Peer Evaluation

The CATL Peer Evaluation Program is intended to provide all teaching faculty and academic staff members with a supplemental process by which they can examine or assess their teaching. Interested instructors work through CATL in order to invite a Peer Evaluator into their class; the Evaluator will observe and provide feedback on one or more topics as suggested by the course instructor.

If you would like to have a Peer Evaluator visit your class, first establish a goal for the visit. Do you want a formative or summative assessment, or elements of both? Would you like the evaluator to watch student interactions, listen for clarity of explanations, provide suggestions for engaging pedagogies, etc.? Once you can clearly define what you would like out of the visit, simply fill out the Peer Evaluation Request Form.

The CATL Office will process your request and assign a Peer Evaluator to your class. You will typically meet with the evaluator once before the visit to discuss the goals. Following the visit, feedback will be provided via another meeting. You may also request a summation of the feedback in written form. Note that these visits are for your use only. No materials from CATL Peer Evaluation visits will go into your file unless you choose to put them there.

If you are interested in becoming a Peer Evaluator, contact catl@uwgb.edu for information and training opportunities.