The toolkit is intended as a resource for community-engaged faculty on how to "make their best case" for promotion and tenure.

Recently, Lisa Benz Scott, PhD, newly tenured Associate Professor, Health Care Policy and Management and Associate Dean for Research, School of Health Technology and Management, Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, has graciously 'donated' the personal statement from her portfolio for posting on the Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/toolkit-portexamples.html

The next major piece that will be added to the toolkit this fall is a section designed to help promotion and tenure committees to understand community-engaged scholarship and how to assess its quality and impact. Cathy Jordan of the University of Minnesota has been spearheading the effort as chair of the Peer Review Work Group of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative, http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html

Components will include:

• Definitions of terms related to CES
• A description of characteristics of quality CES
• Sample abbreviated dossiers including vita, narrative statements and a letter of support
• A summary of how well the work documented in this dossier aligns with the characteristics of quality CES
• Tables documenting the ways in which teaching and research are enhanced through community engagement.
• Instructions for completing a "mock RPT committee" exercise using the above materials

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions on the toolkit. The toolkit homepage is www.communityengagedscholarship.info