Adjunct Faculty Evaluations

This option encourages you to embark on a new path to improve student learning in your course or share the work that you are involved in already.  There are three recommended goal-based experiences to choose from (see Goal Options below), or you can propose your own goal.

To submit your interest in completing a goal-based self-observation, please submit the Goal-based Self-Evaluation Interest form. After submitting this form, you will receive an email with more information about next steps including meeting with an Academy representative at the start of the semester to discuss strategies and resources in completing your goal. You will then be asked to complete your goal template and submit to your Academy representative no later than May 5, 2023.

Goal Options

1. Become an Ally Advocate
   Leverage the Ally tool in Blackboard to improve the accessibility and usability of your course content for all students. You will explore Ally resources to learn about the tool and complete several hands-on steps to remediate some of the digital content of your chosen course. 
   • To select this option, submit the Goal-based Self-Evaluation Interest Form.
   • Preview the specific steps (to be completed after your initial meeting) on the Ally Advocate Goal-Based Form template.
2. Complete Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) for One Course (must be requested by Week 4 of the semester)
   Work with a trained facilitator to provide a survey to your asynchronous course students to or choose to have a trained facilitator run a live feedback session with your students during a class period. The facilitator will gather the responses and share them with you so that you can then discuss possible modifications and/or continued processes and lead a follow-up discussion with your students regarding the results.
   • To select this option, submit the Goal-based Self-Evaluation Interest Form.
   • Preview the specific steps (to be completed after your initial meeting) on the SGIF Goal-Based Form template.
3. Perform a Review for Equity on One Course
   This option will help you identify actionable steps you can take to teach more inclusively. With guidance from Academy staff, you will use the abridged Enacting Equity course review tool to address aspects of identity, representation, equity gaps, and more in your course.
   • To select this option, submit the Goal-based Self-Evaluation Interest Form.
   • Preview the specific steps (to be completed after your initial meeting) on the Equity Review Goal-Based Form template.
4. Propose Your Own Goal
   If there is a particular pedagogical approach, technology tool, or professional development opportunity you would like to explore, consider developing your own goal. This option requires more planning on your part but may be right for you if you have specific areas of interest. An Academy team member can help you plan your project, and you will use the template below to document your plan and achievements.
   • To select this option, submit the Goal-based Self-Evaluation Interest Form.
   • Preview the Self-Proposed Goal-Based Form template and bring Part 1 to your initial meeting.

   Some self-proposed goal examples include:

   • Adopt, adapt, or create free Open Educational Resources (OER) to reduce textbook and course material costs for your students (more information, including resources, can be found on the Academy OER page) 
   • Participate in an OSCQR review for one of your online or blended courses 
   • Implement course modifications to an online or blended course based on previous feedback from a course design review 
   • Share the work that you have implemented or plan to implement as a result of your participation in a Community of Practice 
   • Implement and reflect on a new activity or assessment in your course

We recognize that much can be learned from watching a colleague teach. This option enables you to observe a peer instructor’s class and reflect on how you might implement observed teaching strategies in your own class. You can choose to observe a face-to-face class, an online live session or a Blackboard shell of an online anytime course – depending on the courses available.

To submit your interest in completing a reverse peer observation, please select a class to observe on the Reverse Peer Observation sign-up sheet. After submitting this form, you will receive an email with more information about next steps including reaching out to the peer instructor and scheduling the observation. After observing the course, you will complete and submit the Reverse Peer Observation form and sign-up for a meeting date and time with an Academy Representative prior to May 5, 2023.

• To select this option, sign up for an available course on the Reverse Peer Observation sign-up sheet.

Completed Reverse Peer Observation Examples:
Example 1

An observer will be designated by your division dean to observe your course. After selecting this option, you will be connected with an observer who will help to identify a course to observe. Depending on availability, departmental practices, and the type of feedback you are seeking, this may be an online, blended, or face-to-face course.

• To select this option, please submit the Traditional Observation Interest form.