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Peer review of teaching is a key strategy for robust assessment of teaching and learning at the University of Minnesota.
Below is a checklist of potential information sources for peer review of teaching as well as examples of review instruments.
Instructors are encouraged to maintain a teaching portfolio such as the advising and teaching portfolio that users can generate in Works. See: Teaching and Advising Portfolio Builder
Instructional Responsibilities
- Courses taught
- Guest presentations
- Undergraduate, professional, and graduate advising
- Number and type of trainees (e.g., residents, post-docs)
- Interdisciplinary/team teaching opportunities
- One-to-one teaching (e.g., independent studies, UROP)
- Service on teaching/curriculum committees
- Mentoring and participation in other activities related to instruction
- Dissertations and theses supervised
- Other activities that pertain to the teaching mission of the unit
Feedback, Analyses, and Improvement of Instruction
- Classroom observations (see sample instruments below)
- Student Rating of Teaching results
- Teaching statement/philosophy
- Self-evaluations of teaching
- Teaching awards/recognition received
- Participation in professional development activities (e.g., workshops, conferences attended)
- Innovative approaches to teaching
- New courses or curricula developed
- Redesigns of existing courses
- Letters from current or former students (if applicable)
- Authorship of texts or laboratory manuals, or publications on discipline-specific teaching techniques
Artifacts of Teaching
- Course site
- Instructional materials (e.g., syllabi, handouts, exams/quizzes, project materials, study guides)
- Student work samples
- Student performance on certification exams (if appropriate to the discipline)