Instruction – Professor

Rank Description

  • Model inclusive, student-centered pedagogy to meet the unique needs of College of Western Idaho’s diverse community college population.
  • Model continuous, self-reflective, collaborative mastery of course curriculum, content delivery, assessment, and responsiveness to student needs.
  • Demonstrate a consistent record of teaching excellence.
  • Develop, revise, recommend, and/or lead initiatives concerning curriculum, courses, and programs.

Observed Actions

  • Consistent record of teaching excellence as shown in student/formal evaluations, self-reflection.
  • Curriculum
    • Lead development and proposal of new curriculum.
    • Participate in inter-institutional alignment discussions.
    • Alignment of secondary and post-secondary curriculum.
  • Efforts toward improvement are based on self-assessment and self-reflection. Efforts toward improvement are assessed and revised appropriately. Experience with self-reflective practice and pedagogy is shared with others.
    • 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 observation 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.
    • Revision of instruction is continuous.
    • Experience and efforts in revision and assessment of instruction are modeled and used to mentor other faculty.

Impact

The impact of this work can be demonstrated through:

  • Student achievement in own courses.
  • Student retention in own courses.
  • Effectiveness of curriculum at department/program, school, and institutional level.
  • Effectiveness of leadership in curriculum development.
  • Effectiveness of continuous improvement of course curriculum, content delivery, assessment, and responsiveness to student needs.
  • Effectiveness of modeling and mentoring.
  • Value added to department/program, school, institution, and beyond.

The impact can be measured in:

  • Student evaluations.
  • Performance evaluations.