1. Student evaluations for summer have been sent to faculty etc.
2. Adjunct faculty have not read portfolios in the past because of competition issues for Highest Priority to Hire. However, that rule is no longer in place.
3. The online comments from the Class Climate Report were not available when results were sent to faculty, but the report will be updated.
4. The goal is that all evaluations be online in a few years.
5. Kirk Kelly, new Evaluation Coordinator, replacing Martha Ramirez, updated the committee regarding Distance Learning being added to the faculty and staff evaluation form.
a. There will be a plug-in on Blackboard so that Distance Learning students can evaluate instructors. Even students who had dropped or had not begun the class were able to evaluate, but that has been remedied.
b. The form that DL students see does not relate to DL at all and will be revised.
c. The "Study Abroad" application is being reviewed as well.
d. We were given an outline of the new eval. form being developed, and will vote on it electronically once complete. We approved the proposed changes.
6. Will be meeting with SACS to look at requirements that affect faculty and staff evaluations.
7. A sub-committee was formed to review and update the PEP and Faculty Evaluation Manuals.
Next meeting at HBC at 1 pm on Oct. 7.
Marilyn
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ReplyDelete"Adjunct faculty have not read portfolios in the past because of competition issues for Highest Priority to Hire. However, that rule is no longer in place."
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ReplyDeleteAt the Eval. Comm. meeting, I expressed a concern from a NRG Adj. Fac. member about his wanting to read portfolios for full time faculty. The reason given for why AF doesn't get to read, was that Highest priority to Hire positions are very competitive since they get to be in the first round of estaffing. So Adjunct members in competition for those positions might purposely rate other adjuncts lower. So they weren't allowed to read any portfolios. That rule is no longer in effect, but adjuncts still are not reading portfolios for anyone.