Concerns, Data, Next Steps

New Administration Software from Scantron New Academic Senate Policy New Items/Survey Form (ACE, Iowa Item

Pool) New formative evaluation questions for

open-ended responses New Scale (1 to 6 previous 1 to 5) Communication Plan for Faculty Communication Plan for Students

Student Focus Group Pilot 1: COE (Summer, 2012)

◦ Item Responses (ST. Agree to ST. Disagree) Pilot 2: CNSM (Mid-Fall, 2012)

◦ Item Responses (ST. Disagree to ST. Agree) – *recommended by ACE Research Center

All pilot data indicated a significant increase in student open-ended responses.◦ Increased opportunity to assess internal reliability

Presentation/Discussion in Academic Senate Revision of Instructions to Chairs Revision of Instructions to Faculty E-mails to all faculty Open web page (instrument, resources,

item pool) FAQs

Consultation with Associated Students President◦E-mail to all students ◦BeachBoard Newsfeed◦Associated Students Forum◦Revised Instructions for Class

Distribution

ATTENTION STUDENTS: NEW TEACHING EVALUATION FORMPresident Alexander and the CSULB Academic Senate approved a new Student Evaluation of Teaching Policy and Form effective Fall 2012. The new form is called “Student Perceptions of Teaching” or SPOT. Please take your time reading the new items and response options – they are very different from the old form. Your feedback on SPOT will be used in the evaluation of faculty and accurate responses to the items are necessary. All courses may not be evaluated, but all classes that are evaluated will use the new SPOT form. READ EACH ITEM AND RESPONSE OPTION CAREFFULLY!

Old Item 8: ◦ Rate the Overall Teaching Effectiveness of this Instructor in

this Course.

NEW Item (#5)◦ The instructor was effective teaching the subject matter in

this course.

Campus Means◦ Typically, the campus mean on item 8 ranged from 4.3-4.4

(standard deviations slightly under 1.0) on a five-point scale.

◦ The campus mean on item 5 for Fall 2012 is 5.3 (on a six-point scale) and the standard deviation is 1.2.

Old Item: ◦ Instructor provided clear and accurate

information regarding course objectives, requirements, and grading procedures.

New Item:◦ The grading criteria for this course were clearly

defined.

CLA Example:

Year/Term Item Mean Item SDFA 1997 4.36 (5 point scale) .90FA 1998 4.38 (5 point scale) .89FA 1999 4.40 (5 point scale) .88FA 2000 4.38 (5 point scale) .90FA 2013 5.41 (6 point scale)* 1.1FA 2013 Global Mean 5.44 (6 point

scale)1.0

          

April notification to students with link to instrument.

Best Practices for Faculty:◦ Preparing Students to Respond to the Instrument◦ Using formative feedback◦ Documenting Your Teaching (wiki)

Campus Conversation:◦ Student Perceptions of Teaching◦ Teaching Effectiveness