I’m sorry to interrupt my blog series on “How to Put Pizazz into Your PowerPoint Conference Presentations,” but an article was just published that might be useful to some of you.
Are you struggling with issues related to student ratings of teaching, peer evaluation, teaching portfolio, and which gifts to buy for your family for the holidays? Well, have I got a deal for you. I have 2 articles recently published on a faculty evaluation model that might interest you. They are an extension of the model described in my Thirteen Strategies to Measure Teaching book (see Stylus Publishing link in right margin), applied specifically to formative and summative decisions about faculty. The model can be used to evaluate teaching performance and professionalism. Here they are:
Berk, R. A. (2009a). Beyond student ratings: “A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view.” Teaching Excellence, 20(1).
Berk, R. A. (2009f). Using the 360° multisource feedback model to evaluateteaching and professionalism. Medical Teacher, 31, 1073–1080.
The 1st article above is a brief description of the model; the 2nd is a full-blown presentation of the model and lit review. Although the latter was written for professors and administrators in medical schools, all of the characteristics are generalizable to any discipline, department, school, or kingdom. The model is simple, straightforward, and easily applied to impress even accreditation reviewers of your evaluation plan in your self-study. An abstract of the article is given below:
This MT article provides an overview of the salient characteristics, research, and practices of the 360° MSF models in management/industry and clinical medicine. Drawing on that foundation, the model was adapted to the specific decisions rendered to evaluate faculty teaching performance and professional behaviors. What remains unchanged in every application is the original spirit of the model and its primary function:
Multisource Ratings→Quality Feedback→Action Plan to Improve→Improved Performance.
Although the ratings were intended for formative decisions, in many cases they have also ended up being used for summative decisions. All of these applications of the 360° MSF model have advantages and disadvantages. In fact, it is possible to distill several persistent and, perhaps, intractable psychometric issues in executing these models. The top 10 issues are described. Although much has been learned during the 80-year history of scaling, 60-year history of faculty evaluation, and 50-year history of the 360° MSF model in management/industry, a lot of work is still necessary to realize the true meaning of “best practices” in evaluating teaching and professionalism.
You can download the articles from my Website (www.ronberk.com) under Publications. They are intended for your own use and research purposes. Please do not distribute to family members or farm animals. The latter may eat them and get sick. Enjoy!
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