Overview
Faculty, administrators, and educational developers regularly engage in peer observations to provide formative or evaluative feedback. Many tools are available to guide observers, but often prescriptive instruments reduce instructional complexity to manageable, one-size-fits all checklists that do not account for the individualized, context-dependent nature of teaching.
This workshop introduces the Critical Teaching Behavior (CTB) observation tools and discusses peer review guidelines for a structured, transparent process. Faculty will have an opportunity to practice using the CTB observation report by watching teaching vignettes from the Inclusive Teaching Visualization project.
Using the CTB tools, faculty partcipants will be prepared to:
- give and receive holistic feedback grounded in research-based practices proven to support student success
- collaborate to identify teaching strengths and set clear goals for development
- engage in reflective self-assessment with the purposes of integrating faculty voice in the observation process
Dr. Lauren Barbeau is co-author of Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching. She is the Assistant Director for Learning and Technology Initiatives at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in English, specializing in 19th century American Literature with a certificate in American Culture Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis. Before becoming an educational developer, she taught writing and literature courses. She began her educational development career at Georgia Southern University and subsequently served as the Assistant Director for Faculty Development and SoTL at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include teaching with technology as well as documenting and assessing teaching.