Z’s lectures are clear, correct, engaging, interactive, and well paced. I watched portions of several of Z’s recorded lectures for S-a course I have taught many times.
“Z’s lectures in S were webcast in fall, 2013. They are mostly of a very high quality and clearly the result of considerable thought and effort.” ”I reviewed Professor Z’s syllabus, assignments, exams, lecture notes, and other materials for Class Q (a prerequisite for many majors), R (a seminar course developed), S (a graduate course developed for the revised MA program, which Z has spearheaded), and T (a topics course in research area). Here, you can also briefly summarize the teaching load (specific courses, enrollment, etc.) of the candidate. Contributions to course development and curriculum development can also be addressed. A’s peer observation report is included in the case materials conversations with A confirm that the report is A’s candid opinion: A was impressed, and commented in particular on Z’s rapport with the class, Z’s sensitivity to the mood in the room and whether students were following the presentation, Z’s facility in blending derivations on the board with projected computer simulations to illustrate the mathematics, and Z’s ability to construct alternative explanations and illustrations of difficult concepts when students did not follow the first exposition.” Analysis of Instructional Materials, including syllabi, handouts, course websites, etc.īriefly analyze the quality and creativity of the instructional materials designed by the candidate. “Professor Z is, by all accounts, an excellent teacher, as confirmed by the classroom observations of Professor A, who calls out Z’s ability to explain key concepts in a broad variety of ways, to hold the attention of the class throughout a 90-minute session, to use both the board and slides effectively, and to engage a large class in discussion. If applicable, summarize the evaluations of the candidate’s colleagues who performed in-class observations. None of the critical comments reflected on the pedagogy or teaching effectiveness, only the workload.” Report(s) of Class Observation overall amazing…she is the best teacher I have ever hadĬritical student comments primarily concerned the difficulty of the material or the homework. the best I’ve ever met…hands down best teacher I’ve had in 10 years of university education I was dreading taking a _ course, but after this class, I decided to major in _ Examples of comments on Z’s teaching include: “Professor Z’s classroom skills are evidenced by student comments in teaching evaluations. Do students perceive the candidate to be an effective teacher? Are students satisfied with the manner in which the course was taught? Do students feel that the learning objectives of the course were met? Did students feel that they were engaged in the course material? Overall, these evaluations should focus on the effectiveness of the teaching, and not the knowledge of the professor. Here, you can give verbatim quotes from students, including both positive and negative comments. “Professor Z’s teaching evaluation scores are consistently equal to the departmental average for upper-division seminars: in courses with a response rate of 80% or above, the average student rating is 5.8, with less than 1% of students rating Professor Z below a 5.“ Analysis of Narrative Comments from Student Evaluations, including representative quotations, both positive and criticalīriefly describe the overall consensus among students when they are asked to evaluate the candidate’s teaching.
For courses in which instructors receive below-average evaluations from their students, you could, for example, discuss the diversity / composition of the students in the course, or provide historical means of the student evaluations for this course by previous instructors, illustrating the exceptional challenges of teaching this particular course. Where possible, it is suggested that you provide as much context as possible.
Address how the candidate’s evaluations fall in terms of the mean of all of the department’s teaching evaluations. ********** Contextualized Discussion of Quantitative Teaching Evaluation Resultsīriefly summarize the candidate’s quantitative teaching evaluations.
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