Finally, and most critical, minimum University-wide standards for teaching effectiveness (professional competence), research/creative activity, and service appear in sections 2.6.1.1, 2.6.1.2, 2.6.1.3, and 2.6.1.4 of the Faculty Handbook, and individual academic units shall translate those standards into specific criteria appropriate to their disciplines. Teaching effectiveness is the primary criterion for granting promotion and tenure. Only after an affirmative judgment about teaching effectiveness has been made shall serious consideration be given to an evaluation of scholarship and service.

STANDARD 1: TEACHING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

Benchmark 1.1 (KSUSP Goal 4)

Meeting Expectations

Faculty will fully utilize Blackboard and other institutional platforms (as required) to implement appropriate assessment modules as a means of assessing Fine Arts Student Learning Outcomes. Faculty document the development and implementation of at least one major assessment projects for each course of instruction, document and disseminate those assessments within the Annual Self Evaluation Form SES 1.

Exceeding Expectations

Faculty will fully utilize Blackboard and other institutional platforms (as required) to implement appropriate assessment modules as a means of assessing Fine Arts Student Learning Outcomes. Faculty will develop and implement at least two major assessment projects for each course of instruction, and document and disseminate the results and findings of those assessments within the Annual Self Evaluation Form SES 1.

Benchmark 1.2 (KSUSP Goal 4)

Meeting Expectations

Faculty will fully implement the EAB Campus Student Success Collaborative and other prescribed platforms as intrusive modes of student engagement, timely submit progress reports for the students in each class under their instruction, comply with the reporting frequency required and articulated, and document within the Annual Self Evaluation Form SES1.

Exceeding Expectations

Faculty will fully implement the EAB Campus Student Success Collaborative and other prescribed platforms as intrusive mode of student engagement, timely submit progress reports for the students in each class under their instruction, comply with the reporting frequency required and articulated, develop and/or implement at least two additional intrusive student engagements, and document the results within the Annual Self Evaluation Form SES 1.

Benchmark 1.3 (KSUSP Goals 1 and 4)

Meeting Expectations

Faculty will fully utilize the Student Evaluation of Instruction procedures to solicit a minimum response rate of 50%, analyze resulting findings and results, and present evidence of the infusion of those findings back into instructional practices, as they regard teaching and learning. Documented results submitted within the Annual Self Evaluation Form SES 1.

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