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Teaching at a Small Private College? Take our AdviceĀ 

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Jenni coordinated advisory board meetings and acted as the accreditation liaison for her entire department, and her teaching evaluations were strong. A dedicated professional, with service hours, a record of scholarship, and stellar teaching evaluations should receive advancement in rank and tenure.

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Teaching at a Small Private College? Take our AdviceĀ 

Faculty Focus

Jenni coordinated advisory board meetings and acted as the accreditation liaison for her entire department, and her teaching evaluations were strong. A dedicated professional, with service hours, a record of scholarship, and stellar teaching evaluations should receive advancement in rank and tenure.

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

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So what has he learned in more than 20 years from applying his persistence (and much of the money he won from the Nobel) to studying teaching? EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable.

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Course Evaluations as a Tool for Growth

Faculty Focus

Like any good millennial, I started by googling ā€œhow to recover from poor teaching evaluationsā€ and ā€œis tenure still possible after low evaluationsā€ but found nothing. Memories of that disheartening quarter still make my stomach turn, but I have recovered and learned to use my course evaluations as a tool for growth.

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Course Evaluations as a Tool for Growth

Faculty Focus

Like any good millennial, I started by googling ā€œhow to recover from poor teaching evaluationsā€ and ā€œis tenure still possible after low evaluationsā€ but found nothing. Memories of that disheartening quarter still make my stomach turn, but I have recovered and learned to use my course evaluations as a tool for growth.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective.