A consultation begins with a videotaping and student evaluation. An IRC employee will come to your classroom on a scheduled date that you have requested , and ask your students to fill out an feedback form that asks students for both written and Scantron assessments of your course. We encourage you to let your students know in advance that they'll be filling out feedback forms, and that you appreciate their help in your efforts to improve your teaching. You do not have to be videotaped or have the feedback done in order to have a consultation with us, but we strongly recommend it, since it can be difficult to assist you without these kind of data. The feedback and videotape then serve as the raw material for your actual consultation.
Consultations generally last one hour.
After the consultation, you'll receive a typed copy of your students' feedback and your videotape. We keep evaluations and tapes on file until the summer following an academic year, at which time we shred the written material and erase the tape. Although the IRC will conduct consultations at any time in the quarter, we recommend that you schedule a session early in the quarter so that you can put some of your new-found teaching ideas to work with those students who gave you feedback.