When: 
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 4:10pm - 6:00pm
Where: 
103 Ramer History House
Presenter: 
Dr. Bruce Lenthall (University of Pennsylvania)
Price: 
Free

As a means of helping colleagues improve as teachers and of providing insight to help evaluate teaching, peer review can be a valuable tool – bringing the value of the collective scholarly process to the realm of teaching and encouraging faculty to think deeply about their teaching aims and how to pursue them. To make the peer review process as effective as possible requires taking a deliberate approach, planning in advance what an institution wants all parties to get out of the project as well as the structure and steps that will make that happen. This is doubly the case when using peer review both to help faculty improve as teachers and to evaluate their teaching for tenure. In this discussion, we will explore the elements of an effective peer review process – from pre-observation consultation through observation to a post-observation discussion and summary – and consider the responsibilities of both the reviewer and the instructor in that process. Along the way, we will work to establish the standards and protocols that make the most sense to apply at Lafayette, keeping in mind accepted effective practices in the field more widely.

Sponsored by: 
Co-sponsored by CITLS, the Office of the Provost and the Teaching and Learning Committee

Contact information

Name: 
Professor Chawne Kimber
Phone: 
610.330.5269
Email: 
kimberc@lafayette.edu