With the wide array of resources available, and consultation support from the College of Arts and Sciences staff and the Teaching Quality Framework (TQF), this summary provides an outline of an approach that departments might take. Based on the successful approach of the TQF Initiative, it is recommended a working group within the department / academic unit (three to five individuals) engage in a process of six to eight months of work (roughly monthly meetings) to enact quality tools and processes for the evaluation of teaching. This approach is designed to support departmental response to the new Arts and Sciences Guide of teaching quality and effective measures.
By Fall 2021, it is anticipated that this process will result in new departmental tools and processes that address the the college's goals for departmental specifications of quality. Given the significant breadth of tested, scholarly, evidence-based tools for evaluation, it strongly recommended that academic units build from and adapt such proven resources.
An outline of a suggested department approach to engagement is as follows and specified in greater detail in the sample teaching evaluations timeline. The following is just a sample: