The consultants in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offer an observation service that provides formative, confidential, and timely feedback to instructors on their teaching and course-design ...

Consider this scenario: A principal pops into a classroom a couple of times a year and uses a checklist to evaluate a teacher’s performance, gaining little understanding of her style or effectiveness.

Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

UCITE teaching observations support faculty through collaborative interactions of classroom practices and the application of research on learning to more effectively and efficiently engage with ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cognia announced the release of its dynamic new Teacher Observation Tool™ that enables teachers to review their instructional practice across five dimensions of ...

The CTE is committed to supporting instructors in delivering high-quality learning experiences for students and continuously improving their practice. We are also committed to supporting the ...

The Faculty Teaching Fellows are an ACM-funded cohort of faculty at St. Olaf, Carleton, and Luther Colleges, practiced in peer observation of teaching, who can provide compassionate, low-stakes, ...

Two recent studies on Cincinnati’s teacher-evaluation system provide some initial insights about classroom practices that seem to be linked to better student performance, and evidence that teachers ...

A visitor is coming to your classroom to watch you teach, and you’re worried. Maybe your teaching is being evaluated for tenure or promotion. Or maybe you have been asked to teach a class as part of a ...

“...to take advantage of the energy for change that's ‘out there’ today will require not just different methods in the classroom but the development of a campus ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...