The Writing Program Director at Johnson County Community College (Kansas) developed quantitative measures for writing instruction evaluation which can support that institution's growing interest in and support for peer collaboration as a means to improving instructional quality. The first process (Interaction Analysis) has an observer measure…

In order to address the issue of the reliability and possible bias of students' evaluation of the performance of college teachers, an unobtrusive indicator of teacher performance was investigated. The indicator was the degree to which teachers develop a following among students, measured by how often students return to teachers for additional…

Personnel decisionmaking at colleges and universities is discussed, with consideration of ways to avoid legal problems. Two approaches are recommended for universities: develop procedures to minimize the risk of law suits by faculty members and school staff, and provide protection from lawsuits for faculty and staff. Institutional procedures that…

The relationship between students' first impressions of a course (formed on the basis of their initial exam scores) and end-of-term teacher evaluation ratings was studied. University students enrolled in freshman, sophomore, and junior level courses took all tests and completed the instructor evaluation form the week before the fourth quarterly…

Individual and institutional/environmental factors that distinguish "vital" professors from a "representative" group of their colleagues were investigated. Of concern was whether the faculty vitality concept discriminates among professors in meaningful ways (i.e., regarding their professional attitudes, practices,…

This study investigated procedures used by certified teacher training institutions to evaluate supervisors of student teaching programs. Three basic questions researched in the project were: (1) How are university supervisors evaluated and by what criteria; (2) Who evaluates university supervisors and how much weight does such evaluation have on…

One institution's expectations of faculty in terms of their professional growth and maturation is discussed. The concept of performance evaluation as a professional development program is reviewed and an annual, individualized faculty evaluation and professional development program currently employed by a college of pharmacy is described.…

Use of portfolios as a tool for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher development and evaluation, using principles and practices borrowed from portfolio use to assess learner progress, is advocated. The origins of portfolios in art and other professions and their adaptation for teaching are outlined. The structure of such a portfolio is then…

Atlantic Baptist College (New Brunswick, Canada) has adopted a faculty evaluation program based on the work of a committee of administrators and faculty representatives. The program was initiated out of the administration's desire to foster academic excellence and faculty development through a more systematic evaluation procedure. The committee…

The W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University has implemented a model standardized annual Faculty Development Plan (FDP). A form was developed to collect data from each faculty member. The form is divided into the areas of teaching, research, and service, with several questions in each area asking faculty to specify their goals…

This paper presents a chronological guide (from hiring to evaluating) in directing associate faculty in communication studies. The paper reviews the small amount of research and advice published in this area. It discusses hiring and orienting associate faculty, standardization of the basic course in speech communication, and empowering,…

Linking teaching portfolios to the scholarship of teaching can help the teaching profession in general (and communication departments in particular) and can help expand the ways to document what teachers do to help students learn. E. Boyer's report "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate" provides a structure and…

An institution of higher education requires an evaluation scheme that measures program and service quality and value and justly recognizes and evaluates faculty efforts. The department chairperson assumes a leadership role in planning and implementing an academic promotion and faculty recognition system and in evaluating the success of the…

The status of litigation involving dismissals of tenured faculty for reasons of incompetence, broadly defined, is evaluated. In practice, there is no consensus within higher education as to what constitutes adequate cause based on incompetence for dismissal of faculty members. The following issues are explored: (1) the pattern of increasing…

The evaluation process for tenured faculty at community colleges was studied. A total of 857 faculty and administrators from nine member colleges of the League for Innovation in the Community College completed questionnaires. Research concerns included: whether formal evaluation policies and procedures existed for tenured faculty; purposes of both…