Instruction – Assistant Professor

Rank Description

  • Strengthen inclusive, student-centered pedagogy to meet the unique needs of College of Western Idaho’s diverse community college population.
  • Demonstrate continuous and self-reflective improvement of course curriculum, content delivery, assessment, and responsiveness to student needs.
  • Establish and maintain teaching excellence.
  • Develop, revise, and/or recommend curriculum, courses, and programs at the department level.

Observed Actions

  • Consistent record of teaching excellence as shown in student evaluations, formal evaluations, self-reflection.
  • Curriculum
    • Participate in revision and update of curriculum.
    • Develop course for delivery in new mode (face-to-face/hybrid/online).
  • Efforts toward improvement are based on self-assessment and self-reflection.
    • Develop strategies for inclusive, student-centered pedagogy.
    • Develop courses new to the instructor.
    • Develop courses in format new to the instructor.
    • Revision of instructor’s own course curriculum, delivery, interaction with students.
    • Participate in peer review of courses.
    • Use assessment tools, which may include those available from Center for Teaching and Learning, to evaluate effectiveness of instruction.
    • Revision of instruction is clearly tied to assessment of instruction.

Impact

The impact of this work can be demonstrated through:

  • Student achievement in own courses.
  • Student retention in own courses.
  • Effectiveness of curriculum at course and department/program level.
  • Value added to department/program.

The impact can be measured in:

  • Student evaluations.
  • Performance evaluations.
  • Cover letter.