{"id":310,"date":"2019-11-19T02:15:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T08:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/cital-blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:29:18","slug":"getting-feedback-on-your-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intra.valpo.edu\/cital\/getting-feedback-on-your-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Feedback on Your Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Classroom Observations<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: calibri\">by Jen Gregory and Cynthia Rutz<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Teaching can be an isolating activity. \u00a0It is hard to know whether things you are trying in the classroom are working well or not. \u00a0Would you like some friendly feedback on your teaching?<\/p>\n<p>We at CITAL are available to observe faculty who would like to improve their teaching. \u00a0This offer also applies to those faculty who are directed by their academic units to seek teaching-related assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that we do classroom observations for non-tenured faculty as well, including lecturers and adjuncts.\u00a0 IN fact, regular classroom visits have been recommended for these faculty by the Non-Tenure Track Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>CITAL provides both consultations and classroom observations.<\/p>\n<p>The process begins with a meeting with you to discuss the course itself, your learning objectives for the course and specifically, the class session to be observed.<\/p>\n<p>Topics will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the context of this particular lesson in the larger class or unit?<\/li>\n<li>What are your teaching goals (student learning objectives) for the class overall? \u00a0For this particular unit? \u00a0For this lesson?<\/li>\n<li>What specific teaching strategies would you like feedback on? (Examples: lecture, small group discussion, addressing student questions, debate, student presentations)<\/li>\n<li>What is your current teaching style? \u00a0Are there occasions when you could or should alter it? How?<\/li>\n<li>What are some concerns you have about this class or about these students (perhaps based on previous student evaluations)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the day of the classroom observation, one of us will attend your class and observe you teaching in the classroom, taking detailed notes. If needed, we may ask to visit the class on multiple occasions in order to get a complete picture of what happens.<\/p>\n<p>After the observations are completed, we meet with you once again to discuss what we observed. \u00a0We will talk about what transpired in class and about any patterns we noticed. \u00a0We can then discuss steps going forward. \u00a0\u00a0What observed behaviors might you want to improve? \u00a0What other teaching techniques might you employ to better achieve your goals for this lesson? We might also talk about your long-term teaching goals and how to best achieve them.<\/p>\n<p>Observations can be either confidential or they can be shared with your Department Chair or Dean for purposes of promotion and tenure<\/p>\n<p>To schedule a time to begin the process, please contact either Cynthia Rutz &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:cynthia.rutz@valpo.edu\">cynthia.rutz@valpo.edu<\/a> or Jen Gregory &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:jen.gregory@valpo.edu\">jen.gregory@valpo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further reading:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Observing Teaching: Discovering and Developing the Individual&#8217;s Teaching Style,&#8221; Michael C. Flanigan \u00a0(Indiana University Teaching and Learning Vol. IV, No. 1, November, 1978).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpacouncil.org\/archives\/03n2\/03n2flanigan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wpacouncil.org\/archives\/03n2\/03n2flanigan.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cValparaiso University \u00a0Faculty Handbook,\u201d August, 2015. \u00a0Section 2.3.5.3.2 &#8211; Peer Evaluation of Teaching.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/general-counsel\/files\/2018\/07\/Faculty-Handbook_August-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/general-counsel\/files\/2018\/07\/Faculty-Handbook_August-2018.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSynopsis of Non-Tenure Track Faculty Task Force Report,\u201d September 8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intra.valpo.edu\/internalgovernance\/assets\/pdfs\/fs\/FS2014Sept17.NTTFFinReport.pdf\">https:\/\/www.intra.valpo.edu\/internalgovernance\/assets\/pdfs\/fs\/FS2014Sept17.NTTFFinReport.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classroom Observations by Jen Gregory and Cynthia Rutz Teaching can be an isolating activity. \u00a0It is hard to know whether things you are trying in the classroom are working well or not. \u00a0Would you like some friendly feedback on your teaching? 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