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  s to all faculty  Open web page (instrument, resources, item pool)  FAQs

 Consultation with Associated Students President ◦ to all students ◦ BeachBoard Newsfeed ◦ Associated Students Forum ◦ Revised Instructions for Class Distribution

ATTENTION STUDENTS: NEW TEACHING EVALUATION FORM President Alexander and the CSULB Academic Senate approved a new Student Evaluation of Teaching Policy and Form effective Fall 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 (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/TermItem MeanItem SD FA (5 point scale).90 FA (5 point scale).89 FA (5 point scale).88 FA (5 point scale).90 FA (6 point scale)*1.1 FA 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