Evaluate your course and teaching effectiveness from what you have learned and from whom you have learned it.
What do I know about my teaching effectiveness? What conclusions would I draw about what I do well and what I need to improve?
How do I know it? How do gauge my teaching effectiveness? What do I look for?
What changes have I made based on what I have learned? Examples?
What do I know about how well my students are learning and how do I know it?
What evidence outside of my classroom indicates that they are transferring learning from my class into new contexts?
How do I know that I am reaching all of my students, the ones who learn differently from most of the other students in the course?
How am I sensitive to differences (ability, culture, ethnicity, gender, learning styles, race, etc.) that may have an impact on learning in my classroom?
Where have I updated my course to reflect current research on learning?
If I overheard my students talking about my class, what would I want them to be saying?
What, specifically, do I want to improve about my teaching?
What are my short-term and long-term goals with regard to improvement of my teaching
What steps am I taking (or have I taken) to improve my teaching? • Where do I go from here?
Student evaluation results
Peer observation/evaluation reports
Mid-semester evaluation results
Periodic one-minute evaluation results
Course goals/objectives and student performance
Response to evaluation results
Participation in teaching improvement activities
Evidence of use of multiple teaching methods and strategies
Evidence of growth and change in teaching
Pre-post tests/attitude surveys
Unsolicited letters regarding your teaching
Election/appointment to teaching committee
Honors or awards received for teaching
Exit interviews/alumni testimonials regarding teaching