Teaching and assigned responsibilities Clause Samples

Teaching and assigned responsibilities. For faculty at all ranks, teaching and assigned responsibilities should be their primary focus. Each evaluation must include a self-reflection narrative of teaching during the evaluation period. The reflection should identify strategies, activities, or experiences used to achieve learning objectives. Faculty should provide an explanation of how they have improved the facilitation of learning through the evaluation period. In the spirit of continuous improvement, the narrative should reflect on areas, topics, etc., that the faculty member would like to work toward improving in the future. For faculty with teaching responsibilities, a reflection on teaching effectiveness is based upon the Master Agreement, the Professional Responsibilities listed in Section 6 of the Bylaws, and the following: 1. An appraisal of student learning for at least one course in each semester (including achievement of learning objectives). For online courses, faculty should reflect on the ways in which “instructional contact and methods are equivalent in scope to comparable face-to-face courses” per the Master Agreement. 2. Student ratings. For evaluation purposes, student ratings and the number of responses will be considered, as will any other relevant information provided by the faculty member. Emphasis will be placed on using student ratings to improve instruction and student learning outcomes.