Assessment of Part-Time Faculty

Each semester all department chairs, deans in units that are not subdivided into departments, or program directors who are supervising part-time faculty evaluate the performance of each part-time faculty member in order to determine (a) whether the faculty member should be employed in future semesters and (b) whether any issues need to be addressed in order to ensure that the faculty member’s teaching and any additional teaching-related duties are of the highest quality.

In order to execute this evaluation, chairs, deans, or program directors review course evaluation results and any other applicable information (including other teaching-related duties that may be assigned) for each part-time faculty member and record their conclusions on the Evaluation of Part-Time Faculty Instruction worksheet.  A copy of this worksheet is submitted to the dean each semester, and the chair or dean, as appropriate, takes subsequent action—declining to offer future employment in cases in which a negative conclusion has been reached, and addressing matters of concern through discussions with the faculty member and remedial processes as indicated.