Department chairs and program coordinators who oversee dedicated program faculty have access all student evaluation scores within their programs. This is especially significant since many of you will need such data to inform your program evaluation letters for tenure and promotion files, to propose adjustments to gateway classes based on student feedback, and to help mentor your pre-tenure faculty.
You will have access to view student evaluation scores for courses within your program's HEGIS code (POSC, BIOL, etc). Your log-in through http://smcm.mce.cc/results with your own individual password will permit your access to both your own individual evaluation scores and those of your program colleagues.
Note these parameters of use:
- these scores are confidential information and may not be shared or discussed with any other parties, including other tenured colleagues, outside the context of an official evaluation (pre-tenure, tenure, or promotion review). You are of course free to reference these scores with the instructor.
- note that our change in software platforms has now allowed chairs and coordinators to access student comments as well as statistical data, content which has historically only been viewable by the instructor. Please be especially mindful of the fact that, for the purposes of tenure and promotion, the focus is squarely on the statistical data (in fact, the revised bylaws preclude inclusion of student comments in files). While it may be helpful to have an overall sense of themes emerging in these comments, this content is intended to be a conversation between the student and instructor. The "ICES" scores are part of a broader campus metric and may be helpful in framing your suggestions, concerns, or questions about teaching.
- The Provost's office also maintains access to all student evaluation scores. The associate dean of faculty reviews scores at the end of each semester in an effort to identify pre-tenure or visiting faculty in need of additional support. Don't hesitate to contact the ADF if you'd like to discuss any concerns, or if you'd like to talk through strategies toward a better classroom experience for both your faculty and your students.
Finally, we can all sympathize having to grapple with extensive research documenting the biases and flawed assumptions behind the merit of student evaluations. While this criterion persists in our bylaws for evaluation and promotion, please help your pre-tenure colleagues to both be mindful of this data while also clearly articulating the other means by which your department qualifies and quantifies teaching excellence.