VIII. Training and Development of Assistant Professors of Instruction In The First Year of Appointment

Note: Please review Section II. General Principles before reading the following procedures.

Faculty training and development is designed to orient and provide feedback to the Assistant Professor of Instruction. The Department Chair will designate a faculty member to a first-year Assistant Professor of Instruction, ideally a person who has similar expertise, who will conduct at least one classroom observation during the first semester.

As part of the training and development process, the designee may review:

• syllabi;
• an LMS course shell;
• teaching materials;
• samples of student work;
• student course evaluations, and
• faculty member written self-evaluation, including a reflection on the classroom observation.

Before the conclusion of the first year, the designee will generate written feedback and meet with the Assistant Professor of Instruction to provide and discuss the feedback. The Assistant Professor will append this report to their Faculty Annual Activity Report.