CEDA PO Box 172314 Memphis, TN 38187-2314 PH: 901-758-1627 FAX: 901-758-1091               CEDA PO Box 172314 Memphis, TN 38187-2314 PH: 901-758-1627 FAX: 901-758-1091

About the Workshop Under the increasing demands from the US Education Department for greater accountability in higher education, accrediting agencies, governing boards , and state legislatures are mandating the implementation of comprehensive faculty evaluation systems to ensure the highest quality educational experience for students. These mandates often give colleges and universities little time to research, design, develop and implement a valid and reliable faculty evaluation system that is both fair and practical .   This workshop provides a proven, research-based, cost-effective procedure for building such faculty evaluation systems that both reflect, and respond to, the unique characteristics and mission of the educational institution. "Probably the best workshop I've attended in fourteen years!" Donald S. Rowe, Valley Forge Military Academy "An invaluable experience. Bravo! Gerard O'Sullivan, Felician College Should You Attend the Workshop?                                     If you are an academic administrator or other faculty leader responsible for evaluating faculty and/or using faculty evaluation results to either enhance professional growth or make important personnel decisions, you will want to attend. Past participants include college and university presidents, chancellors, provosts, academic VP's, deans, and department chairs as well as faculty senate officers, faculty union leaders, institutional research officers, faculty development officers, and teaching excellence center directors. Is this Workshop appropriate for your Institution? The workshop presents a strategy for developing faculty evaluation systems that has been successfully applied in all types of educational institutions.   Past workshop participants include faculty and administrators from research universities, liberal arts colleges, professional schools, community colleges, technical institutes, faith-based colleges, and entire college/university systems.             "A valuable experience for all university faculty, chairmen, deans and vice presidents!" Robert W. Fulton, Oklahoma State University "The most valuable workshop I've been to." James V. Balch, Middlee Tennessee State University Workshop Topics Defining and evaluating Teaching Excellence Identifying the Skill Sets required in Teaching, Research, and Service Identifying the elements of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Developing Faculty Role Definitions, Evaluative Criteria and Operational Policies Determining the role Peers, Students, and Administrators play in the Faculty Evaluation System Classroom Observation of Teaching: Why, When and How Selecting, Developing and Using Student Rating Forms, Peer Rating Forms and Other Instruments Techniques for Combining Data from Multiple Sources to Provide a Comprehensive Evaluative Perspective Student Ratings - Common Questions ( Do easy grades = good ratings?   Does class size affect ratings?   etc.) Using Faculty Evaluation Data for Promotion, Tenure, Continuation, Merit Pay, & Post Tenure Review Decisions Linking Faculty Evaluation to Faculty Development, Instructional Improvement, and Professional Growth "Best compendium of information on faculty evaluation I've ever seen!" Jeri Levesque, Webster University "This workshop was very helpful in providing a practical and fair system for evaluating faculty." Tom Kelly, Loyola Marymount University Return to Top of Page xxx