The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學新聘專任教師資格條件暨評鑑作業規定

National Taiwan Normal University Regulations Governing the Qualifications and Evaluation of Newly Employed Full-time Faculty Members

Amendments to the qualifications and evaluation of faculty members of the College of Music, as stipulated in
Paragraph 1, were approved by the 322nd University Faculty Evaluation Committee on November 10, 2021

 I. Qualification requirements for newly-employed full-time faculty members of each College of NTNU are listed as follows:

College of Education:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1.Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
3. Within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof confirming approval for publication attached.
4. He/she possesses extensive industry experience, with specific achievements that can be reviewed (this applies to technical specialists).
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of Liberal Arts:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof confirming approval for publication attached.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
3. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
4. He/she has achieved excellent performance in related fields, with relevant proof attached.
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of Science:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, SCOPUS, etc., or accepted for publication in the aforementioned journals, as the first or corresponding author (with an acceptance letter attached). Where the newly-employed full-time faculty member, within the last three years, has one innovative research paper as the first or corresponding author published or accepted (its acceptance letter shall be attached) by any academic journal with an Impact Factor higher than 25, such as Science, Nature, Cell, etc., or Annals of Mathematics, he/she shall be considered qualified.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of Arts:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Teachers specializing in fine arts: He/she shall have at least two solo exhibitions of new works held within the last five years (at least twenty pieces of two-dimensional works, or ten pieces of three-dimensional works, or five pieces of composite works for each exhibition).
2. Teachers specializing in design: He/she shall have different and representative works or works that have been fielded in public competitions or works with particular research themes and created within the last five years (at least five pieces of environmental-spatial design, or twenty-five pieces of visual communication design, or eight pieces of product design or multimedia design).
Three pieces of environmental-spatial design, or fifteen pieces of visual communication design, or five pieces of product design or multimedia design may be credited to offset one solo exhibition of fine-art works.
3. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., or accepted for publication in the aforementioned journals, as the first or corresponding author (with their acceptance letters attached); or, within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with attached relevant proof confirming that it has been reviewed and approved for publication.
4. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least one research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) or any other central government agencies. In addition, he/she shall have any one solo exhibition held as described above or one journal article published.
The aforementioned solo exhibitions of fine arts, or works of design, or journal articles, or research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) or any other central government agencies, may offset one another.
Where a full-time faculty member is newly hired in accordance with Sub-paragraph 1 or 2 of Paragraph 1, and he/she intends to submit a compilation of works as his/her representative work for the Collegiate external review, said works shall be created within the last three years, and a report explaining its creation shall be attached.
Where a full-time faculty member is newly hired in accordance with Sub-paragraph 4 of Paragraph 1, his/her representative work shall meet one of the newly employment threshold requirements stipulated in the other Sub-paragraphs of the same Paragraph.
Newly-employed foreign teachers may submit papers published in academic or professional journals other than those stipulated in Sub-paragraph 3 of Paragraph 1 for review, provided that said journals adopt a peer-review system.

College of Technology and Engineering:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator (rather than as a Co-PI) of at least two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
3. On average, he/she has earned one invention patent in Taiwan or abroad, or won one international competition prize, every year in the last three years.
4. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator (rather than as a Co-PI) of at least one technology development program for academia, industrial technology development project, or industry-academia collaboration project, with concrete results achieved for review.
5. He/she possesses extensive industry experience, with specific achievements for review (this applies to technical specialists).
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of Sports and Recreation:
1. Newly-employed full-time lecturers shall excel in athletics skills (at a level tantamount to athletes of national teams) and shall be competent of teaching athletics skills as an instructor.
2. A doctoral degree is required for his/her appointment as an disciplinary faculty member.
3. All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
(1) Within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof that confirms its approved publication attached.
(2) Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
(3) Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
(4) Technical specialists: They shall enjoy high reputation in the fields of physical education, sports, or recreation, and have extensive industry experience with outstanding performance and specific achievements.
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of Music:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has at least two pieces of musical works published or exhibited on a nationwide scale, one of which shall be a personal work or solo
performance. For those who specialize in the field of collaborative piano, he/she shall have at least two collaborative piano concerts held on a nationwide scale within the last three years. For those who specialize in the fields of theater and dance, he/she shall as a have served as director, choreographer, playwright, or leading actor/actress.
2. He/she was the recipient of an international-competition prize.
3. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., or accepted for publication in the aforementioned journals (with the acceptance letter attached) as the first or corresponding author, or, within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof that confirms its approved publication attached.
4. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least one research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) or any other central government agencies, and has a piece of work published or exhibited on a nationwide scale as stipulated in Sub-paragraph 1 of Paragraph 1, or has a journal article published as stipulated in Sub-paragraph 3.
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) or any other central government agencies may offset one another.
Where a full-time faculty member is newly employed in accordance with Sub-paragraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1, and he/she submits a published or exhibited work as his/her representative work for the Collegiate external review, said work shall be created within the last three years, and an interpretative report describing its creation shall be attached.
Where a full-time faculty member is newly employed in accordance with Sub-paragraph 4 of Paragraph 1, his/her representative work shall meet one of the threshold requirements stipulated in the other three Sub-paragraphs of said Paragraph.
Newly-employed foreign teachers may submit papers published in academic or professional journals other than those stipulated in Sub-paragraph 3 of Paragraph 1 for review, provided that said journals adopt a peer-review system.

College of Management:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least
two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

College of International Studies and Social Sciences:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members (novice teachers with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof that confirms its approved publication attached.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
3. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.
Newly-employed full-time faculty members who intend to take up the position of Associate Professor or higher, but who have not received a teacher certificate awarded by the Ministry of Education for his/her target position, shall meet the requirements no less than the basic publication threshold for the Collegiate promotion review.

Administrative Units and University-level Centers:
All newly-employed full-time faculty members and research fellows (novice teachers and research fellows with a doctorate degree excluded) shall meet one of the following requirements:
1. Within the last three years, he/she has two academic papers published in journals indexed in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, THCI (formerly THCI Core before 2016), SCOPUS, etc., as the first or corresponding author.
2. Within the last three years, he/she has served as the principal investigator of at least two research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council).
3. Within the last three years, he/she has at least one monograph published, with reviewer comments and relevant proof that confirms its approved publication attached.
The aforementioned journal articles and research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly National Science Council) may offset one another.

2. Each Department (Institute, or Degree Program) shall evaluate newly-employed full-time faculty members in strict accordance with the University’s Regulations for Faculty Evaluation.
(1) Full-time faculty members at all levels newly employed from August 1, 2011 onwards shall pass the evaluation in the first semester of their fourth service year (their seventh semester in service) after they have served at the University for three years.
(2) The faculty evaluation results shall be further reviewed by the Faculty Evaluation Committee of each Department (Institute, or Degree Program) and the Collegiate Faculty Evaluation Committee, and shall be submitted to the University Faculty Evaluation Committee for future reference.
(3) Those who pass the aforementioned evaluation shall be entitled to be re-appointed; those who fail the evaluation shall be not receive a salary increase from the year that follows, shall be forbidden from teaching extra hours and taking a job or teaching classes on a part-time basis off campus. However, the College may provide them with reasonable assistance in coordination with the Department (Institute, or Degree Program) they belong to, entitling them to be re-evaluated within two years. In the case that they fail the re-evaluation again, shall be submitted to the Department-, College-, and University Faculty Evaluation Committees, for a resolution on not continued employment.
Newly-employed faculty members, after being appointed for one year initially and another year for his/her appointment renewal, shall enjoy a reappointment for two consecutive years from the third year on.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院教師評審準則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Teacher Evaluation Criteria

Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 1996 academic year on March 20, 1997 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 127th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 2nd time at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 1999 academic year on December 24, 1999 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 160th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 3rd time at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2000 academic year on April 27, 2001 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 174th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 4th time at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2001 academic year on July 1, 2002 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 183rd meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 5th time at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2002 academic year on February 17, 2003 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 188th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 6th time at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2003 academic year on January 6, 2004 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 194th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 7th time at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2007 academic year on September 28, 2007 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 223rd meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 1st time at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2008 academic year on October 17, 2008 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 231st meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 1st time at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2008 academic year on February 25, 2009 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 234th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved for the 2nd time at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2008 academic year on May 1, 2009 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 235th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2009 academic year on March 2, 2010 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 241st meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st and interim 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2010 academic year on September 8 and October 26, 2010 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 246th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the interim 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2011 academic year on December 15, 2011 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 255th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2011 academic year on March 1, 2012 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 256th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2013 academic year on March 12, 2014 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 270th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2014 academic year on November 7, 2014 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 274th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2014 academic year on December 17, 2014 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 275th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2016 academic year on December 16, 2016 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 288th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2018 academic year on September 13, 2018 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 301st meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 4th College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2018 academic year on June 12, 2019 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 306th meeting for future reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2021 academic year on September 29, 2021 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 320th meeting for future reference

Article 1  
These Criteria are established in accordance with Article 3 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations and Article 10 of the Rules for the Establishment of the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College of Liberal Arts.

Article 2  
The basic conditions and restrictions for teachers of the College applying for promotion shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Articles 11 and 14 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations.

Article 3  
As to the review procedures for teachers’ applications for promotion and the regulations for co-authorship of representative publications, in addition to the provisions of Articles 12, 12-1, and 13 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations, the evaluation items, the information to be submitted for evaluation, the grading matters, and the evaluation criteria are as follows:

1. Evaluation Items

(1)Research:
The publications submitted by teachers applying for promotion should be related to the nature of the subject taught, be an original work of the person submitting the application, and are not merely compilations, additions, deletions, combinations, or arrangements of the works of others, or other works that are not research results, and must meet the following requirements:

1.Representative works:
The works shall meet one of the following requirements:

(1)
A complete, systematic, and officially published academic monograph that has been reviewed and approved, and must be accompanied by a review opinion and proof of publication. The unit of review shall conform to the provisions of Article 12 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations.

(2)
Three or more papers published in SCI, SSCI, TSSCI, EI, A&HCI, the 2016 new system of THCI (formerly THCI Core), EconLit, SCOPUS, ERIH, etc., or in academic or professional journals recognized by the departments of the University that have a rigorous review system both domestically and internationally.
The list of recognized academic journals shall be approved by the College Affairs Meeting and submitted to the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee for review and revision.

2.Reference works: The following regulations shall be observed:

(1)
Those published in journals or monographs that meet the requirements for representative works.

(2)
The paper is included in the official publication of a monograph, and a review of the paper is attached. The unit of review should conform with Article 12 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations.

(3)
Papers presented at academic symposia with formal review procedures, both domestic and foreign, that have been published in an integrated booklet (including those published on CD-ROMs or publicly available on the Internet), with the review opinion of the paper attached.

(4)At least three papers should be submitted for promotion from Associate Professor to Professor; at least two papers should be submitted for promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and from Lecturer to Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.

3.The representative and reference works should be published after the applicant has obtained the previous level of teaching qualification; if the applicant’s years of service as a full-time teacher in a school outside of Taiwan have been counted as years of promotion, his or her specialized works submitted for review may be included.
Lecturers applying for promotion in accordance with Article 11, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations may use doctoral dissertations as representative publications.
If an academic or professional journal, as defined in 1 (2) above, has accepted a certificate of regular publication as a representative work for examination, the representative work shall be published within one year from the date of the certificate of acceptance issued by the journal, and the representative work shall be submitted to the university for examination and filing within two months from the date of publication. If the publication cannot be published within one year for reasons not attributable to the submitter, the submitter should, before the expiration of the one-year period, submit a certificate from the publication stating the reasons for the failure to publish and confirming the time of publication, and apply for an extension. After being approved by the department and college Teacher Evaluation Committee, it shall be submitted to the University Teacher Evaluation Committee for review. The extension period shall be limited to a maximum of three years from the date of the publication‘s certificate of acceptance.

(2)Teaching

1.The number of hours of instruction meets the basic requirements.
2.Results of course opinion surveys.
3.Performance in supervising students’ academic research.
4.Other teaching matters.

(3)Service

1.Part-time administrative duties.
2.Contributions to departmental (division, institute, degree program), college, and university affairs.
3.Part-time service as instructors or instructors of organizations, publications, and teams.
4.Performance in industry-academic cooperation.
5.Other service matters.
Departments and institutes may add or delete the above items from their Teacher Evaluation guidelines.

2. Information to be submitted for evaluation

(1)Representative works and Chinese abstracts.
(2)Reference works, Chinese abstracts, and bibliographies of works.
(3)Teaching achievements.
(4)On-campus and off-campus service results.
(5)Information on the application for promotion examination.
(6)The results and opinions of the department (institute) Teacher Evaluation Committee.
(7)Eight to ten reviewers recommended by the department (institute) Teacher Evaluation Committee.
(8)One or two recommended reviewers who are not accepted by the person concerned.

3. Grading Matters

(1)
The Dean may consider the list of eight to ten reviewers recommended by the department (institute) Teacher Evaluation Committee and select five for the publications review.
(2)
The external review of the aforementioned publications shall be graded on a scale of A (outstanding), B (excellent), C (average), and D (unsatisfactory), and the reviewer shall evaluate the applicant’s research performance at the same level as that of a teacher in the same field (see the attached table). The corresponding score for each grade is 90 points or more for an A, 80 points or more but less than 90 points for a B, 70 points or more but less than 80 points for a C, and less than 70 points for a D.
(3)
Members of the College’s Teacher Evaluation Committee shall examine in detail the evaluation procedures of the department (institute) Teacher Evaluation Committee and shall, in principle, respect the results of research, teaching, and service ratings. However, if the College’s Teacher Evaluation Committee finds that there are significant differences between the opinions of individual external reviewers and the ratings, or that the review is too brief for judgment, or that there are other significant flaws, with the approval of two-thirds or more of the members present, return the reviewer’s opinion that is in doubt for at least two-thirds of the members present, the review opinion in doubt shall be returned to the original reviewer for re-confirmation.
After reconfirming the results in accordance with the aforementioned provisions, if there are still doubts about the results of the original review, the College or University Teacher Evaluation Committee may, if necessary, send the results to other scholars and experts for review with the approval of at least two-thirds of the members present, and the aforementioned doubts will not be taken into account.
(4)If the applicant’s research, teaching and service are all approved, the promotion case shall be approved.

4. Evaluation Criteria

(1)Research items: At least four reviewers must give a grade of B or better.
The department (institute) Teacher Evaluation Committee shall only consider whether the applicant’s research meets the promotion threshold set by the College.
(2)Teaching items: The applicant should achieve a score of 80.
(3)Service items: The applicant should achieve a score of 80.

Article 4  
Each department (institute) of the College shall handle the initial appointment, reappointment, non-renewal, suspension of appointment, determination of reasons for redundancy, or violation of the University’s teacher service rules, teacher employment contract, or other laws and regulations in accordance with Articles 4 to 10 and 15 to 18 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations and the University’s regulations on the qualifications and evaluation of newly appointed full-time teachers. The review of the above matters shall be approved only when two-thirds or more of the members of the College’s Teacher Evaluation Committee are present and two-thirds or more of the members present vote by secret ballot.

Article 5  
The application for reappointment or promotion of current teachers who have obtained lecturer or assistant professor certificates before the promulgation of the amendment to the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators on March 21, 1997, the evaluation of research personnel, the appointment of full-time and part-time teachers, the application for reappointment of teachers who have upgraded their educational degree or obtained higher-level teacher certificates, the transfer of teachers to different departments (institutes), and the initial appointment, reappointment, or non-renewal of assistant professors may be made in accordance with the provisions of Articles 19 through 23 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations. If each department (institute) has stipulated otherwise, it shall comply with its own regulations.

For those who have obtained a higher-level teacher certificate and apply for re-appointment, the College shall send their specialized works within three years to three outside experts for review, and at least two of the reviewers must give a grade of B or higher, and at least two-thirds of the members of the Teacher Evaluation Committee must agree before they pass the review of the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College. Except for the number of years of publications and the number of reviewers, the evaluation items, the information submitted for review, the grading system, and the evaluation criteria for their research are subject to the provisions of Article 3 on the review process for teacher promotion, and their representative works may not be duplicates of the representative works submitted for review by their new appointments at the University.

Article 6  
If there are any matters not covered in the Criteria, they shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations; if there is any doubt, the College Affairs Meeting shall explain them.

Article 7  
The Criteria shall be submitted to the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee for review and reference after it has been approved by the College Affairs Meeting, and shall be published and implemented after it has been approved by the President. The same shall apply to any amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

文學院教師評審委員會設置章程

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Rules for the Establishment of Teacher Evaluation Committee

Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 1996 academic year on March 20, 1997 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 127th meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 1999 academic year on December 24, 1999 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 160th meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2002 academic year on June 20, 2003 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 191st meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2009 academic year on March 2, 2010 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 241st meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2011 academic year on March 1, 2012 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 256th meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2013 academic year on March 12, 2014 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 200th meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2015 academic year on November 13, 2015 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 281st meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2018 academic year on January 18, 2019 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 304th meeting for reference
Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2021 academic year on January 12 and March 8, 2022 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 324th meeting for reference

Article 1
These Rules are established in accordance with Article 3 of the Regulations for the Establishment of the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University.

Article 2
For the appointment, renewal, tenure, promotion, reappointment, dismissal, non-renewal, and suspension of full-time and part-time teachers, the long-term appointment of full-time teachers, evaluation, recognition of reasons for redundancy, voluntary retirement or order for retirement, extension of service, appointment of honorary professors, joint teachers from within and outside the University, and chair professors, lectures, research and study abroad, and the preparation of regulations and regulations for review, and professorial sabbatical research, the College shall establish the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College of Liberal Arts (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). The Committee is responsible for the review of matters submitted by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of each department (institute), the consideration of urgent matters referred by the Dean, and the filing of the relevant regulations of the Teacher Evaluation Committee of each department (institute).
For the aforementioned items that require a review by the three levels of the Teacher Evaluation Committee, the initial review will be conducted by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute), the second review by the Committee, and the final review by the University Teacher Evaluation Committee; the remaining matters will be considered at each level according to the division of labor among the Teacher Evaluation Committees.
A matter to be considered shall be established only if all levels of the Teacher Evaluation Committee responsible for the consideration of said matter have passed. If said matter is not passed at any level, it will be rejected.
The dismissal or suspension of a teacher with a permanent appointment must first be resolved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) and the department (institute) affairs meeting before being submitted to the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College or University for resolution. In the case of dismissal, non-renewal, suspension, or redundancy of teachers who have not received a permanent appointment, the matter must be considered by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) before it is submitted to the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College or University for resolution.
In considering cases of dismissal, non-renewal, or suspension, the Teacher Evaluation Committee at each level shall give the person concerned an opportunity to present his or her views.
In the case of dismissal, non-renewal, or suspension of teachers and other major matters that should be considered by law, if the facts are clear and the resolution made by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) is clearly inconsistent with the provisions of the law or is clearly inappropriate, the Committee may return the case to the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) for reconsideration within the deadline or within three months after the minutes of the meeting state the reasons. In the event that the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) does not make an appropriate resolution in accordance with the relevant regulations after the expiration date, the Committee may review and change in accordance with the regulations. If there is a similar case in the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the College, the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University will handle it in the same manner.

Article 3
The Committee shall have seven to nineteen members, consisting of the Dean, the Vice Dean (with professorial qualifications), and members selected by each department (institute) who have published papers, monographs, works, or exhibits within three years, with the Dean acting as the convener and the Secretary of the College acting as the executive secretary. The selected members shall be selected by each department (institute) affairs meeting.
The teachers shall be selected by each department (institute) at its business meeting.
Teachers may not serve as members of the Teacher Evaluation Committee during their secondment or when on leave without pay.
The number of members selected by each department (institute) shall be: one for a total of 20 or fewer full-time teachers, two for 21 to 40 full-time teachers, and three for 41 or more full-time teachers.
The selected members of each department (institute) shall be elected before the end of June each year for a term of one academic year and shall be eligible for re-election.

Article 4
The Committee shall hold a meeting at least once in each academic year.
Members of the Committee shall attend the meetings in person and shall not appoint others to attend in their stead.
When the matters to be evaluated by the Committee involve personal issues of the members present, or when there are spouses, third-degree relatives, relatives by marriage, degree thesis advisors, or other related conflicts of interests, the persons involved shall recuse themselves. If a member does not recuse himself/herself, the chairman shall request the member to recuse himself/herself in order to maintain the supreme objective position of the Committee.
The aforementioned recused members shall recuse themselves from the whole process of the relevant case and shall not be counted in the number of members who should be present for each relevant case.

Article 5
A meeting of the Committee shall be held only when two-thirds of all members of the Committee are present.
Relevant personnel may be invited to attend the meeting as necessary.

Article 6
The Committee shall fully discuss the cases to be examined by the members present, and then vote by secret ballot. However, in the case of a review of a teacher’s work for promotion, the Teacher Evaluation Committee shall respect the judgment of the reviewer unless the Teacher Evaluation Committee can present specific reasons with a professional and academic basis with the review being approved by at least two-thirds of the members present. A committee composed of non-related professionals shall not make a majority decision on the applicant’s professional scholarship, except to consider factors such as number of positions, seniority, and teaching achievements.

Article 7
Except for promotion cases which shall be handled in accordance with Article 3 of the College’s Teacher Evaluation Criteria, the Committee shall review and resolve on the matters listed in Article 2 with the approval of at least two-thirds of the members present.

Article 8
The Committee shall notify the parties concerned or the relevant units in writing by stating the substantive reasons within ten days of the resolution of any negative resolution, except in the case of the initial appointment of a teacher. In the event of dissatisfaction, except for the resolutions on dismissal, non-renewal, and suspension of employment, which shall be approved by the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee in a final review, the parties may file a complaint with the University’s Teacher Grievance Review Committee.
In the event that the aforementioned matter requires the approval of all three levels of the Teacher Evaluation Committee at the department (institute), college, and university before such matter can be established, the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the department (institute) and college shall notify the person concerned in writing that the case shall be formally established after it has been approved by the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee.

Article 9
If a member of the Committee is unable to continue to serve, the original department (institute) shall select another member to replace him/her in accordance with the provisions of Article 3, Paragraphs 1 to 3 of the Rules.

Article 10
The Teacher Evaluation Criteria of the College shall be established separately.

Article 11
If there are any matters not covered in the Rules, they shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations; if there are any doubts, the College Affairs Meeting shall explain them.

Article 12
The Rules shall be submitted to the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee for review and reference after it has been approved by the College Affairs Meeting, and shall be published and implemented after it has been approved by the President; the same shall apply to amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院教師評鑑準則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Teacher Evaluation Guidelines

Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 1999 academic year on June 8, 2000
Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2007 academic year on September 28, 2007
Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2008 academic year on October 17, 200
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2009 academic year on March 2, 2010
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2010 academic year on September 8, 2010
Approved at the interim 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2011 academic year on December 15, 2011
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2011 academic year on June 18, 2012
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2012 academic year on May 7, 2013
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2014 academic year on September 12, 2014
Approved at the 4th College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2015 academic year on January 20, 2016
Approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2017 academic year on November 2, 2017
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2018 academic year on September 13, 2018
Approved at the 4th College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2018 academic year on June 12, 2019
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2020 academic year on December 16, 2020
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2021 academic year on January 12, 2022

Article 1   
In order to enhance the quality of teachers’ instructing, research, service and counseling and to promote their professional growth, the College has established the “College of Liberal Arts of National Taiwan Normal University’s Teacher Evaluation Guidelines” (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines) in accordance with the provisions of the Teacher Evaluation Regulations of the University.

Article 2   
The evaluation targets of the Guidelines are the full-time teachers (including professional and technical staff) of the College.

Article 3   
The evaluation items of the Guidelines include the three aspects of teaching, research, and service (including counseling). The evaluation methods may include departmental (institute) evaluations, teacher self-evaluations, teacher peer evaluations, student evaluations, and other evaluations. The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) is responsible for the initial evaluation and the teacher evaluation committee of the College is responsible for the re-evaluation. The three areas of teaching, research and service (including counseling) should be individually approved before passing the current evaluation.

Article 3-1  
Full-time teachers at all levels shall take at least three hours of training in academic ethics and integrity education before being evaluated, and shall provide relevant documents to prove that they have taken such training.

Article 4   
The items and criteria for teacher evaluation are as follows.

1. Teaching: An average score of 3.5 or higher on the course evaluation survey during their evaluation period, compliance with the regulations on teaching hours, and no other unfavorable teaching situations (if not, the teacher will be exempted, and if necessary, the evaluated teacher will be asked to provide a written explanation).
2. Research: Academic performance and research projects shall meet the following requirements:

(1)The academic performance (including thesis and other related materials) should be original and meet one of the following requirements:

1.Monograph books or monograph chapters:
Within three years for lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years for associate professors and professors, one monograph book with a review mechanism established by the University, or one monograph book (co-authored by two or fewer persons) or three monographs published by a domestic or foreign publisher with a review system approved by the University.

2.Journal articles:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have two journal articles within three years; associate professors and professors should have three journal articles within five years. The above papers shall be published in SCI(E), SSCI, A&HCI, EI, EconLit, TSSCI, the 2016 new system of THCI (formerly THCI Core), SCOPUS, or other journals listed in the positive list as recognized by the University. For journals in the top 20% of SCI IF or top 50% of SSCI IF, one article for lecturers and assistant professors, and two articles for associate professors and professors will meet the criteria. Three papers accepted by SCOPUS will be credited towards one paper in the aforementioned journals (first author or corresponding author is required to receive the credit).

3.Patents:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have two patents with physical examination within three years, and associate professors and professors should have three patents with physical examination within five years. The University shall be the owner of the aforementioned patents.

4.Exhibition or competition award (the teacher shall participate in person):
Lecturers and assistant professors should have one exhibition or competition award within three years; associate professors and professors should have two exhibitions or competition awards within five years. The level of the competition award should be at least that attaining a level of national excellence or one that engages in international selection. The exhibition should be at the municipal level (host or venue) or at other venues listed in the positive list as recognized by the teacher evaluation directions of each department of the College of Liberal Arts (the aforementioned venue must be approved by a panel formed by the University). The works in each exhibition shall be those created during the evaluation period, and the same work shall not be counted repeatedly. The number of exhibitions will be calculated according to Article 12, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the Teacher Evaluation Regulations of the University. The aforementioned exhibitions and competitions must conform to the organizers, venues, and titles of the exhibitions and competitions as specified by the departments of the College of Liberal Arts.

5.Other equivalent academic performance other than those listed above: Academic performance equivalent to those listed above, as approved by the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee.

In the authorship list of a monograph or journal article published by a teacher, at least one article for lecturers and assistant professors, and at least two articles for associate professors and professors must be written as the first author or corresponding author.
If a teacher has two service organizations at the same time, the name of the University must be published at the top.

(2)Research projects:
Lecturers should lead or co-lead at least one external research project every three years; assistant professors should lead (not including co-lead) at least one external research project every three years; associate professors and professors should lead (not including co-lead) at least one external research project every five years. External research projects must be undertaken in the name of the University (including industry-academia collaborative projects), and the principal investigator of a sub-project of a single integrated project of the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council) is considered to lead a research project.

3. Service (including counseling): 80 points or higher, with evaluation items and grading criteria set by each department of the College.

(1)On-campus service.
(2)Off-campus service.
(3)Life counseling.
(4)Academic counseling.

Article 4-1  
The number of articles (books/pieces/sessions) of academic performance in the preceding Article may be accumulated together as follows: one monograph book, one monograph chapter, or one patent co-authored by three or more persons (inclusive) may be credited as an equivalent to one journal article; one exhibition or one competition award may be credited as an equivalent to two journal articles.

Those who meet the following conditions may be offset against each other across categories, but a single evaluation is limited to one (only one may be used), and the conditions of the offset are as follows.

1. Credit for journal papers: One research project for the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council) (must be the principal investigator) may be credited as one journal paper.
2. Credit for research projects.

(1)One academic performance (book/piece/session) can be credited as one external research project, and the first author or corresponding author of a monograph or journal paper is required to receive the credit.

(2)During their evaluation period, a teacher may receive a credit for one external research project if he/she has made the following special contributions to the University:

1.To write and implement two university-level projects (e.g., Higher Education Advancement Project or Teaching Excellence Project).
2.Two years as a director of a school-level orchestra.
3.Two years as a coach of a varsity team.
4.Two years as the director of the University athletes’ training program for national or international competitions.
5.To guide students of the University in participating in national-level competitions at least twice or international-level competitions selection at least once.

Article 5   
The full-time teachers of the College who have at least 25 years of experience may choose to be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 or in accordance with the following provisions:

1. Teaching:
   An average score of 3.5 or higher on the course evaluation survey during the period of evaluation, compliance with the regulations on teaching hours, and no other unfavorable teaching situations (if not, the teacher will be exempted, and if necessary, the evaluated teacher will be asked to provide a written explanation).
2. Research:
   Academic performance and research projects shall meet the following requirements:

(1)The academic performance (including thesis and other related materials) shall be original and meet one of the following requirements:

1.Monograph books or monograph chapters:
Within three years for lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years for associate professors and professors; one monograph book with a review mechanism established by the University or one monograph book (co-authored by two or less persons) or two monographs published by a domestic or foreign publisher with a review system approved by the University.

2.Journal papers:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have one journal paper within three years, and associate professors and professors should have two journal papers within five years. The aforementioned papers should be published in SCI(E), SSCI, A&HCI, EI, EconLit, TSSCI, the 2016 new system of THCI (formerly THCI Core), SCOPUS, or other journals listed in the positive list as recognized by the University. For journals in the top 20% of SCI IF or top 50% of SSCI IF, one article for lecturers and assistant professors, and two articles for associate professors and professors will meet the criteria. Three papers accepted by SCOPUS will be credited towards one paper in the aforementioned journals (being listed as the first author or corresponding author is required to receive the credit).

3.Patents:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have one patent with a physical examination within three years, and associate professors and professors should have two patents with physical examination within five years. The University shall be the owner of the aforementioned patents.

4.Exhibition or competition award (the teacher shall participate in person):
Lecturers and assistant professors should have one exhibition or competition award within three years; associate professors and professors should have two exhibitions or competition awards within five years. The level of the competition award should be that attaining at least national excellence or one that engages in international selection. The exhibition should be at the municipal level (host or venue) or at other venues listed in the positive list as recognized by the teacher evaluation directions of each department of the College of Liberal Arts (the aforementioned venue must be approved by a panel formed by the University). The works in each exhibition shall be those created during the evaluation period, and the same work shall not be counted repeatedly. The number of exhibitions will be calculated according to Article 12, Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 1 to 2 of the Teacher Evaluation Regulations of the University. The aforementioned exhibitions and competitions must conform to the organizers, venues, and titles of the exhibitions and competitions as specified by the departments of the College of Liberal Arts.

5.Other equivalent academic performance other than those listed above: Academic performance equivalent to those listed above, as approved by the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee.

The number of the aforementioned articles (books/pieces/sessions) of academic performances may be accumulated together, and the criteria are the same as those of Article 4-1.
If a teacher has two service organizations at the same time, the name of the University must be published at the top.

(2)Research Projects: Lecturers and assistant professors should lead or co-lead at least one external research project every three years; associate professors and professors should lead or co-lead at least one external research project every five years. The criteria for recognition and credit of external research projects are the same as those stipulated in Articles 4 and 4-1.

3. Service (including counseling): 80 points or more. The items and criteria for rating are the same as those stipulated in Article 4.

Article 6   
The evaluation results of lecturers and assistant professors are handled as follows:

1. Lecturers and assistant professors will be evaluated by departments (institutes) and colleges every three years. Those who fail their evaluation will not be given a salary promotion in the following academic year, will not be allowed to teach more hours, and will not be allowed to teach part-time inside or outside the University (including in-service classes, further education institutes, and summer classes). They will be assisted by their respective appointing units to propose improvement plans and will be re-evaluated within two years. If they still fail in their re-evaluation, the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee should decide to not renew employment.
2. No promotion shall be proposed for those who have failed their latest evaluation.

The period of time for the above evaluation shall be calculated in terms of semesters and shall be counted as three years from the semester in which the teacher was last evaluated. The performance of the evaluated semester shall be included in the next evaluation.
If a lecturer or assistant professor is promoted to a higher rank, their evaluation period will be recalculated from the effective date of the promotion.
The evaluation results of lecturers and assistant professors appointed before September 29, 2009 shall be governed by Article 7 (Evaluation Results of Associate Professors and Professors) of the Guidelines.

Article 7   
The evaluation results of associate professors and professors are handled as follows:

1. Associate professors and professors shall be evaluated every five years by each department (institute) of the College. Those who do not pass their evaluation will not be given a salary promotion in the following academic year, will not be allowed to teach more hours, will not be allowed to teach part-time either inside or outside the University (including in-service classes, further education institutes, and summer classes), will not be allowed to go on secondment exchange, will not be allowed to apply for sabbatical studies, will not be allowed to lecture abroad, will not be allowed to apply to stay and retain salary for research or study abroad, and will not be allowed to serve as a member of the teacher evaluation committee or as an administrative or academic supervisor. However, those who have been failed in their evaluation shall apply for a re-evaluation within two years, and the above restrictions will be lifted from the next academic year after the re-evaluation is passed.
2. No promotion shall be proposed for those who have failed in their latest evaluation.

The period of time for the above evaluation shall be calculated in terms of semesters and shall be counted as five years from the semester in which the teacher was last evaluated. The performance of the evaluated semester should be included in the next evaluation.
If an associate professor passes the promotion, their evaluation period will be recalculated from the effective date of the promotion.
Associate professors and professors who do not pass their evaluations shall be assisted by their respective appointing units to propose improvement plans for discussion at the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee. However, those who retire in the second semester after failing their evaluation are exempted from proposing improvement plans.

Article 8   
Newly hired full-time teachers at all levels since August 1, 2011 shall pass their evaluation no later than the first semester (i.e., the seventh semester) after they have completed three years of service at the University, and the evaluation criteria shall be the same as those for lecturers and assistant professors in Article 4 of the Guidelines. The course opinion survey should be conducted for at least four semesters (inclusive) during the evaluation period for junior teachers (first-time teachers), and for at least two semesters (inclusive) during the evaluation period for non-junior teachers (those who have taught at other universities before coming to the University, or those who have served as project teachers at the University).
Newly hired full-time teachers at all levels starting from February 1, 2016 shall participate in the “New Teacher Study” sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs within one year of their appointment according to the “Essentials of Teachers’ Pedagogical Professional Development at National Taiwan Normal University”; first-time teachers shall conduct a “Peer Observation and Feedback” session sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and a “Research Consultation” sponsored by the Office of Research and Development within one academic year of their appointment. If for any reason a teacher is unable to do so, he/she shall complete them in the following academic year before passing the evaluation of newly hired teachers as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of this Article.
Starting February 1, 2016, newly hired full-time teachers at all levels who serve in a departmental unit of the University with an experimental (training) site and who have been approved by the department to receive training from the University’s Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety and Health Center must complete their training and test within one year of coming to serve at the University in accordance with the relevant regulations of the aforementioned Center before they can pass the evaluation of newly hired teachers in Paragraph 1 of this Article.
Those who do not pass their evaluation will not be given salary promotion in the following academic year, will not be allowed to teach more hours, and will not be allowed to teach part-time inside or outside of the school (including in-service classes, continuing education institutes, and summer classes). They will be assisted by their respective appointing units to propose improvement plans and will be re-evaluated within two years. If they still fail in their re-evaluation, the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee should decide not to renew the employment.
Effective August 1, 2011, newly hired teachers at all levels who meet the requirements for exemption from evaluation in Articles 9 through 12 may apply for exemption from evaluation in accordance with the provisions of those Articles and are not required to undergo the evaluation of newly hired teachers in Paragraph 1 of this Article.
Starting from August 1, 2011, full-time teachers appointed at all levels who have passed their evaluation of new teachers in Paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6 and Article 7 in the future. If the re-evaluation is not passed, a resolution should be submitted to the three levels of the teacher evaluation committees not to renew the appointment.
In the case of non-renewal, the University will not renew the appointment after two-thirds of the members of the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee are present and two-thirds of the members present have resolved to send the case to the Ministry of Education for approval in accordance with regulations.

Article 8-1 
For those who have not passed their evaluation and are re-evaluated after counseling or assistance, their teaching, research, and service (including counseling) results shall be counted for three years (lecturers and assistant professors) or five years (associate professors and professors) forward from the year of re-evaluation, and the results shall not be counted from the year of the previous evaluation.

Article 9   
Within three years prior to the evaluation of lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years prior to the evaluation of associate professors and professors, those who meet one of the following conditions may apply for an exemption from the current evaluation:

1. Within the five years prior to their evaluation, they have held a research chair position at the University.
2. Within the five years prior to their evaluation, they have been awarded with the Teaching Excellence (Prominence) Award by the University.
3. Within the five years prior to the evaluation, they are recipients of the University’s Service Excellence Award.
4. They will retire in the second semester following their evaluation.
5. They are awardees of the National Excellent Teachers Award conferred by the Ministry of Education.

Article 10 
An associate professor or above whose research performance meets one of the following criteria may apply for lifetime exemption from evaluations:

1. Has been elected as a research fellow of Academia Sinica.
2. Has been a recipient of an Academic Award of the Ministry of Education, a National Chair Professorship, a National Award for Arts, or the National Cultural Award of the Executive Yuan.
3. Has served as a chair professor at the University.
4. Has served as a chair professor in a famous university in Taiwan or abroad and has been recognized by the University.
5. Has received more than fifteen times the principal investigator fees (hereinafter referred to as the principal investigator fee) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council) for special research projects (including industry-academia cooperation projects). A Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology (formerly the National Science Council) can be credited toward one principal investigator fee for a special research project; an Outstanding Research Award can be credited toward three principal investigator fees for special research projects. The duration of the research project must be at least one year, with a maximum of one project per year.

The aforementioned principal investigator fees criteria for a special research project have been adjusted upward from ten times every two years since the year 2014, with the following adjustment process:

1. Applicants in the years 2016 and 2017: 11 times.
2. Applicants in the years 2018 and 2019: 12 times.
3. Applicants in the years 2020 and 2021: 13 times.
4. Applicants in the years 2022 and 2023: 14 times.
5. Applicants since the year 2024: 15 times.

A teacher who receives a Teaching Award may be credited with one research project principal investigator fee (a Teaching Excellence Award may be credited with three research project principal investigator fees). However, the Teaching Award and the principal investigator fees for special research projects of the same year shall not be double-accrued. In addition, the Teaching Excellence Award and the principal investigator fees for special research projects within three years from the year of the Teaching Excellence Award shall not be double-accrued.

Article 11 
An associate professor or above whose teaching performance meets the following criteria may apply for a lifetime exemption from evaluation:
The teacher has received at least 15 Teaching Award (1 Teaching Excellence Award can be credited to 3 Teaching Awards).

Article 12 
An associate professor or above may apply for a lifetime exemption from evaluation if he or she has held solo exhibitions, curatorial exhibitions, collections, or awards in the field of art that meets the requirements of Article 12 of the University’s Teacher Evaluation Regulations.

Article 13 
Teachers who are on a leave of absence for research, study abroad, lecturing abroad, secondment, parental leave, family care or major accidents, and who have been approved to be on leave with pay or to remain on leave without pay for more than six months, may apply for deferred evaluation starting from the semester in which they should be evaluated upon their return to service.
Female teachers who are pregnant and have given birth (or whom have had a miscarriage) may be granted a two-year grace period to postpone their evaluation without restrictions of being on leave without pay.
Teachers who are second-level supervisors or deputy supervisors of the University may apply for deferred evaluation according to their years of service from the semester in which they are to be evaluated.
The information for the deferred evaluation shall be calculated from the semester in which the previous evaluation was conducted. The performance of the current evaluation semester shall be included in the next evaluation.

Article 14 
If the information submitted by teachers for evaluation involves plagiarism, forgery, alteration, or other violations of academic ethics and integrity, the evaluation will be deemed unsuccessful if verified, and will be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the University.

Article 15 
Teachers who are to be evaluated shall submit relevant information for evaluation, and those who fail to submit information shall be deemed to have failed their evaluation.

Article 16 
The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) of the College shall formulate the teacher evaluation directions in accordance with the Guidelines, and then submit them to the teacher evaluation committee of the College for consideration after they have been approved by the department (institute) affairs meeting, and then submit them to the President for approval and implementation after they have been approved.
Each department shall set specific and definite evaluation criteria for teacher evaluation in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of the Guidelines.
The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) and the College shall include teacher evaluation cases as a matter of deliberation, carefully examine the information for evaluation, and vote by secret ballot, not just for reference.

Article 17 
The teacher evaluation operation schedule is as follows:

1. Schedule for initial evaluation

(1)Each department (institute) of the College shall notify teachers who are due for teacher evaluation in the next semester by the end of March/September each year. If a teacher meets the criteria for exemption from evaluation, he/she shall submit an application and go through the relevant procedures one semester before their evaluation is due, so as to determine the list of teachers to be evaluated for the next semester.

(2)Teachers who are to be evaluated in that semester shall submit their evaluation information to the department (institute) office by the end of August/February each year. The teacher evaluation committee of the department (institute) shall meet by the end of October/April to complete the initial evaluation according to the evaluation criteria set by each department (institute), and shall send the evaluation information of the evaluated teachers and the results of the initial evaluation to the College office.

2. Schedule for re-evaluation

(1)The teacher evaluation committee of the College shall complete the re-evaluation process by the end of November/May each year and submit the relevant evaluation information and the results of the initial evaluation of the evaluated teachers to the teacher evaluation committee of the University for review.
(2)After the review by the teacher evaluation committee of the University, the College shall notify the relevant departments (institutes) and individuals of the results of the teacher evaluation by letter.

Newly hired full-time teachers who meet the requirements for promotion may apply for promotion from the semester following their first evaluation (newly hired teacher evaluation).
If a teacher who has passed their newly hired teacher evaluation is evaluated and applies for promotion at the same time in the same semester, the teacher evaluation committee shall first evaluate his or her evaluation case and then evaluate the promotion case.

Article 18 
Since August 1, 2014, the evaluation of the College’s full-time teachers shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Guidelines; new teachers (including full-time technical staff) hired since August 1, 2011, are subject to the Guidelines.

Article 19 
The evaluation of research staff and contract teachers shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the University.

Article 20 
If there are any matters not covered in the Guidelines, they shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the University.

Article 21 
The Guidelines shall be approved by the College Affairs Meeting and submitted to the President for approval and implementation; the same shall apply to amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院教師評鑑細則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Teacher Evaluation Rules

Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 1999 academic year on June 8, 2000
Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2007 academic year on September 28, 2007
Amended and approved at the College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2008 academic year on October 17, 2008
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2009 academic year on March 2, 2010
Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2010 academic year on September 8, 2010
Approved at the interim 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 1st semester of the 2011 academic year on December 15, 2011
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2011 academic year on June 18, 2012

Article 1
In order to enhance the quality of teachers’ teaching, research, service and counseling and to promote their professional growth, the College has established the “College of Liberal Arts of National Taiwan Normal University’s Teacher Evaluation Rules” (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) in accordance with the provisions of the Teacher Evaluation Regulations of the University.

Article 2
The evaluation targets of the Rules are full-time teachers (including professional and technical staff) of the College who have served for at least one year.

Article 3
The evaluation items of the Rules include the three aspects of teaching, research, and service (including counseling). The evaluation methods may include departmental (institute) evaluations, teacher self-evaluations, teacher peer evaluations, student evaluations, and other evaluations. The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) is responsible for the initial evaluation and the teacher evaluation committee of the College is responsible for the re-evaluation. The three areas of teaching, research and service (including counseling) shall be individually approved before passing the current evaluation.

Article 4
The items and criteria for teacher evaluation are as follows:
I. Teaching

(1) An average score of 3.5 or higher on the course evaluation survey.
(2) Meet the requirements for hours of instruction.
(3) The complete syllabus is uploaded correctly.
(4) Students’ semester grades are submitted on time.

II. Research: Both academic performance and research projects shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The academic performance (including thesis and other related materials) shall meet one of the following requirements:

1. Monograph books or monograph chapters:
Within three years for lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years for associate professors and professors; one monograph book with a review mechanism established by the University, or one monograph book (co-authored by two or fewer persons) or three monographs published by a domestic or foreign publisher with a review system approved by the colleges of the University.

2. Journal articles:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have two journal articles within three years; associate professors and professors should have three journal articles within five years. The above papers shall be published in SCI(E), SSCI, A&HCI, EI, EconLit, TSSCI, the 2016 new system of THCI (formerly THCI Core), SCOPUS, or other journals listed in the positive list as recognized by the University, but one research project of National Science Council may be credited as the equivalent to one journal paper (must be the principal investigator to receive credit). For journals in the top 20% of SCI IF or top 50% of SSCI IF, one article for lecturers and assistant professors and two articles for associate professors and professors will meet the criteria.

3. Patents:
Lecturers and assistant professors shall have two patents with a physical examination within three years, and associate professors and professors shall have three patents with a physical examination within five years. The University shall be the owner of the aforementioned patents.

4. Exhibitions or competition awards:
Lecturers and assistant professors shall have one exhibition or competition award at the municipal level (host or venue) or higher within three years; associate professors and professors shall have two exhibitions or competition awards at the municipal level (host or venue) or higher within five years.

5. Other equivalent academic performance: as approved by the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee.

In the authorship list of a monograph or journal article published by a teacher, they must be the first author or corresponding author in at least one article for lecturers and assistant professors, and at least two articles for associate professors and professors. The performance of monographs, journal articles and patents can be jointly accumulated: one monograph book, one monograph chapter or one patent co-authored by three or more persons (inclusive) can be credited as equivalent to one journal article; one exhibition or competition award can be credited as equivalent to two journal articles. If a teacher has two service organizations at the same time, the name of the University must be published in the first place.

(2) Research Projects.
Lecturers shall lead or co-lead at least one external research project every three years; assistant professors should lead (not including co-lead) at least one external research project every three years; associate professors and professors should lead (not including co-lead) at least one external research project every five years. External research projects must be undertaken in the University’s name (including industry-academia collaborative projects), and the principal investigator of a sub-project of a single National Science Council integrated project is considered to be leading a research project. During their evaluation period, a teacher may receive credit for the research project if he/she has made any of the following special contributions to the University: writing and executing a school-level project twice (e.g., a capstone project or a teaching excellence project, etc.), or serving twice as the director of a national or international competition training program, or supervising a student who has been selected for at least two national competitions or selected for at least one international competition. Full-time teachers at all levels may receive credit for one external research project for one academic performance (book/piece/session), and the credit must be given for the first author or corresponding author of the monograph book, monograph chapter or journal paper.

III. Service (including counseling): 80 points or more, with evaluation items and grading criteria set by each department of the College.

(1) On-campus service.
(2) Off-campus service.
(3) Life counseling.
(4) Academic counseling.

Article 5
The full-time teachers of the College who have at least 25 years of experience may choose to be evaluated in accordance with Article 4 or in accordance with the following provisions:

1. Teaching:

(1) An average score of 3.5 or higher on course evaluation surveys.
(2) Meet the requirements for hours of instruction.
(3) The complete syllabus is uploaded correctly.
(4) Students’ semester grades are submitted on time.

2. Research: Both academic performance and research projects shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The academic performance (including thesis and other related materials) shall meet one of the following requirements:

1. Monograph books or monograph chapters:
Within three years for lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years for associate professors and professors, one monograph book with a review mechanism established by the University or one monograph book (co-authored by two or less persons) or two monographs published by a domestic or foreign publisher with a review system approved by the University.

2. Journal articles:
Lecturers and assistant professors shall have written one journal article within three years, and associate professors and professors shall have written two journal articles within five years. The aforementioned papers shall be published in SCI, SSCI, A&HCI, EI, TSSCI, THCI Core, or other journals recognized by the colleges of the University in the positive list, but one research project of National Science Council may be credited as an equivalent to one journal paper (must be the principal investigator to receive credit). For journals in the top 20% of SCI IF or top 50% of SSCI IF, one article for associate professors and professors will meet the criteria.

3. Patents:
Lecturers and assistant professors should have one patent with a physical examination within three years, and associate professors and professors should have two patents with a physical examination within five years. The University shall be the owner of the aforementioned patents.

4. Exhibition or competition award:
Within three years for lecturers and assistant professors, and within five years for associate professors and professors, they should have one exhibition or competition award at the municipal level or above (host or venue).

5. Other equivalent academic performance: as approved by the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee.
The performances of monograph book, journal papers and patents may be jointly accumulated, and the criteria are the same as those of Article 4. If a teacher has two service organizations at the same time, the name of the University must be published at the top.

(2) Research projects: Lecturers and assistant professors should lead or co-lead at least one external research project every three years; associate professors and professors should lead or co-lead at least one external research project every five years. The criteria for recognition and credit of external research projects are the same as those stipulated in Article 4.

3. Service (including counseling): 80 points or more. The items and criteria for rating are the same as those stipulated in Article 4.

Article 6
The evaluation results of lecturers and assistant professors shall be handled as follows:

1. Lecturers and assistant professors shall be evaluated by the departments (institutes) of the College and the College every three years. Those who fail their evaluation will not be given salary promotion in the following academic year, will not be allowed to teach more hours, and will not be allowed to teach part-time outside the University. The College will coordinate with the department (institute) to provide reasonable assistance to the teacher, and then re-evaluate them after one to two years. If the teacher still fails their re-evaluation, the department (institute) will propose to the department (institute) teacher evaluation committee to suspend or not renew the appointment.

2. No promotion shall be proposed for those who have failed their latest evaluation.
The evaluation results of lecturers and assistant professors appointed before September 29, 2009 shall be handled in accordance with Article 7 (Evaluation Results of Associate Professors and Professors) of the Rules.

Article 7
The evaluation results of associate professors and professors shall be handled as follows:
1. Associate professors and professors shall be evaluated by the departments (institutes) of the College and the College every five years. Those who fail in the evaluation shall not be given salary promotion in the following year and shall not be allowed to teach more than one hour and shall not be allowed to teach part-time outside the University. However, those who do not pass their evaluation may apply for re-evaluation after one year, and the above restrictions will be lifted from the next year after the re-evaluation is passed.
2. No promotion shall be proposed for those who have failed in the latest evaluation.

Article 8
Since August 1, 2011, newly hired full-time teachers at all levels must pass their evaluation within three years of coming to serve at the University. The evaluation criteria are the same as those for lecturers and assistant professors in Article 4. Those who do not pass their evaluation will not receive a salary promotion from the following year, will not be allowed to teach more hours, and will not be allowed to teach part-time outside the University. The College will coordinate with the department (institute) to provide reasonable assistance to the teacher, and then re-evaluate them within two years. If the teacher still fails in their re-evaluation, a resolution should be submitted to the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee not to renew the appointment.
Starting from August 1, 2011, full-time teachers appointed at all levels who have passed their evaluation of new teachers in Article 8 shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6 and Article 7 in the future. If the re-evaluation is not passed, a resolution should be submitted to the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee to not renew the appointment
In the case of non-renewal, the University will not renew the appointment after two-thirds of the members of the three levels of the teacher evaluation committee are present and two-thirds of the members present have resolved to send the case to the competent educational administrative agency for approval.

Article 9
An associate professor and a professor who meets one of the following conditions shall be exempt from evaluation:
1. Has been elected as research fellow of Academia Sinica.
2. Has been a recipient of the Academic Award or the National Chair Professorship of the Ministry of Education.
3. Has served as a chair professor in a famous university in Taiwan or abroad and has been recognized by the University.
4. Is currently serving as a chair professor and research chair professor in the University.
5. Has been awarded the National Science Council’s A-level research award (or Excellence Award) more than ten times (one Outstanding Research Award can be credited toward three A-level research awards, and one special research project principal investigator fee for assistant professors or above is counted as one A-level research award).
6. Has been an awardee of the University’s Teaching Excellence Award within three years prior to their evaluation.

Article 10
Teachers who are on leave for research, study abroad, secondment, parental leave, or major accidents, and who have been approved to be on leave with pay or remain on leave without pay for more than six months, will have their evaluation deferred upon their return to service.

Female teachers who are pregnant and have given birth (or whom have had a miscarriage) may be granted a two-year grace period to postpone the evaluation process, without the restriction of being on leave without pay.

Teachers who are second-level supervisors or deputy supervisors of the University may apply for deferred evaluation according to their years of service.

Article 11
The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) of the College shall formulate the teacher evaluation directions in accordance with the Rules, and then submit them to the teacher evaluation committee of the College for consideration after they have been approved by the department (institute) affairs meeting, and then submit them to the President for approval and implementation after they have been approved.
Each department shall set specific and definite evaluation criteria for teacher evaluations in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of the Rules.
The teacher evaluation committee of each department (institute) and the College shall include teacher evaluation cases as a matter of deliberation, carefully examine the information for evaluation, and vote by secret ballot, not shall not be used solely for reference.

Article 12
The teacher evaluation operation schedule for the College is as follows:
1. Schedule for initial evaluation

(1) Each department (institute) of the College shall notify teachers who are due for teacher evaluation in the next semester by the end of September/March each year. If a teacher meets the criteria for exemption from evaluation, he/she shall submit an application and go through the relevant procedures one semester before their evaluation is due, so as to determine the list of teachers to be evaluated for the next semester.

(2) Teachers who are to be evaluated in that semester shall submit their evaluations to the department (institute) office by the end of September/March each year. The teacher evaluation committee of the department (institute) will meet by the end of October/April to complete the initial evaluation according to the evaluation criteria set by each department (institute) and submit the relevant evaluation information and the results of the initial evaluation to the College office.

2. Schedule for re-evaluation

(1) The teacher evaluation committee of the College shall complete the re-evaluation process by the end of November/May each year and submit the relevant evaluation information and the results of the initial evaluation of the evaluated teachers to the teacher evaluation committee of the University for review.
(2) After the review by the teacher evaluation committee of the University, the College shall notify the relevant departments (institutes) and individuals of the results of the teacher evaluation by letter.

Article 13
Since August 1, 2014, the evaluation of the College’s full-time teachers shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Rules; new teachers (including full-time technical staff) hired since August 1, 2011 are subject to the Rules.

Article 14
The evaluation of research staff and contract teachers shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the University.

Article 15
If there are any matters not covered in the Rules, they shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the University.

Article 16
The Rules shall be approved by the College Affairs Meeting and submitted to the President for approval and implementation; the same shall apply to amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院院務會議規則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Rules of the College Affairs Meeting

Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the 2nd semester of the 2009 academic year on March 2, 2010
Approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the 1st semester of the 2014 academic year on November 7, 2014

Article 1
The Rules are established in accordance with Article 30 of the University’s Articles of Organization.

Article 2
The College Affairs Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the Meeting) is composed of the Dean, Vice Dean, Department Chairs, Institute Chairs, and teacher representatives from each department.

Article 3
The representatives of the Meeting shall be allocated in proportion to the number of teachers in the College, with at least two-thirds of the teacher representatives possessing the qualifications of professor or associate professor.

Article 4
The term of office for the representatives of the Meeting is one academic year, and they may be re-elected.

Article 5
The following matters shall be considered at the Meeting:
1. College development plans.
2. Academic research projects.
3. Regulations relevant to the affairs of the College.
4. Matters assigned by the Dean for consideration.
5. Other important matters.

Article 6
The Meeting shall be convened at least once per semester, and interim meetings may be convened when necessary. Interim meetings shall be convened by the Dean as necessary or upon the proposal of at least one-third of the representatives of the Meeting.

Article 7
The Meeting shall be chaired by the Dean. If the Dean is unable to preside over the meeting for any reason, the Vice Dean or a substitute shall stand in for the chairman.

Article 8
If for any reason a representative is unable to attend the Meeting, they shall be represented by an approved substitute, and no proxy shall be appointed to attend the Meeting. Those who do not take leave are considered absent. The Meeting shall be held only if at least one-half of the representatives are present, and the resolution shall be passed only if at least one-half of the representatives present agree or hold no objections.

Article 9
The proposals of this Meeting shall be jointly signed by three or more representatives present, except for those proposed by the College and the departments and institutes; provisional motions shall be seconded by those present.

Article 10
The Meeting may invite other relevant personnel to attend, report or give guidance as necessary.

Article 11
The Rules shall come into effect after they have been approved by the College Affairs Meeting and the same shall apply to any amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院課程委員會設置要點

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Guidelines for the Establishment of the Curriculum Committee

Amended and approved at the 1st Curriculum Committee Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts for the 2008 academic year on November 27, 2008.
Approved at the 2nd Curriculum Committee Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts for the 2008 academic year on April 30, 2009
Approved at the 2nd Curriculum Committee Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts for the 2014 academic year on December 17, 2014

1. These Guidelines are based on the “Guidelines for the Establishment of the Curriculum Committee of National Taiwan Normal University.” In order to plan the development of the College’s curriculum, the Curriculum Committee of the College of Liberal Arts (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”) is thus established.
2. The Committee shall be composed of the following representatives:
   (1) Ex-officio representatives: the Dean (convener and chair of the meeting) and the heads of the departments (institutes).
   (2) Teacher representatives: 2 representatives, elected by each department (institute) on a rotating basis.
   (3) External representatives: 1 to 2 external experts and scholars, industry representatives, or alumni. Recommended by the College Affairs Committee.
   (4) Student Representative: 1 representative, elected by each department (institute) on a rotating basis.
   The term of office of the ex-officio representative shall follow the term of office for their appointment within the university. The term of office for the teacher representative, external representative, and student representative is one academic year and may be re-elected. If there is a vacancy in the office of an external representative, a replacement will be selected by the College Affairs Committee; if there is a vacancy in the office of a student representative, a replacement will be selected by each department (institute).
3. The President shall be the convener of the Committee; the Secretary of the College shall also be the Executive Secretary and shall be responsible for the administration of the Committee.
4. The following are the duties of the Committee:
   (1) To review the curriculum framework, graduation credits and various courses approved by the curriculum committee of each department (institute).
   (2) To examine the College’s common curriculum and other relevant matters.
   (3) To consider matters relevant to inter-departmental (institute) professional (credit) programs.
   (4) To coordinate, integrate, or improve teaching and the curriculum at the College level.
   (5) To review the guidelines for curriculum committees set up by each department (institute).
5. The Committee shall hold at least one meeting per semester, and may hold additional meetings as needed.
6. The Committee must have at least one-half of its members present to hold a meeting, and a motion must be approved by at least one-half of the members present before the motion can be resolved.
7. The Guidelines shall be submitted to the University Curriculum Committee for approval and implementation, and the same shall apply to any amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

文學院所認可具嚴格審查機制之出版社名單

Publishers approved by College of Liberal Arts

Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2019 academic year on April 29, 2022 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 311th meeting for future reference

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

文學院所認可具嚴格審查機制之學術刊物

Academic journals approved by College of Liberal Arts

Amended and approved at the 2nd College Affairs Meeting of the College of Liberal Arts of the 2nd semester of the 2019 academic year on April 29, 2022 and approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 311th meeting for future reference

Department of Chinese

1. 經學研究集刊
2. 聲韻論叢 Bulletin of Chinese Phonology
3. 中國書目季刊(新名:書目季刊) Bibliography quarterly
4. 政大中文系出土文獻視野與方法期刊
5. 北市大語文學報 TMUE Journal of Language and Literature
6. 輔仁國文學報 Bulletin of the Department of Chinese Literature Fu Jen Catholic University
7. 興大中文學報 Journal of the Chinese Department, National Chung Hsing University
8. 靜宜中文學報 Journal of Chinese Literature of Providence University
9. 師大學報 Journal of National Taiwan Normal University
10. 國立臺北教育大學語文集刊
11. 中正大學中文學術年刊
12. 東海中文學報 Tunghai Journal of Chinese Literature
13. 中國現代文學 Modern Chinese Literature
    國文學誌 NCUE Journal of Chinese Studies
14. 淡江大學中文學報 Tamkang Journal of Chinese Literature
15. 孔孟學報 Journal of Confucius and Mencius Society of the Republic of China
16. 鵝湖學誌
17. 中央大學人文學報 National Central University Journal of Humanities
18. 台北大學中文學報 Journal of Chinese Language and Literature of National Taipei University
19. 國文學報（高師大）Bulletin of Chinese Studies of National Kaohsiung Normal University
20. 逢甲人文社會學報 Feng Chia Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
21. 興大人文學報 Journal of Humanities College of Liberal Arts National Chung Hsing University
22. 國立彰化師範大學文學院學報 NCUE Journal of Humanities
23. 嘉大中文學報
24. 輔仁學誌(文學院之部) Fu Jen studies.colleges of liberal arts & fine arts

Department of English

1. Reading in a Foreign Language
2. CALICO
3. RELC Journal
4. Journal of Asia TEFL
5. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
6. Australian journal of teacher education
7. Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
8. Journal of Writing Research
9. TESOL Journal
10. Fiction and Drama(小說與戲劇)
11. 文化研究 A Journal of Cultural Studies
12. 藝術學研究 Journal of Art Studies
13. The Literary London Journal
14. The Journal of Wyndham Lewis Studies
15. The Baker Street Journal
16. Studies in Chinese Linguistics (SCL) International
17. Journal of Chinese Linguistics (IJChL) Chinese
18. Language and Discourse
19. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics
20. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
21. Chinese as a Second Language Research

Department of History

1. 近代中國婦女史研究 Research on women in modern chinese history
2. 國立臺灣大學美術史研究集刊 Taida Journal of Art History
3. アジア地域文化研究 Komaba journal of Asian studies, the University of Tokyo
4. 中国－社会と文化 China : society and culture
5. 歷史教育
6. 中國上古史研究專
7. 興大人文學報 Journal of Humanities College of Liberal Arts National Chung Hsing
8. 中正歷史學刊
9. 淡江史學 The journal of the Department of History, Tamkang University
10. 興大歷史學報 Chung-Hsing Journal of History
11. 輔仁歷史學報 Fu Jen Historical Journal

Department of Geography

1. 台師大地理系地理研究 Journal of Geographical Research
2. 中國地理學會會刊 Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China
3. 華岡地理學報 Hwa Kang Geographical Journal
4. 環境與世界 Environment And Worlds
5. 環境教育研究 Journal of Environmental Education Reserch
6. 國家公園學報 National Park Journal
7. 造園景觀學報 Journal of Landscape
8. 建築與城鄉研究學報 Journal of Building and Planning
9. 規劃學報 Journal of Planning
10. 大氣科學 Atmospheric Sciences
11. 中華水土保持學報 Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation
12. 工程環境會刊（含特刊）
13. 海洋工程學刊 Journal of Coastal and Ocean Engineering
14. 中華林學季刊 Quarterly Jounal of Chinese Forestry
15. 地圖
16. 台灣地理資訊學刊 Journal of Taiwan Geographic Information Science
17. 航測及遙測學刊 Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
18. 國土測繪與空間資訊 Taiwan Journal of Geoinfomatics

Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature

1. 台灣國際研究季刊 Taiwan International Studies Quarterly
2. 台灣學研究 Taiwan studies
3. 台灣學誌 Monumenta Taiwanica
4. 台語研究 Journal of Taiwanese Vernacular
5. 台灣語文研究 Journal of Taiwanese Languages and Literature
6. 文史台灣學報 Taiwan Studies in Literature and History
7. 台灣文學研究集刊 NTU Studies in Taiwan Literature

Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation

1. 編譯論叢 Compilation and Translation Review
2. 翻譯學研究集刊 Studies of Translation and Interpretation
3. 輔仁外語學報 Fu Jen Journal of Foreign Languages
4. 廣譯 Guang Yi: Lingual, Literary, and Cultural Translation
5. 語言與國際研究 Languages and International Studies
6. FORUM
7. 翻譯季刊
8. Spectrum

Graduate Institute of Taiwan History

1. 二十一世紀雙月刊 Twenty-First Century
2. 師大臺灣史學報 Bulletin of Taiwan Historical Research, NTNU
3. 臺灣文獻
4. 歷史臺灣：國立臺灣歷史博物館館刊
5. 臺灣社會學刊（臺北） Taiwanese Journal of Sociology
6. 東臺灣研究(臺東)
7. 臺灣學研究 Taiwan studies
8. 臺灣史學雜誌 The journal of the Taiwan Historical Association

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

其他學院所認可具審查制度之出版社名單

Publishers approved by Other Colleges

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

其他學院所認可具審查制度之學術刊物名單

Academic journals approved by Other Colleges

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院院長遴選準則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Guidelines for College Dean Selection

Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the 1st semester of the 2013 academic year on November 18, 2013
Approved by the President for reference on November 27, 2013
Amended and approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the 2nd semester of the 2013 academic year on June 12, 2014
Approved by the President for reference on July 1, 2014
Approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting for the 1st semester of the 2016 academic year on January 11, 2017
Approved by the President for reference on January 25, 2017

Article 1  
These Guidelines are stipulated in accordance with Article 34 of the University’s Articles of Organization.

Article 2  
Selection Committee Members

1. Composition
   The College has a Dean Selection Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Selection Committee) composed of sixteen members, including twelve members from within the College, one full-time teacher (associate professor or above) selected by the head of each department (institute) and each department (institute) of the College, and the head of each independent institute (members from within the College may include honorary professors, part-time teachers, and retired teachers from each department); four members from outside the College, one recommended by each department (institute) of the College and then the top four persons with the highest votes agreed on by more than one-fifth of all the representatives of the College Affairs Committee by secret ballot will be elected, with a number of alternates if necessary. If the number is less than four, a second round of voting may be held for the two highest votes among those not recommended; if there is still a shortage, each department (institute) of the College shall be asked to recommend a new person and then vote according to the aforementioned method.
   Members from outside the College must have academic expertise relevant to the College, be an associate professor or above, and may not be a retired teacher of the College, and not be employed as an honorary professor, chair, guest, project, contract, or part-time teacher of the College or any department (institute) of the College during the selection period.
   The convener of the Selection Committee shall be selected by the members from among themselves and shall be responsible for convening the meeting and serving as the chairperson. In the event that the convener is unable to attend the meeting, one of the members shall be elected from among themselves to act as the convener. The first Selection Committee shall be convened by the current Dean and shall assist in the selection of the Selection Committee’s convener. If the current Dean is a candidate, the first Selection Committee shall be convened by the current Vice Dean or selected by the members of the Selection Committee.
   The members of the Selection Committee shall attend the meetings in person and shall not appoint others to represent them.

2. Term of Office
   The term of office of the Selection Committee members shall commence from the date of the establishment of the Committee until the date of the arrival of the new Dean. If a vacancy occurs for any reason, the member shall be replaced by the alternate member listed in the original method of selection.

3. Other
   If a member of the Selection Committee has been recommended as a candidate for the Dean at the candidate solicitation stage, he or she shall resign from the Committee and be replaced by another qualified person selected by the department (institute) to which the member belongs.

Article 3 
The duties of the Dean Selection Committee are as follows:

1. To establish the main points and procedures for the selection of the Dean.
2. To publicly solicit candidates for the Deanship and accept recommendations.
3. To recommend candidates for the Deanship with a written description.
4. To deal with other matters relevant to the selection.

Article 4 
The qualifications of the candidates for the Dean are as follows:

1. Be a Republic of China national.
2. Be less than sixty-two years of age (calculated to the day before the inauguration of the new Dean).
3. Qualified professors or equivalent professors who have passed examination by the Ministry of Education.
4. Outstanding academic achievements and reputation.
5. Distinguished educational philosophy and excellent administrative ability.

Article 5 
The Selection Committee shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures:

1. Dean candidates shall be solicited in the following manners

(1)Signed and recommended jointly by ten or more teachers with full-time lecturer status or higher of the College.
(2)Signed and recommended jointly by three or more members of the Selection Committee.
If the Dean candidate is not a professor of the University, he/she shall follow the provisions of Article 34 of the University’s Articles of Organization. The candidate’s academic publications, academic awards, and academic experience must be presented in the recommendation.

2. Selection and Recommendation of Dean Candidates.
   The Selection Committee will examine the relevant information of the candidates for Dean and invite all candidates to the meeting to explain their philosophies for the handling the College affairs, and then recommend one to three candidates by vote. If a candidate does not appear before the Selection Committee to explain their philosophy for the handling of the College’s affairs, he or she shall be deemed to have forfeited his or her qualifications. If the absence is due to force majeure, it may be determined by the Selection Committee.

3. Exercise of Consent.
   The College shall hold a meeting to explain the philosophies of the Dean candidates and all the full-time teachers of the College shall vote by secret ballot to exercise their individual consent; if two-thirds of the teachers present at the meeting agree, the candidate shall be sent to the Selection Committee for selection of the Dean candidate. The number of voters must consist of at least one-half of all full-time teachers of the College.
   When the number of votes for each candidate reaches the legal number of votes, no more votes will be counted.
   If no candidate for Dean receives the approval of at least two-thirds of the full-time teachers present, the Selection Committee shall make a new announcement and proceed with the selection process in accordance with the aforementioned procedures.

4. Selection of Dean candidates for approval by the President:

(1)The Selection Committee may invite candidates to the meeting to make a presentation and then select the Dean candidate, which shall be conducted by secret ballot. Candidates must be voted on by at least two-thirds of the members of the Selection Committee, and the candidate who receives the highest number of votes with the approval of at least one-half of the members of the Selection Committee shall be submitted to the President for appointment.
(2)If there are more than two persons who receive the same highest number of approval votes, the Selection Committee shall continue to vote for the person who receives the highest number of approval votes. The person who receives the single highest number of approval votes by more than one-half of the members of the Selection Committee present shall be submitted to the President for appointment.
(3)If there are two or more candidates and the first round of voting is not agreed upon by more than one-half of the members present, a second round of voting may be conducted. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes and the approval of at least one-half of the members of the Selection Committee present shall be submitted to the President for appointment.

If no candidate receives more than one-half of the votes of the members present, the Selection Committee shall make a new announcement and follow the aforementioned procedures for the selection process.
If a candidate for the Dean cannot be elected, he/she may participate in the next Dean selection, but only once.

Article 6 
The term of office and dismissal of the Dean:
The Dean is appointed for a three-year term and may be re-elected for a second term, limited to two terms.
If the Dean is to be dismissed for a major reason, a College Affairs Meeting shall be convened in accordance with the Rules of the College Affairs Meeting, and two-thirds of the representatives of the College Affairs Meeting shall be present and approved by at least one-half of the votes of all the representatives of the College Affairs Meeting before reporting to the President for dismissal. In the case of exercising the right to consent to dismissal, one of the representatives of the College Affairs Meeting shall be elected to preside over the meeting.
The Dean shall be considered to have served a single term if he or she has stepped down from his or her position for any reason.

Article 7 
The selection of the new Dean shall begin five months before the original Dean leaves office.

Article 8 
In order to protect academic ethics, candidates shall not engage in campaign activities.

Article 9 
In the selection process, the Selection Committee members shall maintain an objective and impartial position and shall be responsible for the confidentiality of all selection information. Members shall report to the Committee in a timely manner in the event of lobbying.

Article 10  
Matters not covered in the Guidelines shall be handled in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

Article 11  
These guidelines shall be implemented starting from the election of the eighteenth Dean after they have been approved by the College Affairs Meeting and submitted to the President for approval; the same shall apply to amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院聘任專業技術人員擔任教學準則

National Taiwan Normal University College of Liberal Arts Employment Guidelines for Technical Specialists Teaching

Approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the 2nd semester of the 2013 academic year on March 12, 2014
Approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 270th meeting for reference on March 26, 2014
Approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 304th meeting for reference on March 27, 2019
Approved by the Teacher Evaluation Committee of the University at its 321st meeting for reference on October 6, 2021

Article 1
The Guidelines are established in accordance with Article 9 of the Employment Regulations for Technical Specialist Teaching at Universities and Article 6 of the University’s Employment Regulations for Technical Specialist Teaching.

Article 2
The departments (institutes) of the College may appoint technical specialist with extensive practical experience in the industry and outstanding performance in their professional fields to serve as professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and lecturers.

Article 3
Technical Specialist (Professor Rank) appointed by each department (institute) of the College shall possess one of the following qualifications:

1. A person who has served as a full-time technical specialist (associate professor rank) of the University for more than three years, or who has served part-time for more than six years with excellent academic performance and specific milestones.
2. A person who has been engaged in professional work relevant to the nature of the subject for which they are applying, for more than fifteen years in total, with an outstanding reputation and special achievements or accomplishments. However, for those who have received international awards, the number of years of required experience may be reduced.

Article 4
Technical Specialist (Associate Professor Rank) appointed by each department (institute) of the College shall possess one of the following qualifications:

1. A person who has served as a full-time, technical specialist (assistant professor rank) of the University for more than three years or has served as a part-time instructor for more than six years with excellent academic performance and specific milestones.
2. A person who has been engaged in professional work relevant to the nature of the subject for which he/she is applying for at least twelve years in total, with an outstanding reputation and special achievements or accomplishments. However, for those who have received international awards, the number of years of required experience may be reduced.

Article 5
Technical Specialist (Assistant Professor Rank) appointed by each department (institute) of the College shall possess one of the following qualifications:

1. A person who has served as a full-time, technical specialist for more than three years or part-time for more than six years, with excellent academic performance and specific milestones.
2. A person who has been engaged in professional work relevant to the nature of the subject for which they are applying, for more than nine years in total, with an outstanding reputation and special achievements or accomplishments. However, for those who have received international awards, the number of years of required experience may be reduced.

Article 6
Technical Specialist employed by each department (institute) of the College shall possess the following qualifications: A person who has been engaged in professional work relevant to the nature of the subject for which they are applying, for more than six years in total, with special achievements or accomplishments. However, the number of years of experience may be reduced for those who have received international awards and who are recognized as truly meeting the College’s teaching needs.

Article 7
The qualifications examination, appointment, tenure, promotion, specific milestones, and recognition of special achievements or accomplishments of full-time and part-time technical specialist in each department (institute) of the College shall be determined by the Directors of respective department (institute) and approved by the department (institute) affairs meeting, submitted to the College Teacher Evaluation Committee for review, and reported to the President for approval, publication and implementation.
The aforementioned recognition of specific milestones, special achievements or accomplishments shall be submitted to scholars or experts from outside the University for review.
The number of reviewers and the review units are as follows:

1. Full-time technical specialist: Each department (institute) shall recommend eight to ten scholars or experts from outside the University and ask the Dean to consider the recommendation list to select the candidates for review. The number of reviewers is five, and at least four of them shall give a grade of B or above.
   The qualifications of newly hired, full-time technical specialist should be in accordance with the threshold requirements for new hires in each college.
2. Part-time technical specialist: Each department (institute) shall recommend five to seven scholars or experts from outside the University and ask the convener of the College-level teacher evaluation committee to consider the recommendation list to select the candidates for review. The number of reviewers shall be three, and at least two of them shall give a grade of B or above.

The aforementioned external review shall be graded on a scale of A (outstanding), B (excellent), C (average), and D (unsatisfactory), and the reviewers shall rate the performance of the proposed candidate in terms of specific milestones, special achievements, or accomplishments as compared to those of teachers of the same rank in the same field. The corresponding scores for each grade are 90 points or more for Grade A, 80 points or more but less than 90 points for Grade B, 70 points or more but less than 80 points for Grade C, and less than 70 points for Grade D.

Article 8
If the technical specialist proposed by the departments (institutes) of the College have won international awards, the required years of experience may be reduced by one to three years. However, this is subject to international competitions participated in by more than 20 countries and where the technical specialist have received an award. The number of years of experience to be reduced shall be considered and decided by the University Teacher Evaluation Committee.

Article 9
When applying for the employment of technical specialist, departments (institutes) of the College shall attach proof of their professional and technical work relevant to the proposed teaching subject, proof of special achievement, proof of accomplishment, or proof of the candidate’s winning of international awards.

Article 10
The number of hours taught by full-time technical specialist is comparable to that of teachers of the same level at the University.

Article 11
The promotion of technical specialist shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the University’s Rules for Teacher Evaluations.

Article 12
If there is any forgery, falsification, inaccurate publication, or copying or plagiarism in the proof of qualifications and achievements of the technical specialist, and if the evidence is proven to be true, the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee shall directly deal with the dismissal.

Article 13
Matters not covered within the Guidelines shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education and the University.

Article 14
The Guidelines shall be reported to the University’s Teacher Evaluation Committee for review after it has been approved by the College Affairs Meeting, and shall be submitted to the University President for approval and promulgation; the same shall apply to any amendments.

The English version is provided for reference only.
The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions.

國立臺灣師範大學文學院評鑑實施要點

National Taiwan Normal University Implementation Guidelines for College of Liberal Arts Evaluations

Approved by the Online Interim College Affairs Meeting on December 10, 2012
Reconfirmed, amended and approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the 1st semester of the 2012 academic year on December 27, 2012
Amended and approved at the 3rd College Affairs Meeting of the 1st semester of the 2014 academic year on December 17, 2014
Amended and approved at the 1st College Affairs Meeting of the 1st semester of the 2021 academic year on September 29, 2021

1. In order to establish a mechanism for continuous improvement and to enhance overall competitiveness, in accordance with the “Self-Evaluation Regulations of National Taiwan Normal University” and the “Implementation Guidelines for Academic Unit Evaluation of National Taiwan Normal University,” the “Implementation Guidelines for Evaluation of the College of Liberal Arts of National Taiwan Normal University” (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines) are formulated.
2. The evaluation items of the evaluated units (departments and institutes) of the College shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Point 2 of the Implementation Guidelines for Academic Unit Evaluation of the University.
3. In order to coordinate and guide the evaluation-related matters within the College, the College shall establish an Evaluation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) at the college level in accordance with the provisions of Point 3 of the Implementation Guidelines for Academic Unit Evaluation of the University. The composition and duties of this Committee are as follows.

   (1) The Dean shall be the convener, and the heads of the academic units shall be ex-officio members, and the Dean may nominate teachers or experts from within or outside the University to be responsible for matters relevant to evaluation.
   (2) To plan/examine the development priorities and indicators of the evaluated units, to plan the evaluation procedures of the evaluated units, to perform the evaluation operations, to examine the evaluation reports of the evaluated units, and to handle the follow-up and improvement of the evaluation results of the evaluated units (departments and institutes).

4. The evaluation implementation of the evaluated units (departments and institutes) of the College, appeals to the evaluation results, the filing of evaluation operations, and other relevant matters shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of points 5, 6, and 7 of the Implementation Guidelines for Academic Unit Evaluation of the University.
   The funds for evaluation visits by evaluation members shall be budgeted by the University Endowment Fund.
5. If there are any matters not covered in the Guidelines, they shall be handled in accordance with the “Self-Evaluation Regulations of National Taiwan Normal University” and the “Implementation Guidelines for Academic Unit Evaluation of National Taiwan Normal University” and other relevant regulations.
6. The Guidelines shall be promulgated and put into effect after approval by the College Affairs Meeting, and the same apply to any amendments.