Evaluation is fundamentally a process of deciding what is valued.
Criteria of merit must be specified for each aspect of teaching that will enable informed observers to make consistent judgments about excellent, satisfactory, and deficient performance. A weighting schema for different aspects of teaching provides flexibility and a fair recognition of the wide range of instruction-related activities faculty actually engage in. It also makes it possible to reward both merit and worth. Because instruments for evaluating teaching are subject to error, the more independent sources of data, the more reliable the program will be. Design a process for faculty needing to improve performance and allocate resources Continuing Review documents require that a process be designed for addressing deficiencies in teaching.