And what goes into a tenure package you ask? About 1000 pages in a binder (60 of them I wrote as personal statements…the rest are articles, teaching evaluations, and my curriculum vitae); a box full of copies of my writings, syllabi, and teaching evaluations; and a second box full of original books, journals, research grants and proceedings.
So what now? In November the personnel committee will ask former students, external reviewers and other faculty to comment on my materials. Then all the tenured faculty get together in December and make a recommendation to my dean. The dean looks at their recommendation and my materials, and makes a recommendation to the provost, who makes a recommendation to the board of trustees, who makes the final decision. So by May I should know if I got it.