Describes a study that reviewed the sabbatical program at the University of Alabama. Indicates that while faculty believed they were better teachers and scholars as a result of taking sabbatical leave, the objective data do not support these perceptions. (JDI)

Describes use of a strategy adapted from the American Association for Higher Education's Peer Review of Teaching Project, the "reflective memo," to provide backward and forward view of post-tenure reviews in the chemistry department of the University of Wisconsin (Madison). The approach served as a guide in review of research, teaching,…

For a communication studies administrator, the scholar envisioned in Ernest Boyer's "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate" is an instructive guide to faculty and administrators pondering the balance or relationship between teaching and research. It is an immodest claim that each discipline teaches well but broadly…

This book examines the teaching portfolio approach to evaluating classroom performance of college instructors. It identifies key issues, warnings, and benchmarks for success. It differentiates between portfolios for personnel decisions and portfolios for teaching improvement. It describes how 10 different institutions use portfolios. It lists 30…

"The Practitioner" is subtitled "A Newsletter for the On-Line Administrator." This theme issue is devoted to recent developments in the teacher evaluation process. Contents include a review of research on teacher evaluation, an overview of legal requirements, and examples of outstanding teacher evaluation programs in six high schools. Thirteen…

Information and articles on faculty advising are presented in this newsletter issue. The first article identifies specific consultation services on academic advising, as well as sources of information on academic advising. Next, in "Measuring Faculty Advisor Effectiveness," Stephen C. Brock describes the Cooperative Project on Advising,…

A discussion of the purposes and effectiveness of faculty evaluation is presented. Topics of discussion include the purposes of faculty evaluation, the importance of clarity of purpose, and whether or not faculty evaluation results in more productive faculty. Ten guidelines for faculty evaluation programs are listed as follows: make sure the…

Information is provided on various aspects of the faculty evaluation and development system at Mountain Empire Community College (MECC). The compilation includes: (1) a statement of the purposes of the faculty evaluation and development system; (2) evaluation procedures; (3) definitions of key terms; (4) an explanation of the Index of Success…

A system with ten components or stages for college faculty promotion, tenure, or assignment is presented as an aid to establishing criteria, defining purposes, and helping college departments meet the demands of accountability. The components are as follows: (1) at the start of the year, the department defines its needs, purposes, and priorities;…

Academic advising with adults in individualized college programs requires the development of new faculty skills. The paper provides a bibliography, a brief section on advising in traditional programs, a major focus on specific requirements of emerging faculty roles, and a concluding section on implications for faculty development and evaluation.…

The document presents a point-based faculty professional development plan initiated by Alvin Community College (Texas). A list of activities and their respective point values are utilized by faculty members to document professional growth and development, with a thirty point minimum for the academic year necessary for advancement to the next…

Five different metaphors of evaluation are discussed: judging, criticizing, assessing, appraising, rating; the faculty can be evaluated for appointment, tenure, promotion, salary, termination, improvement. Faculty can be evaluated for research, teaching, and service, and they can be evaluated by other faculty, administrators, students, and outside…

Suggestions on how to develop comprehensive systems of instructional improvement and evaluation are offered. In order to measure and evaluate instructional effectiveness accurately, criteria and guidelines for that evaluation must be set up. This first step is accomplished most effectively at the departmental level. (MLW)

The Faculty Enrichment and Assessment of Teaching (FEAT), a process-oriented method of student evaluation of instruction developed specifically for use in health education programs, was used in 410 classrooms in five colleges. Six scales measure characteristics of instructional quality: students' sense of career progress, effectiveness of…

The evaluation of teaching and the assessment of teachers are seen as similar activities with different aims. This point is argued on the basis of experience with established practice in higher education and through a comparison with practices in other professions. A model is constructed. (Author/MLW)