Portfolio and Evaluation Calendar Summary

Faculty evaluations occur annually; all materials for a given academic year are submitted by faculty to their department after the close of the spring or summer semester (depending on whether their department includes summer courses in their evaluation) but before the beginning of the following fall semester. The evaluations are carried out during that fall semester and evaluation summaries/results are provided to faculty by the end of that semester, with the exception of faculty in their first 3 years of service at the College and the possible exception of evaluations where a conference with the Department Chair or Dean was requested. Deadlines for each component are as follows:

    • Student Course Evaluations – These are administered every semester according to a calendar determined by the Faculty Evaluation Office in consultation with the shared governance Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee. These should be returned to individual faculty according to the schedule established by the Faculty Evaluation Office.
    • Faculty Reflection Form – These are submitted to the department by each faculty member within three weeks of receiving their Student course evaluations or within the first three weeks of the following semester, whichever is later.
    • Course materials and Any Other Annual Evaluation Materials (Peer Dialog, Values Framework, Purposeful Change, Professional Development Goals, any other specific materials required by the departments) – These materials are submitted by the deadline set by the department. The deadline must be after the end of the last semester whose materials are to be evaluated (spring or summer) but prior to the beginning of the following fall semester.
        • New full-time faculty who have taught at the college for 3 years or less will submit this material after the end of the spring semester (according to the Departmental deadline); these reviews will take place during the first 5 week summer session and returned prior to the second summer session.
        • Adjunct faculty will submit course materials, Reflection Forms, student course evaluations, and the Purposeful Change according to the posted schedule. Adjunct faculty teaching fewer than 6 LEH during the academic year under evaluation will not be required to submit the Purposeful Change.