Important sections for Department Chairs to read in addition to this one:

 

Department Chairs are responsible for ensuring that all faculty in their department are evaluated fairly and according to ACC policy. Department Chairs ensure faculty receive formative feedback and access to resources necessary to support them in their faculty roles. Although Department Chairs may assign designees such as assistant department chairs or evaluation committees to review materials and assign summary ratings, the department chair must approve every evaluation. Due to the sensitive and confidential nature of evaluation information, appropriate security measures should be observed in sharing evaluation materials and summary information; designees should only be given access to sufficient information to perform their roles in the process.

For the faculty evaluation process to be truly meaningful for faculty, it is important that they receive actionable and meaningful feedback; the Annual Summary Evaluation Form is a primary mechanism through which faculty can be provided with the formative feedback necessary for faculty growth in addition to the summative ratings and comments. Every criterion should be rated and provided with supporting comments, even for faculty who receive the most positive feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Further discussion of these ratings can be found at Faculty Evaluation Ratings.

Department chairs are responsible for ensuring that materials are posted on the College website that describe the following details. This information will be available to all and updated annually or as any information changes.

    • The departmental evaluation process (i.e., whether reviews will be carried out by a Committee, Assistant Department Chair(s), Peer Reviewers, etc. prior to moving on to the Department Chair)
    • How the different criteria on the annual Summary Evaluation Form will be weighted within the collegewide required guidelines in determining the Overall Rating.
    • The rubrics for all criteria on the Summary Evaluation Form – These can be developed by the department or can be taken from the rubrics provided by the college or from elsewhere or any combination of those. A basic starting point for a rubric can be found here (there is no requirement to use this one, however).
    • The rubrics, the weightings of the criteria on the Summary Evaluation Form, and any additional required departmental evaluation components beyond those required by the College must be developed through departmental shared governance process, in consultation with full-time and adjunct faculty.

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