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Dear Colleagues,
An important part of being an effective teacher is continuing to work at your craft. By thinking and talking about teaching methods, getting feedback from your students, watching other teachers teach, watching yourself on video tape teach, and taking formal classes you and your students will enjoy the classroom more. At the end of this section, you will find professional development ideas for members of each department created by the Department Chairs. These plans should give you ideas on how to continue your own learning, for the best teachers are life-long learners.
goals with your Department Head at year’s end.
(2) Have your students complete a teacher evaluation form on your performance near the midterm of the fall semester, certainly no later than the end of second week of November (here is one such example).
(3) Observe at least two classes by a colleague. (Peer Observation Form)
Most teachers either use a hard copy or internet-based survey to get student feedback. The faculty development link at the Faculty Web Pages home screen provides a hard copy teacher evaluation you may print or you may choose another link that shows you how to use SurveyMonkey/Google Docs to draw feedback from your students. You should review the evaluations from your students complete in collaboration with a colleague in your department or as your Department Head suggests.
may be a helpful way to guide your conversation.
Sincerely,