Teaching Council Recommendations to the Faculty Senate

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Teaching Council Recommendations to the Faculty
Senate

• DRAFT 2/9/09 3rd DRAFT Feb 13, 2009 for use by
  the FS Exec Committee, March 4, 2009

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Procedure Follow-Up

• Recommendation 1
• Institute a standardized university-wide
  procedure for administering the Purdue (or other)
  form to include clear instructions for
  distribution, collection and review for
  department personnel Faculty, Chairs/Department
  Heads.
• (e.g., student comments confidential information
  for faculty only, faculty may not be present
  during distribution, faculty may not retaliate
  against identified students)
• Office of the Provost will develop and submit for
  approval to Faculty Senate by Fall 2009.

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Timing Follow-Up

• Recommendation 2
• Earlier administration of forms (12th-13th week).
• Return of student evaluations to Faculty before
  the following semester begins for faster feedback
• Suggested implementation Fall 2009.
• Office of the Provost will work with computing
  services to adjust schedule for printing and
  distribution

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Training Follow-Up

• Recommendation 3
• Mandatory training for Department Chairs/Heads
  for a variety of evaluations their
  interpretation.
• (e.g., emphasis on alternative evaluations to
  include both summative and formative evaluations
  for teaching excellence such as port folios, peer
  evaluations, exit interviews, department
  generated assessment of learning objectives)
• Faculty Senate Ad-hoc Committee to work with
  Office of Provost to develop, submit to Faculty
  Senate for approval by Spring 2010.

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Faculty Develop Guidelines

• Recommendation 4
• Faculty will develop departmental guidelines for
  whose classes will be evaluated and materials
  submitted (how often by whom)
• Formative evaluation, especially for non-tenured
  faculty
• Meet with the Interim Provost and
  Provost-Designate (a committee appointed by the
  Faculty Senate Chair)
• Faculty in departments develop and integrate
  alternative methods of summative and formative
  evaluation

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Re-Check Evals. Best Practices

• Recommendation 5
• Reconsider college school formative summative
  evaluation FAQs
• Change the University Core measures to reflect
  best practices