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CTE Teaching Evaluations

The Center for Teaching Excellence provides confidential mid-semester teaching evaluation services to:

  • Junior faculty or graduate teaching assistants developing teaching practices
  • Senior faculty interested in reexamining and revitalizing teaching practices
  • Instructors teaching a course for the first time or revising an established course
  • All faculty documenting their teaching professional development for contract renewal, promotion, and tenure dossiers

Evaluation Services

CTE offers the following teaching evaluation options for faculty and instructors:

Classroom Observation

Face-to-Face and Online Synchronous


Availability: Throughout the semester, except February 27 – March 29, 2024

Upon request, a CTE consultant will visit a class session to observe the teaching process and conduct a peer review.

A follow-up session is scheduled with the consultant to discuss the observations and recommendations.

Small Group
Instructional Diagnosis

Face-to-Face only


Availability: Only between February 27 – March 29, 2024

Upon request, a CTE consultant will visit a class or join an online synchronous class for 50-75 minutes. After the instructor hands over the classroom and leaves, the consultant will ask the students the following 3 questions about the class:

  1. What has helped you learn?
  2. What has made learning difficult?
  3. What changes do you recommend? 

A follow-up session is scheduled with the CTE consultant to discuss students’ feedback and recommendations.

Paper & Pencil
Evaluations


Availability: Throughout the semester, but particularly effective between February 27 – March 29, 2024

CTE will produce evaluation forms for the instructors to distribute in class. Students will individually and anonymously answer the following 3 questions:

  1. What has helped you learn?
  2. What has made learning difficult?
  3. What changes do you recommend? 

A follow-up consultation with a CTE consultant is optional.

Online Evaluations
Online evaluations are the same process as the face-to-face P&P assessments, but forms are online (Google Forms) by request.

Questions? Contact CTE.

Looking for the UH Course Evaluation System? Visit the UH CES page.