FACULTY EVALUATION in Mathematics Department

 

THREE-YEAR ROTATION:

The Faculty evaluation process requires major portfolios for the first three years and then, as long as ratings are Good or better, has faculty submit a major portfolio every third year thereafter. In the years when a faculty member is not on a major portfolio, the faculty member will submit an annual portfolio. Thus, there are three different rotation cycles.

Academic year 03-04, is a Rotation Year 2 in the mathematics department.

 

The components of the three-year rotation are:

Rotation Year 1: Major portfolios for all those in their first three years of teaching mathematics at ACC, all those who received a Needs Improvement or Unacceptable rating in the previous year, and all those whose last names begin with the letters A through G. All others submit the annual portfolio.

Rotation Year 2: Major portfolios for all those in their first three years of teaching mathematics at ACC, all those who received a Needs Improvement or Unacceptable rating in the previous year, and all those whose last names begin with the letters H through O. All others submit the annual portfolio.

Rotation Year 3: Major portfolios for all those in their first three years of teaching mathematics at ACC, all those who received a Needs Improvement or Unacceptable rating in the previous year, and all those whose last names begin with the letters P through Z. All others submit the annual portfolio.

 

PORTFOLIO CONTENTS

 

Course Materials

Faculty will turn in the appropriate number of copies of the following course documents for each course to be reviewed:

-       Brief explanation of “How I Taught the Course” 

-       Syllabus

-       First-day handouts,

-       All tests, and major assignments

-       Cover sheet that explains how the tests were administered (in-class, Testing Center, take-home, allowed notes, gave extra credit, etc.

If you would like to convey a more complete picture of your course to the reviewer(s), you are welcome to submit a sample of supporting materials, such as practice tests, in-class activities, special assignments and/or projects.  However, choosing not to submit a sample of supporting materials will not negatively impact your evaluation.

 

Each copy of the course materials for a section should be placed in a separate 9” x 12” envelope. On the outside of the envelope the instructor should write the name of the instructor, the course and the semester in which the course was taught.

 

For purposes of defining courses, the Mathematics Department considers that computer-mediated and distance learning sections are different courses than the traditional lecture sections; however, the same format of a particular course taught in Spring, Summer, and/or Fall  of the calendar game, are considered the same course.

 

COURSES TO BE REVIEWED FOR 1ST YEAR FACULTY:

Faculty in their first year of teaching mathematics courses will submit two copies of the course documents for every course taught in Fall of the calendar year.

 

COURSES TO BE REVIEWED FOR  2ND, 3RD YEAR FACULTY AND FACULTY WITH A NEEDS IMPROVEMENT OR UNACCEPTABLE RATING IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR:

Faculty will submit two copies of course documents for all courses, but with a maximum of 4, taught in spring, summer, or fall of the calendar year. Two courses will be selected by the Department Chair and two by the individual.

 

COURSES TO BE REVIEWED FOR THIRD YEAR ROTATION FACULTY:

If the ratings in the two previous years’ annual evaluations were Very Good or Excellent in both the Instructional Performance and Student Evaluation categories, then faculty will submit two copies of the course materials for two courses (Department Chair chooses 1, instructor chooses 1).     

If any rating in either Instructional Performance or Student Evaluations is Good or lower in either of the previous two annual evaluations, then the instructor will submit two copies of the course materials for up to the maximum of 4 sets of course materials (Department Chair chooses two, individual two.)

 

COURSES TO BE REVIEWED FOR FACULTY ON AN ANNUAL PORTFOLIO:

Faculty on an annual evaluation will turn in one copy of the course documents for one course selected by the Department Chair. The course may be any section taught in spring, summer, or fall of the calendar year.

 

 

EVALUATION PROCESS:

MAJOR PORTFOLIO PROCESS:

Course documents for all faculty members, both full-time and adjunct, involved in the major portfolio are divided up by the courses. The documents are sent out to two full-time faculty members to review. As much as possible, the faculty who do the reviews are members of the course committee. The reviews are done anonymously and the reviewers do not know who the other reviewer is. Each reviewer completes a Course Summary Evaluation Form for each set of documents. Those forms are sent to the faculty being evaluated when the evaluation process is completed. If deemed necessary, a third review of the course documents can be requested.

 

After the reviews of the course documents are completed, the portfolios were reassembled. The portfolio, Course Summary Evaluation Forms, student evaluations, on-line faculty input form, grade distributions, and any other input are sent to the assigned department chair (either the Department Chair or an Assistant Department Chair) who will complete the evaluation and fill out the Faculty Evaluation Summary Form.

 

ANNUAL PORTFOLIO PROCESS:

For those submitting an annual portfolio, the Department Chair or one of the Assistant Department Chairs will do the entire evaluation. The evaluator will review the portfolio materials and complete a Course Summary Evaluation Form.  That form will be used in conjunction with the student evaluations, grade distributions, the on-line faculty input form, and all other information to complete the Faculty Evaluation Summary Form. The Course Summary Evaluation Form will be sent to the faculty member when the portfolio materials are returned.

 

 

MAINTAINING FILES

 

The departmental files contain only the Faculty Evaluation Summary Form except for those rated Needs Improvement or Unacceptable.  The department also has the student evaluations in a separate file.

The department keeps copies of the Course Summary Evaluation sheets only for faculty rated as Needs Improvement or Unacceptable.  For all faculty receiving an acceptable rating, these documents are considered to be private and confidential.

Faculty who submit two copies of course materials will have the second copy returned to them when the evaluation is completed.

The department is required to keep a copy of the portfolios for one year. After the one year, the department will shred all documents that faculty do not request to be returned to them.