Measures and Methods. The parties recognize that no single set of measures and methods can be prescribed to evaluate the quality of teaching and advising. Some of the measures and methods, however, include but are not limited to:
(1) Assessments by members of the candidate’s department and department chair or equivalent, particularly if based on examination of course materials, team teaching experiences, observations of the candidate’s teaching through class visitations, attendance at lectures given by the candidate or on the results of the candidate’s teaching in courses prerequisite to those of other department members.
(2) Evaluations of teaching or advising by students, appropriately documented and interpreted, for example through the use of student course evaluations, advising questionnaires, post-graduate surveys, etc. Faculty are required to administer a department or other approved student evaluation of teaching form in their courses.
(3) Development by the candidate of new and effective techniques of instruction or assessment and instructional materials, including textbooks, particularly when evidenced by acceptance at other colleges or universities. This may also include the development and assessment of web-based courses and the effective transfer of current courses to a web-based format.
(4) Publications by the candidate on the teaching of his or her discipline in respected journals.
(5) Recognitions and awards for distinguished teaching.
(6) Evaluations from service-learning partners.
(7) Evaluation of teaching by a co-instructor.
Measures and Methods. The parties recognize that no single set of measures and methods can be prescribed to evaluate the quality of teaching and advising. Some of the measures and methods, however, include but are not limited to:
i. Assessments by members of the candidate’s department and department chair or equivalent, particularly if based on examination of course materials, team teaching experiences, observations of the candidate’s teaching through class visitations, attendance at lectures given by the candidate or on the results of the candidate’s teaching in courses prerequisite to those of other department members.
ii. Evaluations of teaching or advising by students, appropriately documented and interpreted, for example through the use of student course evaluations, advising questionnaires, post- graduate surveys, etc. Faculty are required to administer a department or other approved student evaluation of teaching form in their courses.
iii. Development by the candidate of new and effective techniques of instruction or assessment and instructional materials, including textbooks, particularly when evidenced by acceptance at other colleges or universities. This may also include the development and assessment of web-based courses and the effective transfer of current courses to a web-based format.
iv. Publications by the candidate on the teaching of his or her discipline in respected journals.
v. Recognitions and awards for distinguished teaching.
vi. Evaluations from service-learning partners.
vii. Evaluation of teaching by a co-instructor.
D. Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity. Substantial and sustained scholarship/research/creative activity of high quality is an essential criterion for reappointment and promotion. Account shall be taken of the type and quality of creative activity normally expected in the candidate’s field. Documented evidence must be provided of genuine scholarship, productivity and creativity in the forms such as published research or recognized artistic production, engineering designs, and the like. In certain fields, such as art, music, literature and theatre, distinguished production may be evidence of scholarship in much the same way as analytical research is in other disciplines. In evaluating artistic creativity, the candidate’s merit should be assessed against criteria such as originality, scope and depth of creative expression. Publication of any research or other creative accomplishment must be evaluated, not merely listed, in reviewing the...
