Instructional Faculty Evaluation (full-time/adjunct)

Announcements and Updates

The faculty evaluation deadlines for the fall semester have been approved by the AVCs. They are:

  • At the recommendation of the Faculty Evaluation Steering Committee, Faculty Evaluation is making a change to one of the “behind the scenes” deadlines as well:
      • When the Faculty Evaluation Summary app launched last year, Faculty Evaluation was aware of the need to address faculty evaluation forms that weren’t signed by faculty. It was decided to automatically move unsigned forms forward for the deans to sign “without faculty acknowledgement” at the beginning of the spring semester.
      • The Faculty Evaluation Steering Committee recommended that this deadline should be earlier and that Faculty Evaluation and department chairs should focus on stressing the deadline to faculty. So, this fall, any faculty summary forms not signed by faculty will automatically be sent forward to the dean on December 7. 
      • If faculty receive their forms late, they will always get at least 2 weeks to sign their forms before they are sent forward, after multiple email reminders.
  • New features for the Faculty Evaluation Summary app coming soon:
      • Additional faculty that will use the app: School of College Readiness, and counselors
      • Persistent sorting and filtering of the faculty list is now available for department chairs
      • When working on a summary form, department chairs (and assigned reviewers) will have a link(s) to easily review prior summary forms for that faculty member
      • Additional reporting options
      • Other tweaks, bug fixes, and improvements
  • Faculty Evaluation will present additional training on the Faculty Evaluation Summary app for new (or returning) users

Overview

The Austin Community College District values quality teaching and a learning environment that supports the continuous enhancement of the professional skills of its faculty. The purpose of faculty evaluation is to support exemplary teaching through a transparent, fair, formative process that results in actionable information faculty can use to continuously enhance a process that is transparent, fair, formative, and results in actionable information faculty can use for continuous enhancement of teaching and student learning and success for all students.

The pages in the menu summarize and link to the most important parts of the process.

The following sources give more detailed information:

The ACC Exemplary Teaching Statement is fundamental to the faculty evaluation process. Faculty self-reflection forms the basis for course planning and development. Student feedback can provide insight into this work and aid in the continuous enhancement of faculty teaching, providing perspective on how teaching practices are perceived from the student’s viewpoint. Peer review and input from the department chair offers faculty additional specific feedback to enhance the quality of their teaching.

Faculty Evaluation Components

Important components of the faculty evaluation process include:

    • Exemplary Teaching Statement – To clarify what College expectations are for excellent teaching, we have adopted an Exemplary Teaching Statement.
    • Departmental Rubrics and Policies – To provide for greater transparency and clarity into the evaluation process, every department will post evaluation rubrics, weightings, and policies on the ACC Departmental Policies & Rubrics website prior to evaluation submission.
    • Evaluation Calendar – Faculty evaluation will take place during Fall semesters, covering materials from the previous academic year. Evaluations follow a three-year cycle, requiring different components to be submitted each year.
    • Ratings – To simplify and clarify the evaluation process, there are three ratings.
    • Weightings – To provide for a consistent and fair evaluation process, all components of the annual Summary Evaluation Form will be weighted according to common specifications across the College, while allowing some variation to accommodate the differing needs of the many departments.
    • Student Course Evaluations – To take into account the potential biases inherent in course evaluations without losing the impact of the student voice in the process, student course evaluations will be weighted between 20%-30% of the Overall Rating and will include consideration of the faculty response in the rating,
    • Formative – The annual Summary Evaluation Form will have a strong focus on providing formative feedback through expanded use of comments.
    • Self-reflection – There is an emphasis on self-reflection over faculty teaching and student learning in their classes.
    • Adjuncts – To acknowledge the different time commitments expected from adjunct faculty, they will not be required to submit all of the evaluation materials required of full-time faculty.

For the complete details on the faculty evaluation process, please visit the Faculty Evaluation Manual.

If you have any questions, please email the Office of Faculty Evaluation at [email protected].

Course Evaluation

Visit the Course Evaluation webpage for full details on processes and procedures the College follows each semester for students to review their educational experience in a class.

Course evaluation pages of interest:

Contact us

For any questions about the faculty evaluation process and/or about any of the above content, please email the Office of Faculty Evaluation at [email protected].

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