Policies & Procedures

Grading and Evaluating

Student Evaluations of Teaching - 1J7

Policy on Administration of Student Evaluations of Teaching

1. Preamble
   The goal of this policy is to increase the validity of the data collected in Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs).
   
   
   1. Intra-Departmental Consistency: Each department/unit will develop a minimum “standard” set of items (each instructor can add items to that set to address specific items of interest).
      
      
      
   2. Formatting: The setting and format of the SET should be conducive to thoughtful, objective, student participation. The format should look professional and be free from spelling and grammar errors.
      
      
2. Process of administering the SETs during the required end-of-semester evaluation
   
   
   1. Before students take the evaluation, instructors should use a standard statement to instruct students about the importance and purpose of the evaluation as well as how the evaluations are used.
      
      
   2. Instruct the students not to talk to each other while filling out SETs.
      
      
   3. Assure student anonymity on the SETs.
      
      
   4. Instructor must not be present while evaluations are being filled out.
      
      
   5. Instructor must not have contact with SETs once they have been distributed (in the case of non-electronic administration, someone else must collect and give the completed SETs to someone in charge of processing them).
      
      
   6. All SET forms (both completed and blank) must be returned in the SET packet and accounted for.
      
      
3. Further suggestion
   
   
   1. It is suggested that instructors administer an evaluation during the course of the semester in addition to the end-of-semester evaluation. (A mid-term evaluation may help instructors to identify problems and remedy them while they still have the opportunity).
      

Approved by Chancellor effective 2/27/07
This policy was issued on March 12, 2007.
Document Reference: 1J7
Origin: WC 6-06/07