Hello everyone, I am currently undergoing the job application process. Many of the jobs I am applying for ask for summaries of course evaluations. I don't have any models for such a document, so I just plowed right in. At this point I've taught about a dozen courses, so there's quite a bit to say. The way I've set it up right now, is for each class, I give a brief paragraph description of the class: number of students, number and length of meetings per week, content overview, class session description, and statement about how students earned their grades (e.g. type of exams/homework/papers etc.). After that, I provide a quantitative analysis of rating scale items on the course evaluation forms (I present means and modes). Finally, I discuss qualitative comments from students, highlighting course/instructor strengths, the most consistent negative comments, and noting any inconsistencies in student comments (e.g. students were split on the issue of group work, with some saying that it was the best part of the course and others feeling that it was a waste of time). I organized this in chronological order, so I can talk about changes made based on past feedback, and at one point (after about 4 courses reviewed) I wrote an extensive personal reflection section, saying that I noticed these trends and this is what I did about them (or why I chose to continue certain practices). Well, the document is 10 pages long. My questions are: 1. What do you expect to see in a document like this when you are looking to hire a new faculty member? 2. Is this too long? 3. Would it be reasonable to develop a shorter version to send to some jobs and send the full version when the school emphasizes teaching in the advertisement? 4. What would you cut? I'm really having difficulty with that, since you need to know that the course met 7 days a week at 7:30am for 3 1/2 weeks in the summer to understand why the most consistent negative comment was that the student's hated the time the class met. I'd be happy to share the actual document with anyone who is really intrigued (or is on a faculty looking to hire a budding social psychologist/methodologist/statistician instructor;-) Thanks in advance, Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donald J. Rudawsky University of Cincinnati Dept. of Psychology PO Box 210376 Cincinnati, OH 45210-0376 513.558.3146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepages.uc.edu/~rudawsdj
