This booklet describes the four major components of the staff evaluation plan currently practiced at the Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus of Miami-Dade Community College. First, introductory material indicates that the essential elements of the plan include a concern for staff development, improvement, and accountability, as well as the…

This manual provides forms and instruments to facilitate the evaluation and professional development planning of community college instructional supervisors (e.g., department chairs and program coordinators). The first section provides a self-evaluation checklist designed to assess the instructional supervisor's satisfaction with his/her…

This report illustrates the steps in the development of an evaluative model for non-teaching faculty, using the school media specialist as an example. The model measures how the professional applies knowledge of a given content area to improve learning in a particular school situation, and consists of three parts: (1) documentation developed by…

Before teacher evaluation forms can have any significance for educational research their validity and reliability must be established. This study concerns itself with defining the suitability of the criteria-establishing items that may be contained on teacher evaluations. The areas of inquiry are: the rater (evaluator) difficulty level of each…

Highland Community College (Illinois) is currently developing procedures for the formal evaluation of its instruction, and will use this study on current practices and problems as a foundation. A review of recent research on the purposes of evaluation indicates that the most widely acceptable is the improvement of instruction. Appropriate criteria…

Developed is an evaluation criteria for nurse-faculty. To determine the criteria, a questionnaire was designed and sent to 80 chairpersons/deans of nursing. A rating scale was developed for the criteria and evaluation procedures identified through the questionnaire, which was administered to 13 nurse-faculty and chairpersons of nursing. Among the…

It is argued that to judge faculty competence, the range of knowledge, skills, and attitudes constituting competence must be established, and that competence is composed of preparation for teaching, engagement in teaching, and professional development. Sources of evaluation data are discussed and increased documentation of teaching achievement is…

Discusses the issues of promotion, tenure, and merit salary increases. Concludes that the strength of institutions rests with their diversity, and that administrators must recognize differences in evaluating their colleagues. (MS)

Issues in the debate over student evaluation of college faculty are discussed, including appropriate measures of teaching effectiveness, reasons for assessing teaching, reliability and validity of student ratings, and how assessments are conducted. Guidelines for implementing a system of regular, institutionwide evaluations are outlined. (MSE)

Issues in the introduction of performance appraisal of individual academic staff members are examined from the viewpoint of general management theory and practice. Benefits to the faculty and institution and the potential for abuse of the procedures and results are discussed. (MSE)

The different indices currently in use for evaluating research, teaching, and service activities are surveyed. The use of these criteria are discussed in view of the shifting framework of evaluation in the university from that based on promotion and tenure decisions to one based on institutional review. Author/MLW)

A procedure and rationale for evaluating college teaching using behaviorally anchored rating scales are presented. (Author)

It is argued that full-time dental faculty should all engage in some research activity, and that dental schools should provide development activities for growth in this area. Clear expectations and a supportive environment are seen as essential, and examples of faculty research evaluation criteria and a faculty development plan are included. (MSE)

A study of criteria for promotion, tenure, and merit in college departments of health education revealed that fewer than half the colleges responding had a written policy on faculty advancement and that more than half the department chairpersons reported dissatisfaction with their institutions' policies. Suggested criteria are listed. (PP)

Three areas (business, psychology, and sociology/anthropology) at Kansas State University were studied. Significant differences were found in the orientations and the criteria that are being used and that should be used (according to the respondents) for performance evaluation. All agreed that teaching should be an important evaluative criterion.…