Faculty Evaluation Procedures
Faculty evaluation at the College is conducted through a four-stage process, as follows:
- Faculty Self-Evaluation/Professional Development Plan
The faculty evaluation process appropriately ties individual faculty professional development plans to the enhancement of student learning outcomes. At the beginning of each academic year, faculty members individually consider the specified learning outcomes of the course(s) they will teach, evaluate their ability to facilitate these outcomes, and set goals professional development to promote student learning and enhance learning outcomes. Each instructor submits a professional development plan for the year. This plan must include specific professional development objectives, activities intended to achieve the objectives, and the methods by which the instructor will evaluate attainment of the objectives.
The Faculty Self-Evaluation/Professional Development Plan is submitted to the division director or program coordinator. The supervisor compiles the plans and submits copies to the Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment and includes appropriate goals from the plan within NEOED (for full-time faculty). The supervisor and instructor will discuss the instructor’s accomplishment of the professional development objectives at the annual evaluation conference during the spring semester.
- Evaluation of Academic Advising
Each spring semester, students are given the opportunity to evaluate the quality of advisement they have received thus far. This evaluation is coordinated by the Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment, with deadlines to be set by that office. Results are sent to each advisor and to his or her immediate supervisor.
- Evaluation of Instruction
At the end of each fall and spring semester, students are given the opportunity to evaluate instruction for each course in which they are enrolled. Select courses are also evaluated during the summer semester. This evaluation is coordinated by the Office of Institutional Planning and Assessment, which establishes deadlines for completion. Results are sent to each instructor and to his or her immediate supervisor, with a copy to the Dean of Instruction and the Dean of Workforce Development.
- Annual Performance Evaluation by Supervisor
Immediate supervisors meet annually in the spring with each faculty member to discuss the Performance Evaluation, conducted online through the NEOED platform. Supervisors also discuss faculty self-evaluation plans, student evaluations of advisement (if applicable), student evaluations of instruction, and personal goals, along with the Performance Evaluation. Each faculty member is to acknowledge the evaluation form upon review of the evaluation and, if desired, may make a written response. The evaluator must respond in writing to a written response by the person evaluated to the effect that the evaluation either holds or has been changed in view of stated considerations. Any written responses become part of the evaluation. The supervisory evaluations of instructional personnel should be completed by the deadline indicated by the President. The evaluation process is coordinated by the Human Resources Director and all evaluations are maintained on the NEOED platform.