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Here is some more information about the services offered through the Center for Professional Development at Bemidji State University:
Individual
Teaching Consultation
Confidential consultations may include observing or video taping and analyzing classroom teaching, assisting in identifying skills and competencies expected of students in a particular course or discipline, or helping identify techniques and approaches appropriate for a discipline. To request more information or to set up a confidential consultation, email the Center or phone 755-3984.
Every semester the Center makes available Mid-term and End of Semester evaluation forms designed to provide confidential feedback to faculty. The Best Practices in Using Teaching Evaluation Techniques is a cover sheet for the End of Semester form. To request more information, email the Center or phone 755-3984.
Use this link to access Instructions for Computer Scored End of Semester Course Evaluations
Other available forms include: Evaluation for Department Chairs (Narrative) and Evaluation for Department Chairs (Multiple Choice)
Peer
Observation of Teaching Form
The Center makes available a form that is designed to help you systematically observe a fellow teacher’s classroom performance and to provide useful feedback to them. A problem with unguided peer observations in general is a lack of reliability. The observers tend to disagree about how good the teaching they are observing is. The idea of this form is to structure your observations and thereby to increase inter-observer reliability. To access this form use this link to the Peer Observation form.
Student Group Instructional Diagnosis
A member of the Center staff may make a 15-minute visit to a regular class session to facilitate the expression of student opinions and suggestions about the course. Consensus views are written down and discussed privately with the instructor. To request more information or to set up a small group instructional diagnosis for one of your courses, email the Center or phone 755-3984.
Help
in Documenting Teaching Effectiveness
While the Center is not involved in the administrative evaluation of faculty and will not provide letters of recommendation for faculty, staff members are available to assist instructors in developing appropriate ways to demonstrate or document teaching effectiveness. To request more information or to make an appointment for help in documenting your teaching effectiveness, email the Center or phone 755-3984.
Undergraduate
Teaching Associate Program
The Undergraduate Teaching Associate Program (UTAP) allows gifted undergraduate juniors and seniors to experience some of the challenges and rewards of college teaching by working closely with faculty as they prepare and teach their classes. Faculty nominate students to work with them on a semester-by-semester basis. To see a more detailed explanation of the program in the "Statement of Program Features, Principles, and Obligations", take this link. To access the UTAP program forms take this link, PDF's/UTAP_Packet.pdf.
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For more information about any of these programs, contact
the Center for Professional Development, Bemidji State University, Hagg-Sauer 357, 1500 Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji, MN 56601-2699(218-755-3984) or email the Center at
edunn@bemidjistate.edu
