Regulations for Teaching Surveys at I-Shou University
Adopted on May 29, 2002 at the second meeting of the
University Academic Council in the second semester of the
academic year 2001
Amendments adopted on March 21, 2007 at the first
meeting of the University Academic Council in the second
semester of academic year 2006
Adopted on April 22, 2011 at the second extraordinary
meeting of the University Administration Council in the
second semester of the academic year 2010
Amendments to the Regulations ratified and promulgated
by the President on June 4, 2011
Amendments to Articles 4 and 8 ratified and promulgated
by the President on June 21, 2012
Amendments to the Regulations ratified and promulgated
by the President on November 22, 2013
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The Regulations for Teaching Surveys at I-Shou University (hereinafter referred to
as the “Regulations”) are hereby established to survey students’ opinions on
instructors and their teaching so as to improve teaching quality.
The teaching survey shall be conducted in the middle and at the end of every
semester, respectively. Additional teaching surveys may be conducted with prior
consent of the Dean of Academic Affairs when necessary.
To encourage students to fill out the teaching survey, those who complete both the
mid-term and the final surveys in the same semester are entitled to the priority to
conduct course registration for the coming semester.
The survey results of a course shall be considered invalid and shall not be included
for statistical purposes under any of the following circumstances, but the results will
serve as references for instructors and the heads of academic units:
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Less than 35% of the students who have registered the course fill out the survey,
and the number of students who fill out the surveys is less than 5.
2. Teaching surveys for modular courses.
3. Seminar courses collaboratively instructed by several instructors (collaborative
courses approved by the University shall not be included).
4. Courses which students have withdrawn from.
The survey on off-campus practicum courses shall be verified by respective
departments to see whether the survey shall be considered invalid before the courses
officially begin.
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The unsatisfactory results of the final teaching survey in the Regulations refer to an
overall score ranked among the bottom 1.5% and among the top 1.25% in terms of a
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negative score. The six sigma method is applied to the course-oriented teaching
survey. Please see the attachment for the scoring criteria.
If a full-time faculty member receives unsatisfactory results of final teaching surveys
twice consecutively for the same course, the instructor of the course offered in the
following academic year (semester) shall be altered. If a part-time faculty member
receives unsatisfactory results of the latest teaching survey and the overall score is
ranked among the bottom 3.00% and among the top 2.75% in terms of a negative
score, such a faculty member will not be re-appointed.
Faculty members who receive unsatisfactory results of final teaching surveys shall fill
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out the Feedback Form of Teaching Survey to propose measures to improve the
situation. After approved by the head of the academic units, the Form shall be
submitted to the Committee for Teacher Performance Improvement Program to
determine if the faculty member should attend the Teacher Performance
Improvement Program next semester, seminars of Microteaching or other relevant
activities.
The Center for Teaching and Learning Development (hereinafter referred as to the
“Center”) may submit the case of faculty members who receive worse survey results
and special cases to the President or other relevant councils for review.
Academic units shall give feedback and propose strategies for improvement over the
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teaching survey results in the previous semester as well as students’ opinions. The
strategies shall be approved by the Departmental/Institute/Program/Center Affairs
Council before the mid-term exam and submitted to the Center for future reference.
Each academic unit shall announce the feedback and strategies for improvement
through various methods, such as posting on the website, announcing during the
meeting session with the Chair of departments or during office hours.
The Center may consider its needs as well as feedback from faculty members and
students to convene advisory meetings of teaching surveys, in order to discuss
question design, methods, and the statistical analysis of teaching surveys along with
related issues.
The Director of the Center is the ex-officio member and the convener. The other
members are one representative from each college, the Deputy Director of the Center,
and the Section Chief of the Faculty Professional Development Section.
The survey results shall serve as reference for relevant committees on faculty
promotion, faculty evaluation and the evaluation for the Outstanding Teaching
Awards.
The unit or staff in charge of the teaching survey and statistical analysis shall perform
the duty of confidentiality. The survey results shall be disclosed to the instructor
him/herself and the head of relevant units upon application, and no relevant
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information shall be provided to a third party.
The Regulations become effective on the third day of promulgation after being
adopted by the University Administration Council and ratified by the President.
Note: In the event of any dispute or misunderstanding as to the interpretation of the statement or
terms of these Regulations, the Chinese language version shall prevail.
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