HCC LECTURER EVALUATION POLICY
Implemented Fall, 1992

GENERAL INFORMATION:

  1. Each lecturer prepares one evaluation packet for one class per semester.

  2. The packet contains the following:

    1. A faculty evaluation of an in-class instructional session.

    2. A summary of student evaluations for the class observed.

    3. The lecturer's evaluation of instruction, incorporating A and B with self-perceptions.

  3. The lecturer keeps one packet for personal files and submits a copy to the Division Chair.

  4. The Division Chair reads and transmits the packet to the Division Assistant Dean.

Procedures and Timeline

FACULTY EVALUATIONS:

  1. During the first two weeks of the semester, the Division Chair assigns the evaluating faculty member to a lecturer and notifies the lecturer of the evaluator. The lecturer then provides the evaluator with the course syllabus and any other materials or information the lecturer considers important or the evaluator requests.

  2. During the eighth or ninth week of the semester, the evaluator attends the lecturer's class session and evaluates instruction according to established criteria. A copy of the form is attached here.

  3. During the following week, the evaluator and lecturer meet to discuss the evaluation.

    1. If both agree on all points, the evaluator gives one copy to the lecturer and forwards another to the Division Chair.

    2. If revisions are agreed upon, the evaluator makes the changes within the week and forwards copies to the lecturer and the Division Chair.

    3. If revisions are not agreed upon, the lecturer has the option of submitting a rebuttal to the Division Chair. In this case, the rebuttal becomes part of the evaluation packet.

STUDENT EVALUATIONS:

  1. An announcement will appear in the HCC Bulletin with specific information on the evaluation process and absolute deadlines.

  2. During the last two weeks of instruction, the lecturer picks up student evaluation forms and instructions from the Educational Media Center.

  3. Students first complete the course information section and then answer the items dealing with the quality of instruction.

  4. The student representative designated by the lecturer takes the completed evaluation forms to the Academic Computer Center, Building 2, Room 405, and signs the log to indicate delivery.

  5. Prior to the next class meeting, the lecturer checks the log to ensure that the forms have been received.

  6. After final grades are submitted, the Academic Computing Center returns these student evaluations and a summary to the lecturer.

LECTURER SELF-EVALUATIONS:

  1. The lecturer integrates faculty and student evaluations with personal perceptions of classroom instruction over the previous semester.

  2. During the first two weeks of the semester, the lecturer prepares a one-page self-evaluation and submits it, along with the faculty and student evaluations, to the Division Chair.

  3. The Division Chair reads the packet and transmits it to the Division Assistant Dean (2 weeks).

Approved by the FCEC (now the FSEC, Faculty Senate Executive Council) on November 18, 1991. Minor modifications were made September 18, 1992.

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