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As faculty members, we are all
measured throughout our
careers.
How will those measurements
be completed?
Who will decide what
measurements will be used?
Faculty Evaluation Group Genesis
• COE Code revisions in 2013 sparked interest in
evaluation.
• Evaluation rubric being used was invalidated.
• In Spring 2013, Faculty Evaluation Working
Group was formed.
• Dean Patriarca charged the group to consider
only the area of evaluation of teaching as a first
step in this process for designing faculty
evaluation.
• Final process will link all aspects of
employment from hiring to post tenure review.
Faculty Evaluation
Evaluate Teaching Across its Full Spectrum
A variety of procedures should be used to evaluate
instruction in college and university classes, and
results of the process should be used to improve
teaching. We must remind ourselves that, as with
any evaluation procedure, multiple data types
from multiple sources should be used.
Committees too often rely heavily on students’
evaluations to make inferences about the
teacher’s instructional effectiveness. Other data
sources should be developed and used to make
decisions about teaching effectiveness
(Algozzine, Gretes, Flowers, Howley, Beattle,
Spooner, Mohanty, & Bray, 2004, p. 138 ).
http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/CTCH.52.4.134-141
Designing Faculty Evaluation
We looked at evaluation processes and
forms from other institutions. These
samples and the research included:
Student observation
Peer review
Examination of teaching
artifacts
Designing Faculty Evaluation
We looked at accrediting agencies and
professional organizations. These groups:
Focused on artifacts demonstrating
candidate/graduate proficiency
Recognize need for faculty
involvement in evaluation process
Designing Faculty Evaluation
We considered the legal perspective:
 Must have clear purpose (formative in
intent)
 Without bias
 Clear (process, timing, etc.)
 Most involve employees in the creation
of the process
 Must protect employee rights
Designing Faculty Evaluation
So where are we now?
 Presentation to Department Chairs and
request for feedback
 Working out details regarding actual
tool, rubric and process across
employment cycle
Importance of Evaluation in
Higher Education
Evaluation of teaching is not a science;
there is still much to learn. However, as
indicated in this brief set of guidelines,
there is already a considerable body of
knowledge about teaching evaluation. The
academic community has a strong incentive
to add to that knowledge since we will not be
able to recognize and reward teaching
adequately until we craft a better system for
evaluating it.
University of Michigan
Faculty Evaluation
Where do we go from here?
 Work to find viable artifacts for
evaluation
 Communicate, communicate,
communicate…
 Hold fast to the formative foundation
for evaluation
What can you do?
• Provide feedback and recommendations
to the Task Force. Direct e-mail to Kermit
Buckner at bucknerk@ecu.edu.
• Discuss the process and your suggestions
or concerns within your department
and/or program area.
• Send suggestions for revision to your
representative or anyone on the
committee.
• Stay tuned for the next draft document
and protocol to be shared early in the
Spring 2014 semester.
Importance of Evaluation in
Higher Education
•Questions?
•Comments?
Members of Faculty Evaluation
Task Force
• Kermit Buckner, Chair
• Maureen Ellis,
Secretary
• Patricia Anderson
• Terry Atkinson
• Lori Flint
• Al Jones
• Cheryl McFadden
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Vivian Mott
Kathy Misulis
Linda Patriarca
Ron Preston
Sandra Seay
Bill Sugar
Karen Voytecki