How is teaching evaluated in the personnel review process?
The file should contain a complete record of all teaching during the review period: lectures, labs, discussion sessions, one-on-one teaching, etc. The department should already have student evaluations for all courses as well as the official DESII list of undergraduate courses (titles/hours/credits) taught by all departmental faculty each year. The candidate, however, may need to supply information on courses taught outside the department, — e.g., Graduate Group courses or guest lectures in other departments; he/she may need to request evaluations from those Instructors of Record. For all promotions, peer evaluation of teaching is also required. If there is no departmental teaching committee that routinely reviews teaching for the department, the Chair may designate certain faculty members to evaluate the lectures, labs and teaching materials of the candidate.
