Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Why peer observation of teaching? Peer observation of teaching is an enabling process, for staff with teaching responsibilities to reflect on and improve their teaching practice. The process is ...

This policy supports The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) vision of providing access to educational excellence to its students. It recognizes the essential contribution of its faculty ...

Teaching is a complex activity, and the way that we evaluate teaching should ideally take into account this complexity. Although student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are often the primary way we ...

Taking time to discuss and reflect on Peer Observation of Teaching in advance of the observation enables observee and observer together to facilitate a positive, useful, collegiate experience.

On the scale of most anxiety-producing moments in teaching, few things top the dreaded peer observation. True, there are plenty of other sources of teaching angst, but none of them quite match the ...