Annual Evaluations - Calendar Year 2023

Mon Jan 29 06:39:45 EST 2024

All:

Per my original email, the required materials are the FEAS CV and the EOP - which can either be on the worksheet provided or the FEAS generated Annual Evaluation CV (instructions in my original email). These must be supplied at a minimum. Supporting documents (as outlined in our bylaws and/or the CBA) are welcome in addition to the CV and EOP.

In terms of class observations, Mark and I discussed, and I conferred with Associate Dean Tim Logan. We agreed that our bylaws and the CBA can be interpreted to the effect that the department decides.

Ever since I have been at FSU the chair has visited all of the faculty's classes at least once a year. I am quite happy to not do that. Faculty can request a visit if they like - and it can be from any other faculty member, it does not have to be me. Without observations/visit, faculty performance in teaching will then be relegated to data in other categories, as specified in the bylaws and CBA. For tenure-track faculty, our bylaws say that the PT&E committee members and the department chair arrange for in-class visitations.

Teaching shall be evaluated by a number of instruments including: student

evaluations (from SPCI or other Evaluation Forms), in-class visitation(s) by members of

the Promotion and Tenure and Evaluation Committee, and department chair, volunteered and solicited

comments from students and former students, evaluations from colleagues who have direct knowledge

of the candidate's teaching, and evaluations of syllabi and other class materials. In addition, the PT&E will evaluate lists of courses taught, graduate student committees served upon, and graduate students

supervised during the relevant period. Mentoring activities will be evaluated including direction of projects resulting in publication by and with students, and placement of students in career positions. Publications of pedagogic books, articles, and receipt of teaching awards will also be taken into account.

The PT&E committee (McCoy, Peters, Horsburgh) will need to decide who goes on the in-class visitations for Drs. Chakrabarti and Shattuck. I will visit both of their classes and anyone else that requests for me to do so.

As Dean Falk pointed out, if any observation is to be used in the annual evaluation, a written report must be made available to the faculty member being observed.

Please reach out with any questions about the process.

Best,

Tanya

Dr. Tanya M. Peres, Chair
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Florida State University
850-644-8201

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From: Dean Falk <dfalk at fsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 2:16 PM
To: Tanya Peres <tanya.peres at fsu.edu>; As-anth-fac <as-anth-fac at lists.fsu.edu>
Cc: Malinda Thompson <malinda.thompson at fsu.edu>
Subject: RE: Annual Evaluations - Calendar Year 2023

Thank you for the heads up, Tanya.

From your email, it seems that only the CV and EOP worksheets are used for the annual evaluations. However, colleagues may not be aware that the Collective Bargain Agreement states that, if they wish, faculty may also submit other materials that must be considered for the teaching evaluation. As quoted below, the Agreement also specifies that in-class visits from 2023 may not be used in the teaching evaluation unless the observer submitted a report to the faculty member within ten days of the observation.

Dean

Collective Bargaining Agreement, p. 36:

10.3 Annual Evaluations.

(b) Teaching effectiveness.

(3) The teaching evaluation must take into account any relevant materials submitted by the faculty member. Examples of such materials include class notes, syllabi, student exams and

assignments, supplementary material and peer evaluations of teaching.

(4) Observation/Visitation

b. Upon request, a faculty member is entitled to an evaluation of teaching based on

direct observation or visitation by one or more peers.

c. Whenever a person conducts a classroom visit for the purpose of evaluation, a

report of his/her observations must be submitted to the faculty member within ten (10) working

days of the observation. Otherwise, nothing from the visit may be used in the evaluation process.

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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:18 PM
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Cc: Malinda Thompson <malinda.thompson at fsu.edu>
Subject: Annual Evaluations - Calendar Year 2023
Importance: High

Colleagues:

It is time to begin the annual evaluation process for faculty. Just as in years past, this process includes submitting your evidence of performance over the past calendar year (Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023) and your current FEAS CV.

This year you have the option to submit the usual EOP Worksheet (attached) or you can submit a CV customized specifically for the annual evaluation generated in FEAS (instructions attached).

Faculty Materials Due to Dept. (Malinda Carlisle): on or before February 22, 2024

Info on Annual Faculty Evaluations from the Office of Faculty Development and Advancement:

https://fda.fsu.edu/faculty-development/annual-evaluation-faculty

Required Items:

1. Curriculum Vitae

University policy requires faculty to maintain an updated curriculum vitae in the Faculty Enhancement and Advancement System (FEAS). Faculty are expected to update their FEAS CV at least once per year. Once updated be sure to "Publish" it. Please generate a "General CV" in FEAS. Export the .rtf file to PDF.

2a. Evidence of Performance (EOP) Worksheet

Attached is the EOP Worksheet that we have filled out in previous years. You may continue to fill this out if you choose.

                                          OR

2b. FEAS Custom CV for Annual Evaluation

To make the EOP less time consuming, I created a custom FEAS CV template for our department, specifically for the Annual Evaluation. It includes all of the same information as requested on the EOP. The attached PDF shows the steps on how to generate this CV. Your FEAS must be up to date for this to be usable.

For Your Information:

ORCID

If you do not already have an ORCID, please consider registering for one. You can then link to it through FSU FEAS. This allows you to import publications and grants associated with your ORCID in the future.

https://orcid.org/

PT&E Committee Review

Once Malinda and I have reviewed the documents for completeness, we will forward them to the PT&E committee (McCoy, Horsburgh, Peters). Please keep in mind that spouses cannot evaluate each other. Refer to the Department Bylaws, page 8 for information on annual evaluation reviews. The PT&E committee will send their written assessments of faculty to the Chair, no later than March 8, 2024.

Chair Review and meetings with faculty

I will schedule meetings with individual faculty to discuss the evaluation.

Meetings will take place between March 25 and April 2, 2024.

I am required to send all department faculty evaluations to the College by April 5, 2024.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Tanya

Dr. Tanya M. Peres, Chair

Professor of Anthropology

Department of Anthropology

Florida State University

850-644-8201

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