1. Instructor Sherrell King Dean Lori Winningham Request the honor of your presence at
A Happy Marriage of Faculty Performance Evaluation and Professional Development
Tuesday, the seventeenth of March Two thousand and nine at eight o’clock in the morning Grand Sierra Resort Reno, Nevada

2. Dating
We know the relationship isn’t working, but we have been with the person for so long we are not sure how to move on to someone new.

3. Faculty Evaluation Classroom Observation Professional Development
Student Ratings
Professional Development
One-year professional development plan

4. average class visit by supervisor between 15 minutes and 1 hour
Ready for Change
Classroom Evaluation
only once a year until tenured, only once every three years after tenure.
average class visit by supervisor between 15 minutes and 1 hour

5. Rating Scale Arrives on time
Exhibits a broad, up-to-date knowledge of subject.
Consistently Superior
Sometimes Superior
Satisfactory
Usually Acceptable
Consistently Unsatisfactory

6. Student Ratings
Only once each semester until tenured, only once every three years after tenure.
Only ten questions required which
may not be thorough enough.

7. Rating Scale The instructor has knowledge of the subject area.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Not Applicable
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

8. Professional Development
Professional Development Plan not required.
Only to be completed by individuals who want to:
Attend conferences, workshops, etc. paid for by the college
Want salary advancement

9. Blind Date
A friend says that she has the perfect person for us to meet who fits all of our needs.

10. To have a comprehensive faculty performance appraisal.
What Are Our Needs?
A process that will help ALL instructors to continually improve in professional development as well as classroom instruction.
To have a comprehensive faculty performance appraisal.
We do not have merit pay or faculty rank.

11. Commitment
The blind date seems to be the answer we are looking for so we are ready to commit.

12. Create a team of 15 members to meet monthly
Where Do We Start?
Create a team of 15 members to meet monthly
7 administrators
2 advisors
6 faculty

13. Study other schools
Look at Dr. Aerola’s “Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System.”
2 faculty members plus 1 administrator attend a workshop led by Dr. Aerola on his system.
Ask for faculty input.

14. Getting Cold Feet Team membership too large.
Everyone has his/her own definite opinion.
Advisors’ needs are different from faculty.

15. Closer to Commitment Four years later Create a Subteam
2 faculty members
4 administrators

16. Meet once or twice a week, sometimes for whole day.
Use some of Dr. Aerola’s philosophy.
Use some of the philosophy of other colleges.
Organize thoughts into workable process.
Create worksheets.
Present finished document to full team for input.

17. Engagement
Faculty Performance Appraisal A Process of Continuous Improvement for Faculty
Components
Process
Timelines

18. Components and Weights
Teaching %
Content Expertise 10%
Instructional Design 10%
Instructional Delivery 40%
Assessment of Student Learning 20%
Course Management 20%
Professional Development - 10%-30%
Service %
Service to College %
Service to Profession and/or Community 0-50%

19. Process Goals Summative Faculty Performance Appraisal Report
Planning Conference
Documentation
Mid-Cycle Conference
Summative Faculty Performance Appraisal Report
Faculty Member with Supervisor

20. Timelines Action/Document Completion Date
Faculty Performance Plan Submitted
October 1 of first year of appraisal cycle
Planning Conference (Supervisor and Faculty Member)
November 1 of first year of appraisal cycle
IDEA Ratings
March 31 of first year of appraisal cycle
Classroom Observation
Mid-Cycle Conference
Halfway through appraisal cycle.
Summative Faculty Performance Appraisal Report
March 31 of last year of appraisal cycle
Degree/Certification Check
Syllabus Assessment
Sample Assignments
Sample Assessments
Submission of Certification/Grade Rosters, Syllabi, Departmental Assessments, Required State/Federal Reports
Each semester according to set deadlines
Faculty Performance Plan Goals/Reflections Completed
Summative Appraisal Conference
May 10 of last year of appraisal cycle

21. Vows Faculty Performance Plan
Summative Faculty Performance Appraisal Report
Checklist
Syllabus Assessment
Evaluation of Sample Assignments and Assessments
Student Rating
Classroom Observation Report

22. Honeymoon Period Pilot student ratings Fall 2007
Pilot Faculty Performance Plan with Classroom Observation Fall 2008
Train both faculty and administrators,
Fall 2008 and ongoing
Gather feedback for improvements
to forms, Fall 2008 and ongoing

23. Expanding the Family Include adjunct faculty Include Advisors
Appropriate and/or manageable pieces
Include Advisors
Develop their ratings forms
Fine tune performance plan

24. Compromise and understanding are the keys to a happy marriage.
First Anniversary
Fall 2009
Reflect on process and forms
Adjust as needed
Compromise and understanding are the keys to a happy marriage.

25. Marriage Counselors
When there are questions there is always someone to consult.
Sherrell King, Instructor Business Systems Technology Butler Community College East 21st Street Andover, KS
Lori Winningham, Dean Behavioral Science, Math, Science & PE Butler Community College South Haverhill Road El Dorado, KS