Teaching & Learning
Assessment facilitates effective teaching and learning.
What follows are a few links that showcase the relationships among assessment, teaching, and learning.
1. Many UW-Green Bay documents (e.g., "Policy on Student Evaluation of Instruction") prescribe and suggest appropriate means for documenting teaching effectiveness as part of personnel reviews. A 1998 report from the "Task Force on Teaching Evaluation" describes a model for teaching evaluation that may be adopted by individual faculty members and their units. Look here for information on teaching portfolios, peer observations, student evaluations of teaching, etc.
2. Importantly, the university continues to develop an integrated system for supporting and rewarding teaching excellence. In addition to the traditional means of support and reward (e.g., merit pay), the university has instituted several programs through its Instructional Development Council. One excellent example of institutional support for faculty use of innovative teaching strategies is the "Creative Approaches to Teaching" program, through which faculty share ideas that have worked well in the classroom.
3. Several ongoing processes set by the state, the campus, and the budget units ensure that UW-Green Bay maintains its high standards and commitment to excellent teaching and learning. The results of these processes are found in personnel decisions for retention, promotion, merit reviews, and post-tenure reviews. The state (UW System) demands that post-tenure reviews be conducted and that student evaluations be a part of any determination of teaching effectiveness.