Teaching Effectiveness
A Curated Collection of Teaching Effectiveness Resources
Introduction
This webpage provides resources to support UNC System institutions in developing training related to the Teaching Effectiveness Policy 400.3.1. It provides resources in three main categories: Peer Assessment, Student Feedback, and Self-Assessment. These resources were curated by UNC System faculty and are maintained by the UNC System. For questions, please contact: learning.tech@northcarolina.edu
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Frameworks for Teaching Effectiveness/Expertise
- Teaching Quality Framework, Appalachian State University
- Teaching Effectiveness Frameworks, University Teaching and Learning Commons, UNC Greensboro
- Benchmarks For Teaching Effectiveness Framework, Center for Teaching Excellence, from Kansas University
- A New Approach to Evaluating Teaching (3’00” video), video that explains the Kansas project and framework
- Transforming Higher Education: Multidimensional Evaluation of Teaching, National Science Foundation Grant project
- Developmental Framework For Teaching Expertise In Post Secondary Education, University of Calgary
- provides a developmental progression of teacher effectiveness
- could support differentiation of expectations/evidences for faculty at varying levels of rank or years of experience.
Documenting Teacher Effectiveness
Documenting Teaching Effectiveness: overview and resources for identifying and developing evidence: Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Bloomington
Tools and Templates
Additional resources to support the identification and development of evidence using Peer, Student, and Self Evaluation measures
Peer Assessment (Peer Evaluation): Observation and Document Review
Formative Peer Reviews
- Formative peer evaluation processes, includes peer observation and document review, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
- A guide to providing evidence of teaching, University of Calgary (references “Selective and purposeful informal feedback from learners that speak directly to specific teaching practices and/or impact”)
- Teaching Squares, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Tufts University
- Peer observation course materials check, peer review of course materials, Office for Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University
Formative and Summative Peer Reviews
- Peer Observation of Teaching Processes, includes procedures for different types of faculty (tenure/clinical/part-time), observation guides for different approaches/formats of teaching, and organization of Teaching Observation Teams (TOT) to conduct the peer observation evaluation. Cato College of Education, UNC Charlotte
- Summative Peer Evaluation Processes, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
- Peer Review of Teaching for Face-to-face and Online Courses (Remote Teaching), includes procedures and observation guides for different approaches/formats of teaching, NC State University
Peer Observation Tools And Templates
- Methods based peer visit form, Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill
- Time based peer review observation form, Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill
- UNC College of Arts and Sciences Peer Review of Teaching Template, Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill
- Observation Guides for F2F and Online teaching, Cato College of Education, UNC Charlotte
- Observation Guides for F2F and Online Teaching, Office of the Provost, NC State University
- Classroom teaching peer observation protocol, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of South Carolina
- Reflection after Peer Review, Office for Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University
- Peer review rating form, Office for Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University
- Class observation form, Office for Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University
- Faculty Peer Evaluation Templates, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
Student Feedback
How To Gather Student Feedback
- A guide to providing evidence of teaching, University of Calgary (references “Selective and purposeful informal feedback from learners that speak directly to specific teaching practices and/or impact”)
- Collecting Student Feedback, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
- Classroom Assessment Techniques from Vanderbilt Center for teaching
- A resource for students on giving quality feedback to teachers, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan
- Student feedback question prompts, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota
- What works, what could work better template, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota
How to Analyze and Use Feedback to Improve Teaching
- How to collect and analyze Mid-semester Student Feedback Toolkit, Center for Teaching and Learning, UNC Charlotte
- Mid-semester evaluation training and documentation, Office of the Provost, NC State University
Other Ways To Support Student Feedback
- Early Course Feedback focus groups, University Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University
Self-Assessment
Teaching Philosophy Statement
- Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement, Office of Faculty Excellence, East Carolina University
- Faculty Teaching Statement Template, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
- Guide to Evaluating a Faculty Teaching Statement, Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
- Writing Your Teaching Philosophy, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota Center for Educational Innovation
How To Build A Cv To Demonstrate Teaching Effectiveness Or Expertise
- CVs for faculty job applications, Career Services, University of Pennsylvania
- CV templates, Office of the Vice Provost, Georgia Tech
- Engaging and interactive lectures checklist, lesson plan from an interactive class, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa
- Teaching goals inventory, Office of Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of Iowa
Reflection
- Teaching Enhancement Plan, to be used by faculty to demonstrate evidence of identifying teaching goals based on student, peer, or administrator feedback and to create an action plan to show intentionality and evidence of the continuous improvement of teaching. Cato College of Education, UNC Charlotte
- Reflective Practice Overview, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Kennesaw State University
Teacher Effectiveness Policies – examples
- Fayetteville State University: Teaching Effectiveness Policy
- NC Central University: Teaching Effectiveness Policy
- NC State University: Teaching Effectiveness Policy
- UNC Charlotte: Teaching Effectiveness Policy
- UNC Greensboro: TeachingEffectiveness Policy
Faculty Reporting Systems
- Faculty180, East Carolina University