D.8 Peer Teaching Observations

The department chair, dean, or their designee must ensure that all tenure-track faculty and tenured associate professors have been observed in rank at least three times by faculty colleagues while teaching their organized courses and that a minimum of three written peer observations are available to be included in the dossier.

Ideally, the peer observations will provide a longitudinal perspective of the candidate’s teaching in a course or courses that have proven to be challenging to teach.

Faculty peer observations must take place across at least two different academic years.

Annual peer teaching observations and teaching evaluations at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are preferred.

In exceptional circumstances, one peer observation may take place early in the fall semester in which the candidate’s dossier is being reviewed (Fall 2024).

However, the preference is for at least three peer observations to be completed at least a year before the candidate’s dossier is reviewed so that the candidate can make changes in response to the feedback provided and reflect on the impact of those changes.

The Guidelines for the peer teaching observations can be found on the Provost’s Office website for Promotion and Tenure.