APPENDIX E
SELF-APPRAISAL FORM
Suggested Guidelines
The self-appraisal statements and questions require a faculty member to focus on three perspectives: (1) meeting of the teaching excellence standards, (2) achieving the goals and mission of the college, and (3) describing his/her professional development plan.
Responses to the following statements and questions should be as complete and detailed as possible and should give as many examples as possible. The completed document is to be limited to two pages.
1. List your professional goals relative to teaching and learning, and state how you achieved them in the past three years.
2. List the professional, community, and college activities (consistent with the mission of the college) that you have been involved in during the past three years.
3. List your professional goals (institutional, community, and instructional) for the next three years and state how you plan to achieve them.
4. What have you done to create a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for your students?
Have you introduced new instructional approaches?
Have you individualized instructional techniques and approaches to meet the diverse needs and abilities of students?
Have you developed and/or revised course materials?
An Example of a Satisfactory Self Appraisal
List your professional goals for teaching and learning, and state how you have achieved them in the past three years.
Modified my instructional style (motivation and application of knowledge base standard) to include more use of cooperative learning methods and increased the use of multiple forms of assessment to monitor student learning. An analysis of student performance indicates that student learning has not diminished with these new methods and student ratings indicate they perceive the class as more participatory and learning-centered.. Offered the course during evening and weekend hours for spring semester 1998.
Expanded my knowledge base (performance standard) in my biological discipline (knowledge base standard). Prepared to teach the Human Genetics course by attending courses and seminars at BIO University (June 1996 – June 1998). Joined the National Science Teachers Association and GenesR'US Consortium of Colleges and Universities (March 1998 – present) to explore various delivery formats and instructional methods for teaching this subject. Attended a week-long national seminar at the NSF Institute, Washington, D.C., on computer simulations and web-based learning in genetics (April, 1999).
2. List the professional, community, and college activities (consistent with the mission of the college) that you have been involved in the past three years.
- Professional and College Activities: Served on the following college and systemwide committees : Teaching Mathematics Across Curricula (1996-97) – college committee creating models to infuse mathematics in humanities and arts curricula, Applying Science and Mathematics in Health Care (1997-98) - college committee addressing how science and mathematics should be reinforced in health courses, and Academic Models Committee (1998-present) – systemwide committee addressing students' outcome standards for a learning paradigm.
- Professional and Community Activities: Involved in the following community groups: Futures in Gene Technology (1996-present), group of genetech industries that plan educational programs for sixth through ninth graders. Worked closely with High Standards Elementary School to improve science curriculum and instruction (NSF grant and participated 1996 - present).
- 3. List your professional goals (institutional, community, and instructional) for the next three years and state how you plan to achieve them.
- Institutional Goals: Increase enrollment in the science department by offering different science courses at times convenient for students and by different delivery modes and by identifying employers' needs for their employees' knowledge of and training in the sciences. Such employers could be Genetech, BioConcern, Make It Twice, and Human Adventures.
- Community: Continue to work with High Standards Elementary School on their new NSF planning grant. Expand contacts with community groups by serving on boards and commissions such as the Water and Air Commission, City Gene Tech Advisory Counsel, and Health Care Council on Genetics.
- Instructional: Develop Science modules using a variety of technologies such as compressed video and prepared video tapes.
- 4. What have you done to create a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for your students?
- For the Human Genetics course, I have done the following.
- Used a portion of the laboratory to have seminars on special topics. Students are given assignments weeks in advance to research topics for presentations.
- Introduced computer simulated programs on genetic combinations and human disorders.
- Identified appropriate video media (films and videos) to illustrate such concepts as cell metabolic processing and DNA and RNA replication.
- Used a portion of laboratory time mid- and end-of-semester to conference with students about their progress in the course and their educational goals.
- Developed computerized tests that students could take on their own time but within a specific time.
The evaluator should review the self-appraisal statement for the following:
1. To what extent do the written statements correspond to the standards' performance categories and the College mission statement?
2. To what end has the faculty member accomplished his/her stated goals?
3. To what extent does it appear that the faculty member creates a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for students?