AdministrationFaculty Collaboration

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Administration/Faculty Collaboration

• Breaching the Walls of Faculty Resistance
• Two Views on the Creation of a Peer Teaching
  Assessment System
• Dr. Bob Botsch
• Dr. Suzanne Ozment

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Faculty to be Observed

• Original Plan
• Tenure Track Faculty in their first, third, and
  fifth years

• Revised Plan
• Tenure Track Faculty and Instructors in their
  first, second, and fifth years
• Subsequent evaluations in years of application
  for promotion and post tenure review

3
First Year Observations

• Original Plan
• Two Visits by Unit Head
• Two Visits by Another Tenured Faculty Member
• Formative and Summative

• Revised Plan
• Two Visits by Faculty Mentor
• Formative Only

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Use of Reports

• Original Plan
• All observation reports become part of official
  file and are used by unit head in annual
  evaluations

• Revised Plan
• First Year Reports for formative purposes only
• Subsequent reports become part of official file
  and are used by unit head in annual evaluations

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Format for Report

• Original Plan
• Instructional Approach (Comment on the extent to
  which the teacher employed appropriate
  instructional strategies and paced the class for
  interest, understanding, and the accomplishment
  of the class plan)

• Revised Plan
• Effectiveness of Instructional Method
• Clarity of Presentation

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Format for Report

• Original Plan
• Presentation Skills
• (Comment on the teachers voice, tone, fluency,
  eye contact, rate of speech, gestures, etc.)

• Revised Plan
• Deleted

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Format for Body of Report

• Observers Comments
• Effectiveness of Instructional Method
• Clarity of Presentation
• Teacher-Student Rapport/Interaction
• What were the most positive features of the
  class?
• What specific suggestions do you have for
  improvement?

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Protections for Faculty

• Announced visits
• Trained observers
• Some voice in selection of observers
• Right of rejoinder
• Professional development support
• Reciprocal observations
• Assessment and review