3.7 | Teaching Evaluation

1. The Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (VRAA) is responsible for developing and administering appropriate teaching evaluation procedures to ensure that program and individual learning outcomes are achieved.
2. The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is charged with implementing thoughtful, systematic teaching evaluation procedures under the direction of the VRAA.  CETL will compile information on individual faculty members’ teaching performance, provide teaching performance feedback to the Dean and individual faculty, and identify individual faculty deserving recognition and needing improvement.
   • Teaching evaluation procedures may include assessments of teaching load, diversity of courses taught, course/program development and administration, undergraduate thesis supervision, and student ratings of their learning experience.
   • The evaluation procedure should include periodic classroom visits by CETL staff or designees to gather direct observation information that supplements information gathered from other sources.
   • Faculty will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the results of teaching evaluation reports.
3. The VRAA, working through the Academic Affairs Committee, will identify what constitutes acceptable, exceptional, and substandard performance.  Standards should be clearly defined with written expectations.