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Dr. Sandra Nelson Case Analysis

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Dr. Sandra Nelson is an Associate Professor of Physical Education in the Spadoni College of Education at Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Nelson is seeking continuation of her status as an Associate Professor with tenure at Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Nelson received tenure in 1998 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. As the Chair of the Department of Graduate and Specialty Studies in the Spadoni College of Education, I have completed my evaluation of Dr. Nelson’s dossier for post tenure review as an Associate Professor, in accordance with the University’s 2013-2014 Faculty Manual Promotion and Tenure Guidelines and the Spadoni College of Education Promotion and Tenure Performance Expectations Elaborations document. Also, the …show more content…

Nelson’s dossier in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service, I am pleased to send this letter in support of Dr. Nelson’s post tenure review. Her overall performance over the past six years, since her last post tenure review, continues to be favorable in teaching, scholarship, and service. Over these past six years, Dr. Nelson has improved in the area of teaching over the last two years and in the area of scholarship over the past three years. She continues to effectively contribute through her service to the university, college, department, program, and the profession, as most notably as Program Coordinator of the Physical Education Program and Chair of the Public Relations Committee of the Southern District of the SDAHPERD. Dr. Nelson also has consistently provided professional development opportunities for her students through their annual participation at state and district level conferences. Dr. Nelson also received the 2013 SDAHPERD President’s Service Award. Since its inception, she has had her students participate in the Dalton and Linda Floyd Mentoring Program in order to provide them with an in depth experience of working one-on-one with “at-risk” youth. Dr. Nelson has also secured QEP and Technology funding to improve her students’ educational

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