Each report documenting a peer teaching observation listed in Subsection G.6(d) must be included, in its entirety, within this subsection of the Supplementary Materials folder.
The reports should be included in a folder entitled “Peer Teaching Observations” with each peer observation report included as its own PDF file.
The list of peer observations completed in rank as described and included in Subsection G.6(d) should be duplicated and included as another PDF file in this folder entitled “@List of Peer Teaching Observations”.
Candidates should routinely be observed by faculty colleagues in their organized courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (as appropriate).
Peer teaching observation reports must address the candidate’s effectiveness related to presentation, course content, organization, clarity of written materials, rigor and fairness of written examinations, appropriateness of methodology, and student outcomes.
Reports should offer constructive advice to support the candidate’s progression toward excellence in teaching.
Each peer observation report must be written by the faculty observer and include:
- Number and title of course(s) observed.
- Date of observation(s).
- Date of report(s).
- Date that the faculty observer discussed the peer observation report with the candidate.
- Description of methods used by the instructor to engage students in learning.
- If the peer observation was conducted in the window between spring 2020 and spring 2022, the observer must identify differences between the teaching modality normally used by the candidate and the teaching modality adopted due to COVID-19.
- Constructive advice from the observer to improve at least one aspect of the course (e.g., instructional interactions with students, assessment of student learning, content of materials, etc.).
- Candidate’s responsiveness and any specific improvement(s) linked to recommendations from previous peer observation reports.
- Summary of end-of-semester course evaluation results, including overall course and instructor ratings and student response rates. Feedback to the candidate regarding common concerns raised by students on previous course evaluations and recommendations to address those concerns.
- Name and signature of observer.