1982-1983





                                 SENATE DOCUMENT #14



                                   IDC DOCUMENT #1



             POLICY STATEMENT-STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS







           Course/Faculty evaluations are to be administered in a minimum

           of (50%) of all courses taught by full-time teaching faculty

           each semester of the regular academic year.  Part-time faculty

           must have evaluations administered in all courses they teach.

           The evaluation instruments are to be administered in class by a

           student who is to return the instruments to the appropriate

           department secretary or program secretary for disposition and

           analysis.  The faculty member being evaluated is to be absent

           while the evaluation is being conducted.



           Each department (or program) faculty is to develop an instrument

           appropriate for its program including a common core of questions

           provided by IDC in consultation with Dr. Hengstler and the Vice

           Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  The results of the instrument

           should be reported in ranking scale of 1 to 5, 5 being superior

           performance.  Supplemental questions are to be approved by the

           Department (Program) Chairman (Director).



           While the evaluation results become part of the data reviewed

           for personnel decisions; the main purpose of the student

           evaluation is the improvement of teaching.  Therefore, the

           faculty member being evaluated is to receive a copy of the

           evaluation results.



           This policy is to be effective upon approval by the UNCA Faculty

           Senate and the Chancellor of the Institution.



           RATIONALE:



           This is an attempt to allow program and departmental diversity

           where it is judged appropriate, e.g., laboratory classes,

           performance classes, etc.  The approval of core questions by the

           IDC in consultation with the Director of Institutional Research

           and the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs provides for a

           uniform core in all instruments which would attempt to measure

           those characteristics judged essential in reviewing personnel

           recommendations.  The significance of student evaluation of

           faculty is often blown out of proportion.  It is but one element

           in the peer review, recommendation, and decision process.  This

           proposal attempts to provide for an efficient, effective, and

           generally acceptable mechanism for implementation.  Details of


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           guidelines for scoring, analysis, and presentation of data is to

           be worked out by the IDC in consultation with the Director of

           Institutional Research and the Vice Chancellor for Academic

           Affairs.  Departments and individual faculty can utilize the

           data for both the improvement of teaching at UNCA and provisions

           of input on teaching effectiveness for personnel decisions.