Teaching Assessment
From the beginning of my teaching career at Salt Lake Community College I have consistently received very positive feedback from students and high scoring evaluations on official course feedback. I have also maintained a top score on the website Rate My Professors. Furthermore, many of my colleagues have recognized my commitment to my students and commended me for the quality of my teaching, some of these comments have been officially documented in my annual reviews. I am also happy and encouraged to receive regular positive verbal and written feedback from students directly. For example, this is an email I received at the end of fall semester 2015 and this letter from a former student who attended a couple of my classes when I first started at the college. I am always honored and humbled to receive such comments.
Individually, perhaps, none of the measures above can say much in terms of assessing my teaching; however, collectively, I believe there is clear evidence of commitment to excellence in teaching and positive results that have come about because of a combination of factors including my overall teaching philosophy, my teaching methods, and an awareness of various student needs and modes of learning. At the same time, as I remark in my teaching statement, I strive to avoid complacency and, as will hopefully be demonstrated in the section on teaching improvement, I am always looking for new ways to improve my teaching. For me there is no doubt that it is the quality of my teaching that is the most important aspect of my job and everything I do at the College must lead to better teaching. This is my constant pursuit.
Individually, perhaps, none of the measures above can say much in terms of assessing my teaching; however, collectively, I believe there is clear evidence of commitment to excellence in teaching and positive results that have come about because of a combination of factors including my overall teaching philosophy, my teaching methods, and an awareness of various student needs and modes of learning. At the same time, as I remark in my teaching statement, I strive to avoid complacency and, as will hopefully be demonstrated in the section on teaching improvement, I am always looking for new ways to improve my teaching. For me there is no doubt that it is the quality of my teaching that is the most important aspect of my job and everything I do at the College must lead to better teaching. This is my constant pursuit.