ERIC Number: EJ1373406
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Publication Date: 2022
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How Search Committees Assess Teaching: Lessons for CTLs
Walsh, Katharine Phelps; Pottmeyer, Laura Ochs; Meizlish, Deborah; Hershock, Chad
To Improve the Academy, v41 n2 Article 3 p46-77 Fall 2022
This study updates and expands upon past work on how tenure-track hiring committees evaluate teaching effectiveness to provide centers for teaching and learning (CTLs) current data as they support graduate students and postdocs navigating the academic hiring process. In this study, 166 hiring committee chairs from nine academic disciplines and a variety of institution types (e.g., Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctoral) responded to survey questions addressing how they evaluate teaching effectiveness for tenure-track positions. Results indicate that hiring chairs across institution types and disciplines value a candidate's teaching effectiveness. Hiring committees use a variety of documents to gather information about an applicant's teaching, but the teaching philosophy statement is most common. The survey responses also provide greater clarity on what hiring chairs find effective in applicants' teaching philosophy statements, diversity and inclusion statements, and presentations of student evaluations. We discuss implications of these findings for scholarship of educational development (SoED) researchers, CTL leadership engaged in strategic planning, and educational developers providing consultations and workshops for future faculty.
Descriptors: Resource Centers, Higher Education, College Faculty, Graduate Students, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Selection, Tenure, Teacher Employment, Search Committees (Personnel), Educational Philosophy, Selection Criteria, Educational Principles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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