{"id":627,"date":"2010-06-09t20:46:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-09t20:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20t08:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20t13:51:44","slug":"student-evaluations-consultation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/services\/individual\/student-evaluations-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"student evaluations consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#consider\">why should i consider a student evaluation consultation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#involved\">what is involved in this kind of consultation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#discuss\">will the cft discuss my student evaluations with my chair or dean?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#document\">will the cft provide documentation of my improvements for the purposes of professional review?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#request\">who can request a student evaluation consultation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#who\">who will my teaching consultant be?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#when\">when should i consider a student evaluation consultation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how\">how do i schedule a student evaluation consultation?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"consider\"><\/a>why should i consider a student evaluation consultation?<\/h2>\n<p>as any educator knows, receiving and reading student evaluations of teaching (sets) at the end of the semester can be an anxious experience.\u00a0 when students evaluate us negatively, and often even when they regard us positively, interpreting the results and contemplating their implications can be confusing and frustrating.\u00a0 this is true because we aspire to be effective teachers and we care for our students, yet evaluations may provide limited information even as they bear heavily upon our professional progress.\u00a0 we at the cft understand these concerns and are experienced in helping educators make sense of their evaluations.\u00a0 we also are equipped to help you develop a plan to address any problem areas in your teaching and to document your growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"involved\"><\/a>what is involved in this kind of consultation?<\/h2>\n<p>consultations about student evaluations usually involve an open conversation about the context of the course in question and about possible analyses of student praise and critique.\u00a0 this usually leads to a clearer understanding of successes and challenges in one\u2019s teaching, which in turn helps to shape a plan for improvement.\u00a0 it also may be the first of two or more consultations designed to assess and improve one\u2019s teaching over a longer period.<\/p>\n<p>as in all of our consults, any information shared between you and cft staff is completely confidential, so as to allow the most free and open consultation possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"discuss\"><\/a>will the cft discuss my student evaluations with my chair or dean?<\/h2>\n<p>in short, no.\u00a0 because all of our consultations are confidential, we do not communicate about your teaching with anyone.\u00a0 this independence from the formal processes of review, promotion, and tenure is part of our charge as a center and fundamental to the ethics and effectiveness of our consultations.<\/p>\n<p>that said, we will help you to analyze and reflect upon your teaching in ways that should help you to develop a thorough and thoughtful evaluation of your own teaching.\u00a0 this may include reviewing and discussing self-evaluative statements on teaching.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"document\"><\/a>will the cft provide documentation of my improvements for the purposes of professional review?<\/h2>\n<p>if you would like your department, program, or school to have some evidence of your participation in cft consultations or other programs, we are happy to provide you with a certificate of participation to share with them.\u00a0 the certificate merely states that you participated in cft consultations or other programs for a specific period, but will not discuss their content or results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"request\"><\/a>who can request a student evaluation consultation?<\/h2>\n<p>any faculty member, graduate student, or post-doc teaching at vanderbilt can request a student evaluation consultation.\u00a0 this is a free service the cft provides to the vanderbilt teaching community. for general information, see our teaching guide on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/teaching-guides\/reflecting\/student-evaluations\/\">student evaluations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"who\"><\/a>who will my teaching consultant be?<\/h2>\n<p>if you\u2019re a faculty member, you\u2019ll likely meet with your cft liaison, a staff member with some familiarity with the teaching landscape in your discipline.\u00a0 if you\u2019re a graduate student, you\u2019ll meet with one of our staff charged with supporting graduate instruction who has experience teaching here at vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"when\"><\/a>when should i consider a student evaluation consultation?<\/h2>\n<p>you should schedule a student evaluation consultation whenever it is convenient for you, but most of our clients choose to have them soon after receipt of their evaluations.\u00a0 this allows for more time to determine what implications they may have for future teaching and to adapt accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"how\"><\/a>how do i schedule a student evaluation consultation?<\/h2>\n<p>to arrange a student evaluation consultation, call the cft at 615-322-7290 or email our administrative assistant,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/contact.php?who=traub\">juliet traub<\/a>, at least a week in advance.\u00a0 juliet will schedule the consultation with one of our consultants.\u00a0 at that time, it may be helpful to contact your consultant with any information you care to share about your evaluations 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