Department Procedures for TEVAL
Timely processing
of TEVAL Reports depends upon following certain guidelines. To
facilitate this, most departments designate an administrative
coordinator, who may be a faculty member, a graduate
assistant, or a member of the classified staff. The coordinator
is responsible for the procedures below.
Coordination and administration
of TEVAL student ratings are the responsibility of each
department. While procedures differ from department to
department, it is important that administration of the
student ratings be standardized within each department.
-
TEVAL
forms (student surveys and faculty information forms)
are supplied by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
and Learning. The coordinator should call
The Center (2-7828) to request materials or to ask
questions.
- The
coordinator organizes the scheduling and administration
of all TEVAL
student ratings within
the department. A separate sheet (Administering TEVAL
Student Ratings) outlines
suggested procedures for presenting the student ratings
to classes.
- TEVAL Faculty
Information Forms (FIFs) must be properly coded by the
course instructors. They are the only ones who
can answer items A-L, which are displayed in Part I of
the TEVAL Report. A separate sheet (TEVAL FIF Instructions)
provides items A-L and instructions for completing the
FIF. TEVAL Reports cannot be processed unless FIFs are
correctly completed, so we strongly recommend that the
coordinator check the coding before class sets are forwarded.
- When all of
the department's TEVALs have been administered, class
sets are packaged as indicated below and delivered for
processing to The Center in 215 Fairchild Hall. Do
not leave completed forms where they can be seen.
NOTE:
Sending class sets one at a time nearly always extends
the return time for a department's reports. Only in
special circumstances should they be forwarded separately.
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For
each class, stack the student survey forms so that the
lower-right corner cuts are in the same position. Place
the appropriate Faculty Information Form on top. Do NOT
send the FIF at a different time as that will delay processing
considerably. Do NOT fold or staple the forms.
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Alphabetize
the class sets by the instructors' last names. Stack
the sets so that the corner cuts will match.
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Deliver
the class sets in envelopes or boxes. Edges of the sheets
must be protected from damage that would make scanning
difficult or impossible.
The
Center returns TEVAL Reports directly to the instructor
after the semester deadline for grade sheets to be submitted. The
only time The Center deviates from this procedure is when
the faculty member has sent us explicit written permission
to do otherwise.