Full-Time Faculty
Observations
1. Full-time faculty who are eligible to apply for a Continuing Contract will be observed twice a year. If teaching is in more than one modality—for example, an online course—at least one of the observations must be for an online course.
2. Full-time faculty who have earned Continuing Contract Status, or who are not eligible for a Continuing Contract, will be observed once a year. Faculty instructional observations should be conducted across the different modalities in which a faculty member teaches to provide a representative assessment of their instructional practices over successive annual observation cycles.
3. Observations will be conducted by the faculty members’ immediate supervisor or dean.
4. Observations will be unannounced.
Student Assessments
1. Student assessments will be conducted for each class every term using the online student assessment system.
2. The statistical summary and student comments will be available to the supervisor, dean and faculty member/instructor for review.
3. The statistical summary will be made available to students.
Adjunct Faculty
Observations
1. Adjuncts will be observed at least once a year. This includes those who teach credit and CCP courses.
2. Observations will be conducted by the department chair, program manager, director, associate dean, and/or dean. If the adjunct is the immediate supervisor of the observer, the observation will be conducted by the department contact listed on the syllabus, the dean or designer. For CCP Instructors, the observation will be conducted by the program director or associate dean.
3. Observations will be unannounced.
Student Assessments
1. Student assessments will be conducted in all classes each term.
2. The statistical summary, and student comments will be available to the department chair, program manager, dean, associate dean, and faculty member for review.
3. The statistical summary will be made available to students. For detailed information on the online student assessment system, please visit the web page at https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/ire/Data/student-assessment-of-courses-and-faculty.aspx.
Enacted July 2004; revised July 2008; reviewed July 2010, revised July 2013; revised 2019; revised November 2025