Peer Review of Teaching: A Sourcebook (Jb - Anker) Book

This concise yet comprehensive sourcebook is for administrators, particularly deans and department chairs, who wish to develop a strong peer review component to their system for evaluating and improving teaching. And this book is for faculty who will be engaged in the system, as both evaluators and as subjects of teaching evaluation. Peer Review of Teaching consists of two parts: Part One details a framework for designing and implementing peer review, and Part Two provides guidelines, protocols, and forms for each task involved in an effective system of peer review. Part One includes the following information about peer review: ? Developing a rationale ? Identifying the focus ? Understanding the roles and goals ? Developing policies ? Setting up a system: Institutional, college, and departmental leadership ? Benefits and possible objections ? Formative and summative uses ? Responsibilities of administrators, reviewers, and reviewees Part Two includes the following reproducible forms and materials: ? For peer review of course materials ? For class observations ? For gauging contributions of scholarship of teaching and department teaching efforts ? For teaching portfoliosRead More