End-of-Course Evaluation Information and Process

Senate Recommends New Evaluation Process

During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Faculty Senate approved senate documents 04-02, 04-03, and 04-04. These documents call for:

(04-02) The adoption of a software program for gathering and processing data on course, teaching, and/or learning evaluation that has web authentication security and is accessible to all tenured and tenure-track faculty through each faculty member's PC.
(04-03) A core set of items for course, teaching, and/or learning evaluation will be determined by each department and administered via a software program.
(04-04) The present Cafeteria system of student assessment of teaching will be eliminated, effective June 30, 2005.
(04-04) A software program for data gathering and processing will be adopted.
(04-04) Purdue University Calumet will adopt a variety of methods for assessing teaching and learning, including the following:

Student Assessment
Peer Review Systems
Teaching Portfolios
Self-Evaluations
Supervisor Evaluations
Assessment of Student Learning
Faculty Growth Contracts
Student Performance Measures

(04-04) The office of the VCAA will house and coordinate these instruments.
(04-04) Faculty will have the option of selecting from the above items those tools they wish to use for evaluation purposes.

During this academic year (2005-2006) the faculty will have five options when considering evaluations at the end of their course.