Career Development Peer Review of Teaching (24 links)

Bibliography: Peer Review of Teaching. Ohio State University - Office of Faculty and TA Development. A recent (2000) collection of books and articles on faculty evaluation and peer review.

Class Observation Record. University of Exeter. A useful 3-page form for observational peer assessment teaching. The first page allows the teacher to explain to the observer his/her plans for the class. The second page is a checklist of points that the observer should be looking for during the class. The third page encourages the teacher to reflect upon the observer's comments (p. 2) and upon his/her own views of the success of the class as planned (p. 1).

Classroom Observation. University of Washington - Center for Instructional Development and Research. Provides guidelines for peer review of teaching via classroom observation. Outlines the roles of the teacher and the observer before, during, and after the observation session. From the CIDR Bulletin Volume 1(4), 1998.

Collaborative Peer Review. The Role of Faculty in Improving College Teaching (ERIC Digest). Keig, L & Waggoner, MD. A FAQ-based discussion of faculty peer review of teaching. Addresses arguments for teacher improvement programs, appropriate assessment methods, barrier to and incentives for participation, benefits of faculty peer review and recommendation to implement formative peer evaluation.

Enhancing Classroom Teaching Dynamics. Charles Sturt University - Centre for Enhancing Learning and Teaching. Describes a developmental service to assist faculty is assessing areas of strength in their classroom teaching as well as areas for improvement. Addresses Design (Are the key elements of good teaching practice used?) and Effectiveness (How effectively are the key elements of good teaching practice used?). Includes all forms used throughout the four steps of the process, i.e., pre-observation session, observation session, feedback session, and follow-up session

Feedback from Peers. University of Texas at El Paso - Center for Effective Teaching and Learning. Describes the sources of evidence (observation, syllabus review, course portfolios, teaching awards, statements from colleagues, etc) and methods used by peers to evaluate teaching, both formatively and summatively.

How do I conduct a review of a colleague's teaching?. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Addresses the following key aspects of collegial peer review: Who should conduct the review? What is the process? What are the appropriate peer review techniques? How should feedback be delivered? From the Peer Review of Teaching project.

How do I design a peer review program?. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Provide some guidelines for departments or units interested in instituting a peer review of teaching program. From the Peer Review of Teaching project.

How do I evaluate evidence provided by peer review of an instructor?. University of Wisconsin - Madison. Describes types of evidence and sources of information useful in assessing the contributions of a faculty member to the teaching program. From the Peer Review of Teaching project.

Peer Evaluation Criteria and Classroom Observation. Cornell University Center for Learning and Teaching. From the Cornell University Teaching Evaluation Handbook, Chapter 4: Criteria for Evaluating Data on Teaching. Describes a set of validated characteristics of effective teachers as perceived by colleagues, provides guidelines and evaluation items for peer classroom observation and suggests Suggested criteria for evaluating teaching and course materials.

Peer Feedback on Teaching. University of Western Australia - Evaluation of Teaching Unit. A well-designed instrument designed to help colleagues provide feedback on their peer's teaching. Categories include: 1. Subject Matter Expertise, 2. Success in Facilitating or Inspiring Students Learning, 3. Coverage of the Specified Curriculum, 4. Student Assessment, 5. Development of Materials & Methods, 6. Providing Suitable Learning Environments for All Students, and 7. Support activities.

Peer Observation of Classroom Teaching. University of North Carolina - Center for Teaching and Learning. A brief review of the practices of peer observation of classroom teaching for both faculty evaluation and teaching improvement. Also discusses the qualities of effective peer observers.

Peer Review and Peer Observation of Teaching. University of Reading. Provides step-y-step guidelines on the peer observation of teaching, including its purpose; defining 'good' teaching; planning an observation scheme; and the observation process.

Peer Review of Teaching. University of Nebraska. A multi-university project designed to support scholars engaging in substantive peer review. Provides portfolio examples, assessment documents (Student Time Inventory; Faculty Time Inventory; Supplemental Teaching Inventory; Observation Protocol; Course Materials Feedback Form), external links and a peer review newsletter.

Peer Review of Teaching. National Library of Medicine. A dynamic search of the NLM Medline database on this topic using the NLM PubMed interface.

Peer Review of Teaching. North Carolina State University. Defines peer review; describes the types of reviews; differentiates between formative and suummative procedures and discusses the use of course materials and classroom observations in the process. Provides a useful summary of best practices and a list of related references and resources

Peer Review of Teaching. University of Washington - Center for Instructional Development and Research. A brief overview of the peer review of teaching process, including a description of ways colleagues/peers can generate information pertinent to a review.

Peer Review of Teaching: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Improving Student Learning. Roberts , M.W.. Peer review of teaching is an important method of assessment, both formative and summative. This short 5-page review discusses the aspects of successful peer review of teaching and describes several different methods of peer review. The different methods can be employed as necessary to make various assessments of teaching effectiveness.

Peer Review of Teaching: An Overview. Perlman, B McCann, LI. Summarizes background information on peer review of teaching, describing its various types and the processes for conducting such a review. Includes a comprehensive bibliography

Peer Review Plan for Teaching. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Dental Branch. Describes the implementation process and provides forms for peer evaluation of large and small group presentations (lectures), preclinical laboratory teaching and unstructured clinical teaching.

Peer Teaching Assessment. University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita. Describes the background, objectives, process, resources and instruments used in the Peer Teaching Assessment Program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita. Includes both classroom and clinical teaching observation tools for providing feedback to faculty.

Preparing for Peer Observation: A Guidebook. The University of Texas at Austin - The Center for Teaching Effectiveness. A useful guidebook that addresses the following questions: Why peer evaluation and peer observation? What aspects of teaching are faculty peers most qualified to evaluate? What is peer observation? What are two purposes of peer observation? How do you choose or design a peer observation instrument? What are some key issues to remember about formative or summative peer observation? What are some key issues to remember about formative or summative peer observation? What are some recommendations for institutional use of peer observations? If your department wants to develop peer observation as a part of peer evaluation, what should you do?

Teaching Assessment. Temple University Fox School of Business - Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Provides a detailed outline of the process and content for peer-review of teaching. Provides key questions/criteria for Observations of Classroom Teaching, Evaluation of Teaching Materials and Review of the Out-of-Class Teaching Related Activities. Also included is a peer review rating form.

The Peer Collaboration and Review of Teaching. Hutchings, P. Discusses the role of faculty in the evaluation of teaching, as revealed via lessons learned from the American Association for Higher Education Peer Review project. From The Professional Evaluation of Teaching, Washington, DC: American Council of Learned Societies, Occasional Paper No. 33.