Common use of Performance Review and Evaluation Clause in Contracts

Performance Review and Evaluation. For distance education courses, classroom observations should model in-class, face- to-face, peer observations as much as possible, commensurate with department practice. The duration of access by the peer observer to the distance education class should be limited to a time period sufficient to allow a window of observation approximating the amount of course content for a single classroom observation; during this period, the observer would view the course from the perspective of the student. The classroom observation should focus on the quality of the educational experience provided by the FACULTY MEMBER, including the organization of the instructional materials associated with the topics covered during the window of observation; the nature of the technological environment itself is not to be included in the evaluation. Whenever possible, the peer observer should have experience with distance education teaching.