3.7.2 Faculty Evaluation

Comprehensive Standard: The institution regularly evaluates the effectiveness of each faculty member in accord with published criteria, regardless of contractual or tenured status.

X Compliance
    Partial Compliance
    Non-Compliance

Narrative:

GSU has many levels of faculty evaluation requirements that are published in the Faculty Handbook and in the policies published by each college.  Each full-time instructional faculty member, regardless of contractual or tenured status, is evaluated at least once annually along 3 dimensions: 1) teaching; 2) research; and 3) service.  This review is done by the faculty’s supervisor in writing.  The faculty must sign this evaluation and is allowed to respond, in writing, to this evaluation.  The annual evaluations are retained in the department of the faculty. [1]

All faculty (including Part-time instructors & Graduate Teaching Assistants) are subject to student evaluations of instruction.  Each faculty that teaches a course is evaluated by the students in the course.  These guidelines are detailed in the Faculty Handbook [2], the Part-time Instructor Handbook [3] and the Graduate Teaching Assistant Handbook [4].

In addition to the annual review process, tenure track faculty are subject to a well defined and published pre- and post-tenure review process. Each tenure track faculty undergoes formal review after 3 years on tenure track to determine how they are progressing toward promotion/tenure.  This cumulative review is evaluated by the department chair, college dean and the provost.  Tenured faculty also undergo a cumulative review every five years.  The stipulations for this review process are outlined in the Faculty Handbook [5]. Each college also provides their faculty with a detailed promotion and tenure review policy: College of Arts and Sciences [6] Robinson College of Business [7], College of Education [8], College of Health and Human Sciences [9], College of Law [10] and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies [11].

Supporting Documentation:
  1. Faculty Handbook, Section 311, Faculty Evaluation
  2. Faculty Handbook, Section 311.02, Student Evaluations of Faculty
  3. Part-time Instructor Handbook, Section I, Student Evaluations
  4. Graduate Teaching Assistant Handbook, Student Evaluation of Instructors
  5. Faculty Handbook, Section 307, Promotion, Tenure and Development
  6. College of Arts and Sciences Pre- and Post-tenure Review
  7. Robinson College of Business Pre- and Post-tenure Review
  8. College of Education Pre- and Post-tenure Review
  9. College of Health and Human Sciences Pre- and Post-tenure Review
  10. College of Law Pre- and Post-tenure Review
  11. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Pre- and Post-tenure Review