University Senate ad hoc Committee on Peer Review Teaching

• Report to the University Senate — April 9, 2001
• Revised Recommendation for Implementation — Draft for May 7, 2001 University Senate
• Responses to Questions and Concerns
• Peer Observation in the Classroom
  • Guidelines for Classroom Observation
    — provides suggestions for structure and point to consider for 1) Pre-observation conference, 2) Classroom observation, and 3) Post-observation conference
  • Rubric Format
    — sketches basic idea of individuals or departments stepping into the rubric at whatever level
  • Summary Rubric
    — summarizes the basic action steps of each of the sub-cells of the rubric
  • Principles of Learning
    — summarizes the principles of how people learn as presented in five books referenced in this summary
  • Notes from "Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching: A Practical Guide to Improved Faculty Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decision"
    — notes those aspects of teaching that peers can evaluate, but not students
  • Complete Rubric
    — gives the details of the action steps of each of the sub-cells of the rubric; rationalizes these details by referencing principles of how people learn that pertain to the details
  • Notes for Complete Rubric
    — some explanatory notes referenced in the complete rubric
• Peer Interviewing of Students
• Peer Review of Syllabi
  • Proposed Context for Peer Review of Course Syllabi
  • Evaluation Rubric for Peer Review of Course Syllabi
  • Proposed Format for Peer Review of Course Syllabi

Resource Reviews:

1. Power of Mindful Learning by E. J. Langer. 1997.
2. Mind Sculpture, Unlocking Your Brain's Untapped Potential by I. H. Robertson.  1999.
3. Making Teaching Community Property, A Menu for Peer Collaboration and Peer Review by P. Hutchings.  1996.
4. How People Learn, Brain, Mind, Experience, and School by two committees of the National Research Council's Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Developments in the Science of Learning and Learning Research and Educational Practice.  2000.
5. Thinking about Teaching and Learning, Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students by R. Leamnson.  1999.
   
   

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