Student Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) is a formative mid-course check-in process (NOT evaluation) requested by individual faculty for gathering information from students on their learning experience. It is designed for faculty to foster dialogues with students via CTL’s facilitation, taking about 15 minutes in your class. Please see more details about this program here and sign up here.
Visit a Classroom (VaC) aims to stimulate reflection on teaching and learning, NOT evaluation. A group of 3 to 4 faculty participants across disciplines will visit one another’s classrooms to observe teaching techniques and learning interactions. Faculty would expect to learn from each other and reflect on their own teaching. The goal is to create a respectful, reciprocal, and reflective dialogue on teaching and learning among faculty. Please see more details about this program here and sign up here.
To support the pilot mandatory class observation process for tenure, reappointment, and promotion reviews, the Peer Evaluation Ad Hoc Committee recognized the value of a voluntary formative version. Facilitated by peer faculty or the Center for Teaching and Learning, this process allows faculty to choose their observers, uses the same rubric as the mandatory observation, and includes a post-observation meeting for constructive feedback and strategy development. Faculty are strongly encouraged to participate early to prepare for the mandatory observation and may use the final report as supplementary teaching evidence for their reviews. Please see the process and rubric here and sign up here.
Examples are:
Peer Observation of Teaching