STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING. (a) Evaluations administered to assess a Faculty Member's teaching performance shall be in accordance with the requirements below, those of Senate, and with other provisions of this Agreement; (b) Student evaluations intended for the University's assessment of Members shall be supervised by individual Colleges. All original evaluations shall be sealed and retained by the ▇▇▇▇ and shall be available to the Member. Aggregated numerical data from student evaluations shall be placed in the Member's OPF; (c) Student evaluation of teaching shall be obtained through the questionnaire administered by the University in such a way as to afford all the students in a given course or class a reasonable chance to respond. Such questionnaires shall be constructed so as to obtain a fair and reasonable assessment of teaching effectiveness, within the limitations of current knowledge, and shall seek an assessment of all and only; (i) clarity of course objectives and extent to which they are met; (ii) understanding of and competence in imparting course material; (iii) course organization; (iv) use and value of written or other out-of-class material; (v) objectivity and promptness in grading, commenting on and returning assignments; (vi) availability and cooperativeness of the Member; and (vii) effectiveness in supporting student learning (d) All questions shall conform to the requirements of Article 2 (Academic Freedom) and Article 7 (Non-Discrimination); (e) All questions on a student evaluation questionnaire that provide numeric data shall be constructed so that the answers may be aggregated by simple statistical procedures; (f) Up to twenty (20) minutes of scheduled class time, in the last two (2) weeks of a course, or of a Member's involvement in a course where such involvement is less than a full term or academic year shall be used for filling out questionnaires. Evaluations for courses may be done electronically, online, subject to the provisions of Article 21B.
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STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF TEACHING. (a) Evaluations administered to assess a Faculty Member's teaching performance shall be in accordance with the requirements below, those of Senate, and with other provisions of this Agreement;
(b) Student evaluations intended for the University's assessment of Members shall be supervised by individual Colleges. All original evaluations shall be sealed and retained by the ▇▇▇▇ and shall be available to the Member. Aggregated numerical data from student evaluations shall be placed in the Member's OPF;
(c) Student evaluation of teaching shall be obtained through the questionnaire administered by the University in such a way as to afford all the students in a given course or class a reasonable chance to respond. Such questionnaires shall be constructed so as to obtain a fair and reasonable assessment of teaching effectiveness, within the limitations of current knowledge, and shall seek an assessment of all and only;
(i) clarity Clarity of course objectives and extent to which they are met;
(ii) understanding Understanding of and competence in imparting course material;
(iii) course Course organization;
(iv) use Use and value of written or other out-of-class material;
(v) objectivity Objectivity and promptness in grading, commenting on and returning assignments;; and
(vi) availability Availability and cooperativeness of the Member; and;
(vii) effectiveness Effectiveness in supporting student learning
(d) All questions shall conform to the requirements of Article 2 (Academic Freedom) and Article 7 (Non-Discrimination);
(e) All questions on a student evaluation questionnaire that provide numeric data shall be constructed so that the answers may be aggregated by simple statistical procedures;
(f) Up to twenty (20) minutes of scheduled class time, in the last two (2) weeks of a course, or of a Member's involvement in a course where such involvement is less than a full term or academic year shall be used for filling out questionnaires. Evaluations for courses may be done electronically, online. The scheduling of the evaluation shall be by the mutual agreement of the Member and the ▇▇▇▇. Questionnaires shall be administered by the ▇▇▇▇ or his/her designate(s). The Member shall not be present while questionnaires are being filled out in his/her classes. No questionnaire shall contain any indication of the identity of the student filling it out. After questionnaires have been completed, subject they shall be placed in a sealed envelope, which shall not be opened until final grades for the course have been submitted to the provisions Registrar; and
(g) Student responses to the University's questionnaire shall be aggregated by the ▇▇▇▇ or his/her designate in such a way as to present a fair and accurate picture of Article 21B.the opinions of the respondents. All responses to each question that provides numeric data shall be aggregated, and the mean, frequency distribution and number of eligible respondents shall be calculated. A copy of these aggregated data shall be sent to the Member, Chair and ▇▇▇▇. Junior faculty members are encouraged to submit the written student responses to her/his Chair or ▇▇▇▇. The written student responses or reference to responses shall be used for constructive assistance only. The student written responses will not form part of the Member's OPF in any manner.
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