Faculty Handbook & Constitution - Lee University

_________________LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION_________________Guidelines for PAC GoalsOn the Professional Activities Contract, faculty members are asked to submit twoto three goals in each of these areas: Teaching, Scholarship and Service. Facultymembers are encouraged to develop goals that express one or more of the followingareas:1. Achievement/ Improvement2. Personal Strengths3. University MissionBelow are tips and guidelines for developing these goals.Achievement. The faculty member may have some specific things he or shewishes to accomplish during the coming year. For instance, in teaching, a faculty membermay have a new preparation for a class, and this may require research and developmentof the course. In scholarship, a faculty member may wish to write and present research orcreate a grant proposal. In service, a faculty member may wish to volunteer service in hisor her church, the community or at Lee University. These achievements may be viewedas “check list” items that the faculty member can tick off at the end of the year.Example: Teaching PerformanceIn the spring, I will teach ENGL 360 for the first time in five years. In order toprepare for this, I will read extensively on pragmatics since this field has changeddramatically since I last taught this course. I will also update the reading list andpartner with a librarian to add electronic resources and databases. I will use Whatthe Best Teachers Do as a resource for rethinking the structure of the class andfor integrating more critical engagement with students, particularly in the writingassignments and in the evaluation of student learning. I will put this course onMoodle to foster discussion and engagement with the material.Improvement. The faculty member may wish to target areas that have beenhighlighted in course, advisor or chair evaluations. He or she will then write goals thatreflect ways in which to address these improvements.Example: Teaching PerformanceMy ratings in “encourages students to think for themselves” is below the mean forthe department, school and university. To address this weakness, I will readEngaging Ideas to learn better methods for encouraging independent thinking; Iwill observe teachers who do this well to get an idea of their techniques; I willinvite a colleague to observe my class and coach me in this area, and I will attendExcellence in Teaching sessions that relate to critical engagement.Means of Assessment: To assess my progress, I will ask my department chair toobserve my classes with this specific goal in mind and to give me targetedfeedback on my engagement of students in independent thinking. My goal is toraise my mean student rating score on this item from 3.5 to 4.0 by the end ofspring semester, and to receive a positive evaluation from my department chair’sobservation.11 - 4 Faculty Evaluation