Committees should take a holistic perspective that considers multiple aspects of the candidate’s Teaching Portfolios, their teaching observations, their assessments of Student Course Surveys (SCS) (formerly Teacher-Course Evaluations, TCEs), and their responses to candidates’ self-assessments of their teaching. The university uses this multimodal assessment of teaching to provide multiple methods of information gathering that demonstrate a more complete presentation of the quality of teaching. For further information on interpreting student assessments, see Linse’s “Interpreting and using student ratings data: Guidance for faculty serving as administrators and on evaluation committees” (2017).
The Department Head/Director coordinates the teaching peer observation(s). Peer observers should use the recommended summative evaluation tools for promotion reviews - either the In-Person Teaching Observation Form or the Online Teaching Observation Form.
Both track-specific forms are available in Section 9A of the dossier template webpages: