Transcript SPOT - California State University, Long Beach

Concerns, Data, Next Steps
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New Administration Software from Scantron
New Academic Senate Policy
New Items/Survey Form (ACE, Iowa Item Pool)
New formative evaluation questions for openended responses
New Scale (1 to 6 previous 1 to 5)
Communication Plan for Faculty
Communication Plan for Students
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Student Focus Group
Pilot 1: COE (Summer, 2012)
◦ Item Responses (ST. Agree to ST. Disagree)
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Pilot 2: CNSM (Mid-Fall, 2012)
◦ Item Responses (ST. Disagree to ST. Agree) –
*recommended by ACE Research Center
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All pilot data indicated a significant increase
in student open-ended responses.
◦ Increased opportunity to assess internal reliability
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Presentation/Discussion in Academic Senate
Revision of Instructions to Chairs
Revision of Instructions to Faculty
E-mails to all faculty
Open web page (instrument, resources, item
pool)
FAQs
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Consultation with Associated Students
President
◦ E-mail to all students
◦ BeachBoard Newsfeed
◦ Associated Students Forum
◦ Revised Instructions for Class Distribution
ATTENTION STUDENTS: NEW TEACHING
EVALUATION FORM
President Alexander and the CSULB Academic Senate approved a new
Student Evaluation of Teaching Policy and Form effective Fall 2012.
The new form is called “Student Perceptions of Teaching” or SPOT.
Please take your time reading the new items and response options –
they are very different from the old form. Your feedback on SPOT will
be used in the evaluation of faculty and accurate responses to the
items are necessary. All courses may not be evaluated, but all classes
that are evaluated will use the new SPOT form. READ EACH ITEM AND
RESPONSE OPTION CAREFFULLY!
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Old Item 8:
◦ Rate the Overall Teaching Effectiveness of this Instructor in
this Course.
NEW Item (#5)
◦ The instructor was effective teaching the subject matter in this
course.
Campus Means
◦ Typically, the campus mean on item 8 ranged from 4.3-4.4
(standard deviations slightly under 1.0) on a five-point scale.
◦ The campus mean on item 5 for Fall 2012 is 5.3 (on a sixpoint scale) and the standard deviation is 1.2.
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Old Item:
◦ Instructor provided clear and accurate information
regarding course objectives, requirements, and
grading procedures.
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New Item:
◦ The grading criteria for this course were clearly
defined.
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CLA Example:
Year/Term
FA 1997
FA 1998
FA 1999
FA 2000
FA 2013
FA 2013
Item Mean
4.36 (5 point scale)
4.38 (5 point scale)
4.40 (5 point scale)
4.38 (5 point scale)
5.41 (6 point scale)*
Global Mean 5.44 (6 point
scale)
Item SD
.90
.89
.88
.90
1.1
1.0
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April notification to students with link to
instrument.
Best Practices for Faculty:
◦ Preparing Students to Respond to the Instrument
◦ Using formative feedback
◦ Documenting Your Teaching (wiki)
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Campus Conversation:
◦ Student Perceptions of Teaching
◦ Teaching Effectiveness