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.