Full-time and part-time faculty members are formally evaluated every year by their school dean/department chair except if an unusual circumstance makes completion of an evaluation impossible. The evaluation deals with student evaluations, teaching effectiveness, performance of non-teaching university assignments, scholarly and community service activities, professional growth, commitment to the overall university program and compliance with university policies, rules, and procedures. The evaluation includes a faculty member-dean/chair conference in which these matters are discussed. The results of the evaluation are shared with the vice president for Academic Administration, the Faculty Promotions Committee and, a copy of the evaluation will be sent to the Human Resources director to be included in the faculty member’s personnel file.
The university maintains the policy of conducting student evaluations of faculty. The purpose of the evaluations is primarily to provide an opportunity for students to render anonymous opinions to their faculty about the quality of instruction they are receiving and to encourage faculty to use this information constructively. Secondarily, the results of the evaluations may be used as needed in counseling and in the promotions process.
Student-evaluation-of-faculty questions are constructed by the Faculty Affairs Committee and the questionnaire is online. All faculty members, including adjunct and contract faculty, are subject to evaluation in all classes and all summer terms.
Schools/departments may also construct questionnaires and conduct evaluations for their own purposes, but not in lieu of the approved forms.
The results of each faculty member’s evaluation can be viewed by the faculty member, the school dean/department chairman, and the vice president for Academic Administration. They are also shared with the Faculty Promotions Committee.
Adjunct faculty members are formally evaluated every year by their dean/department chair except if an unusual circumstance makes completion of an evaluation impossible. Because the scope of their relationship to the university is different from full-time faculty, their evaluation is limited to student evaluations and teaching effectiveness. Results of the evaluation are shared with the vice president for Academic Administration.