Teaching Observations Clause Samples

Teaching Observations. During the first semester of a term appointment, an observation shall occur for the purpose of professional improvement. During the second semester of a term appointment, an observation may occur at the discretion of the chair, the results of which are to be considered by the Administration in determining subsequent appointment. 16.§6.2.1 For term appointees, the department chair (or his/her designee) shall determine who shall conduct the observation. The time/date of the observation shall be mutually agreed to by the term appointee and the department chair (or his/her designee).
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Teaching Observations. The Administration and the Chapter agree that observations of teaching may provide valuable information for both the faculty member and administration. 3.1 Pre-Tenure Observations. Faculty on probationary status shall have at least one observation per year by either a faculty colleague or an administrator. The probationary faculty member and his/her chair shall determine for each observation, by mutual agreement, who the observer shall be. If the faculty member and department chair are unable to reach agreement, the department personnel/tenure committee shall work with the faculty member and chair to facilitate the process. In the event that, after facilitation, there is still no agreement, the matter will be referred to the Director of Academic Labor Relations and the Chapter’s Contract Administrator for resolution. The observer may be a department colleague, the department chair, or a faculty member or administrator outside of the faculty member’s department, but within the institution. The date/time of each observation shall be determined, by mutual agreement, between the faculty member and his/her chair. There shall be no unscheduled observations.
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Teaching Observations a. Observations of teaching may take place at any time during the Fall or Spring Semester (see Section D-Frequency of Evaluation for specific dates for faculty in their first three years of employment). b. The observer and faculty member jointly establish the faculty member's evaluation calendar within the first 30 days of each semester with the faculty member submitting three possible observation dates/times. The observation dates may be changed due to unforeseen circumstances. (Per faculty resource guide: Faculty being evaluated are expected to submit three possible observation dates/times to their assigned observer. Prior to those three dates, lesson plans are also to be submitted to the observer). The observer and faculty member will also have the option to jointly identify one or more faculty peer(s) and/or industry partner(s) to participate in the observation process. The role of the faculty peer(s) and/or industry partner(s) is to provide their insight and perspective to the observer. Faculty peer(s) and/or industry partner(s) will evaluate faculty using the same criteria and standards used by the observer. c. Observations will be conducted by the direct supervisor, VPSS (CAO), or President and in co-operation with one or more faculty peer(s) and/or industry partners if applicable. d. The observer prepares a written report of the observation and provides a copy of the report to the instructor no later than ten (10) working days after the visit. If the instructor desires a meeting, a conference will be scheduled within ten ( 10) working days of receiving the report to discuss the observation report. The instructor can provide written comments that can be included as part of the completed signed observation report. The faculty member and observer sign the evaluation as acknowledgement of the evidence of completion of the evaluation process. e. Persons in the faculty member's direct chain of command have access to evaluation results and may be involved in the evaluation process. f. The faculty evaluation documents, including any faculty member's written response, bearing original signatures become part of the faculty member's personnel file maintained by the Human Resources Department. g. The faculty member's personnel file remains in the Human Resources Department.
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Teaching Observations. Teaching observations shall be conducted every three (3) 4 years by a program director. Extension Lecturers are expected to “meet expectations”.
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Teaching Observations. Amend Article 18.2 (b) 2. e) to provide that effective the Fall 2008 semester, where an adjunct’s continuous appointments are immediately followed by an appointment to a Substitute full-time position on the instructional staff with no break in service, and the period of Substitute service is immediately followed by continuous appointment to an adjunct title with no break in service, the period of adjunct service immediately preceding the Substitute appointment will be added to the continuous adjunct service immediately following the Substitute service, as though there were no break in adjunct service, for the purpose of determining eligibility for teaching observation at the request of the chairperson or the adjunct.
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Related to Teaching Observations

  • Formal Observations At least two (2) formal observations per year are required for ancillary staff members in Track I, at least sixty (60) days apart. In the case of a first-year or second-year Track I ancillary staff employee, at least one (1) observation shall be made prior to the ancillary staff employee’s mid- year progress report. Annual evaluations shall include in-room observations of all aspects of the ancillary staff employee’s instructional practice. Observations shall be conducted by the ancillary staff employee’s supervisor. An observation shall be at least one (1) complete lesson, based on the lesson plans provided by the ancillary staff employee. Observations shall be scheduled at least five (5) work days in advance for a three-day window in which the observation would take place. If an observation needs to be rescheduled, the ancillary staff employee shall be notified of the date of the rescheduled observation no later than one (1) day prior to the end of the week in which the observation should have taken place, so as to accommodate lesson planning. A pre-observation conference shall be held to review the ancillary staff employee’s IDP and those areas which might be observed. All monitoring or observation of the work of the teacher shall be conducted openly and with the knowledge of the ancillary staff employee. The parties agree that during an observation every effort will be made to maintain the normal teaching-learning process. An observation shall include assessment of the ancillary staff employee’s skill and ability in the observed domains of the “Framework for Professional Practice”. A post-observation conference shall be held within five (5) work days of the observation unless the ancillary staff employee agrees in writing to extend the time to conduct the conference, not to exceed thirty (30) days. In the event the meeting does not occur as a result of administrator unavailability within thirty-five (35) days of the observation, negative comments or concerns shall be excluded from the observation. The ancillary staff employee teacher shall bring a completed Post-Observation Reflection Form to this conference, and the administrator shall bring the completed Classroom Observation Form. The ancillary staff employee teacher and the administrator shall each retain copies of both forms. As a result of this post-observation conference, identified areas of concern, together with suggested ways in which the ancillary staff employee is to improve, and identification of assistance to be given, may be addressed in the teacher’s IDP.

  • Informal Observation Additional evaluation of employees may occur through informal observations by the Employer. It may not be necessary to reduce such evaluations to writing, and a verbal discussion between the Employer and the employee concerning the informal observations may suffice. If a written evaluation is deemed necessary, Procedures C and D as outlined above shall be followed.

  • Observations The Evaluator’s first observation of the Educator should take place by November 15. Observations required by the Educator Plan should be completed by May 15th. The Evaluator may conduct additional observations after this date. The Evaluator is not required nor expected to review all the indicators in a rubric during an observation.

  • Formal Observation The instructional employee and the principal/administrator shall review using the mid-year Reflection Questions in the evaluation manual – Student Achievement Outcomes and make adjustments as needed to increase the likelihood of a positive goal outcome.