Common use of Assessment of Teaching Clause in Contracts

Assessment of Teaching. 33.8.1 Each candidate will submit a teaching dossier as part of her/his application. The teaching dossier shall contain a statement of teaching philosophy describing the candidate’s objectives, beliefs, and values in order to demonstrate how her or his teaching activities reflect the espoused philosophy. For the purposes of this Article, evidence provided on the following will be considered when a faculty Member’s teaching and guidance of students is being assessed: (a) calendar descriptions, course outlines, sets of goals and expectations, special features, interrelationship with other courses and program requirements; (b) brief analytical description of classroom practices and techniques, laboratory components, and support materials; (c) description of student evaluation, including a description of marking standards; (d) course evaluation summaries and comments for all courses taught during the most recent five (5) consecutive years of teaching. Candidates with an interruption in the most recent five (5) years of teaching shall provide evaluation summaries and comments from the most recent five (5) years of teaching. Any candidate with fewer than five (5) years of teaching shall submit all evaluations summaries and comments from courses taught at CBU since the date of hire and may opt to include evaluations of courses taught elsewhere, to a maximum of five (5) years of teaching. Such instruments will be consistent with any provision of this Collective Agreement: (e) teaching practices and their evolution over time;