Common use of FACULTY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Clause in Contracts

FACULTY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. 1. The purpose of performance evaluation is to ensure Teaching Lecturers’ efforts align with the University mission in their roles and activities in teaching. In addition, such evaluations can be used to improve instruction and to be an aid in determining the retention of Teaching Lecturers and in deciding upon teaching assignments. 2. Student Evaluations: Every Teaching Lecturer shall be evaluated by each class each semester, using University-approved course evaluation processes and forms, which may also include program-approved questions. At the end of each semester, the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, will review the course evaluations and provide written feedback to the Teaching Lecturer as appropriate to context and need. Written feedback by the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator , or designee, shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe to be informative to the Teaching Lecturer. 3. The Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee has overall responsibility for the regular evaluation of Teaching Lecturers. This will include, but not be limited to, the following: a. The Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee may review syllabi and applicable course materials, examine assessment methods, observe teaching and review student course evaluations to evaluate teaching effectiveness. The Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, may also take into consideration student complaints and commendations, both written and oral, about a Teaching Lecturer’s performance. Nothing shall preclude a Teaching Lecturer from providing additional documentation to the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, regarding her or his teaching performance. b. In order to assess teaching effectiveness, the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee may also visit the classes of any Teaching Lecturer under his/her supervision as the need arises determined by the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, or by invitation of the Teaching Lecturer. Such observations will usually be arranged in advance after discussion between the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, and the Teaching Lecturer. The Teaching Lecturer shall provide class materials such as syllabi and/or course assignments to the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, and/or explain any unusual aspects of the course. The Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, shall write a summary of the classroom visit and share it with the Teaching Lecturer. The Teaching Lecturer is free to add his/her own comments about the observation summary. Such summary by the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, as well as any comments by the Teaching Lecturer, shall become part of the Teaching Lecturer’s personnel file. c. Every three (3) academic years following the Teaching Lecturer’s first semester in the bargaining unit, the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, will formally write an evaluation of the Teaching Lecturer. Such evaluation will follow at least one classroom observation for that year and a review of all prior evaluative documents and student evaluations. The evaluation will assess the Teaching Lecturer’s overall performance over the preceding three years. Following receipt of the written evaluation, the Teaching Lecturer is free to add his/her own comments about the evaluation. Such evaluation, as well as any comments by the Teaching Lecturer, shall become part of the Teaching Lecturer’s personnel file. d. Nothing herein shall preclude the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, from discussing the performance of any Teaching Lecturer with the Associate Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx from time to time. e. A Teaching Lecturer may ask for a meeting with the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee to discuss the written feedback from the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee on student evaluations, classroom visits, and any relevant written comments by the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator or designee. Such a meeting will be held at a mutually agreeable time. If, following that meeting, the Program Coordinator or Designated Personnel Evaluator, or designee, places a document in the Teaching Lecturer’s file, the Teaching Lecturer will be given a copy of it before it is placed in the file and may rebut the document if s/he chooses. Any written rebuttal will also be placed in the Teaching Lecturer’s file.