change any information within the dossier without being detected.  All members of the TRC, plus the administrative support for the Dean of the probationer's committee, will have unfiltered access to the dossier through the entire Tenure Process.  After the tenure process is complete, the TRC members will be removed from the dossier and the newly tenured faculty can continue to use the dossier as they see fit for their professional development and post tenure review processes.  Any archiving practices that the college previously had for keeping copies of TRC documents is still available to the college.