Module 3.3
INTEGRATING FACULTY SELF-APPRAISALS
The self-Appraisal provides an important opportunity for the faculty member to evaluate professional goals and teaching effectiveness. Information about the self-appraisal process and guidelines may be found on page 6 of the plan and Appendix E. Appendix E details the questions that must be answered by the faculty member and provides an example of a satisfactory self-appraisal.
The value of the self-appraisal is that it represents direct input from the faculty member concerning his/her growth and performance since the last evaluation. The self-appraisal provides a third source of evidence for determining the overall level of performance of a faculty member. Faculty members, other than those in their first year, are expected to answer four questions:
1. List your professional goals for teaching and learning, and how have you achieved them since the last evaluation.
2. List the professional, community, and college activities (consistent with the mission of the college) that you have been involved in the 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?
Faculty members may need assistance on how to answer these questions fully and remain within the two page limit noted in the plan. Suggestions from the Dean, as well as helping faculty members keep accurate records of their participation in community, college, and professional organizations may be important. Keeping records of professional development activities related to teaching and learning will also be necessary to effectively answer question four. Informing faculty members about this form and helping them set up workable systems of data collection will facilitate the completion of this form when it is due.
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?
In considering the responses to these questions, evaluators may want to examine the actual products and level of participation that the faculty member submits. Has the faculty member assumed greater levels of participation in college, community, and professional organizations? Has the faculty member submitted evidence of his/her leadership in any area? Does the faculty member's responses to question four correspond with the data from student ratings and the classroom observation? These are the types of questions evaluators may consider when reviewing the self-appraisal report.
* official transcripts or CEU certificates
* abstracts or presentations or other works
* acknowledgment of contributions
* pre and revised course syllabi or outlines
* special curricular modules
* videos of teaching
* products from committee work
This list is meant to be suggestive of the types of material that may be submitted with the self-appraisal form, it is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Evaluators may work with faculty members to identify specific sources of evidence that may be considered at the end of the evaluation cycle.
The three examples of self-appraisal forms are presented for you to think about how you might assist faculty members when they are preparing their forms. Consider each example and think about what you would suggest for changes. Write your answers for question four of the form in a style that would be consistent with each example.
SELF-APPRAISAL
Name__________________________________ College_______________________________
Department/Division________________________________ Date_______________________
Please respond briefly with specific examples to the following statements and question. Responses should be typed and the document should be no more than two pages.
EXAMPLE 1: Dr. Bright
1. List your professional goals relative to teaching and learning, and state how you have achieved them since your last evaluation.
Increase student enrollment in my science department. Developed a new course, Human Genetics for health science and non-science majors. Worked with the health science department on making this course part of their curricular offering for health science majors. Advertised the course as a general education elective for non-science majors. Placed advertisements in the course schedule and special circular for new programs and courses. Offered the course during evening and weekend hours. Expand my knowledge base in my biological discipline. Prepared to teach the Human Genetics course by attending courses and seminars at BIO Unviersity and SMARTGEN College. Joined National Science Teachers Association and Genes R' US Consortium of Colleges and Universities groups to find out how others taught this subject. Attended a week-long national seminar on college testing with computer simulations in genetics.
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.
Addressing the College's Mission relative to promoting student success by creating a stimulating learning environment and partnering with community entities. Served on following committees directly or indirectly addressing teaching and learning: Teaching Mathematics Across Curricula - College Committee creating models to infuse mathematics in humanities and arts curricula, Applying Science and Mathematics in Health Care, College Committee addressing how science and mathematics should be reinforced in health care courses, and Academic Models Committee - Systemwide Committee addressing the learning paradigm. Interacted with the following community groups: Diabetes Society for the City, board member; Revitalizing Marsh Lands Action Committee, maintains and propagates plant and animal species near extinction, group leader; Futures in Gene Technology, group of genetech industries that plan educational programs for sixth to ninth graders. Worked closely with High Standards Elementary School to improve science curriculum and instruction (NSF funded).
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 Green Adventures. Community: Continue to work with High Standards Elementary School on a new NSF grant. Expand contacts with community groups by serving on boards and commissions such as the Water and Air Commission, Gene Tech Advisory Counsel for the City, and Health Care Council on Genetics. Instructional: Develop science modules using a variety of technologies such as compressed video and prepared video taping. (Identify the science module and technology to be incorporated and why.)
WHAT WOULD THE PRECEDING FACULTY MEMBER WRITE FOR THIS QUESTION?
4. What have you done to create a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for your students?
How have you used new instructional approaches?/ How have you individualized instructional techniques and approaches to meet the diverse needs and abilities of students?/ How have you developed and/or revised course materials?
SELF-APPRAISAL
Name__________________________________ College_______________________________
Department/Division________________________________ Date_______________________
Please respond briefly with specific examples to the following statements and question. Responses should be typed and the document should be no more than two pages.
EXAMPLE 2: Dr. Mixed
1. List your professional goals relative to teaching and learning, and state how you have achieved them in the past three years.
Expand my knowledge base in banking economics its application in third-world countries. Worked with the World's Bank's Department of Research for three summers. During these summers, I lived and worked in Central and South America. In particular, my team studied the feasibility of financing community groups to establish factories for shoe and hat making. I will be able to use my experiences in the new graduate course I am teaching for ABD University.
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.
Addressing the College's Mission relative to partnering with community entities. I have served and continue to serve on the College's finance committee, the board of the America Right-Handed Bank, and the taxpayers board of Earnington. Recently, I was nominated by the Academic Dean to serve on a systemwide committee for planning and budgeting. All of these experiences help me in preparing better lectures for my classes.
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 awareness for tying planning and budgeting together. Community Goals: Maintain contacts with finance interest groups and the World's Bank Department of Research. Instructional Goals: Create more lectures on economic models.
WHAT WOULD THE PRECEDING FACULTY MEMBER WRITE FOR THIS QUESTION?
4. What have you done to create a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for your students?
How have you used new instructional approaches?/ How have you individualized instructional techniques and approaches to meet the diverse needs and abilities of students?/ How have you developed and/or revised course materials?
SELF-APPRAISAL
Name__________________________________ College_______________________________
Department/Division________________________________ Date_______________________
Please respond briefly with specific examples to the following statements and question. Responses should be typed and the document should be no more than two pages.
EXAMPLE 3: Dr. Knowitall
1. List your professional goals relative to teaching and learning, and state how you have achieved them in the past three years.
My goal is to view the world as a stage for learners. I take many courses in many subjects each year. I feel that knowledge has no boundaries and one must be well versed in everything so that their lecture is entertaining and interesting.
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.
Addressing the College's Mission relative to promoting student success by creating a stimulating learning environment. I define student success as someone who is spiritually linked with the world of learning. I help make that link for the students by participating in discussions about great books and herbal remedies to enhance spiritual awareness. This information I share with my students during lecture.
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 awareness for spiritual healing and learning has no boundaries. Community Goals: Seek out learning community groups, especially groups addressing spiritual healing. Instructional Goals: Create forums to discuss healing and world conditions.
WHAT WOULD THE PRECEDING FACULTY MEMBER WRITE FOR THIS QUESTION?
4. What have you done to create a challenging and stimulating teaching/learning environment for your students?
How have you used new instructional approaches?/ How have you individualized instructional techniques and approaches to meet the diverse needs and abilities of students?/ How have you developed and/or revised course materials?