SRTEs
The SRTE is the University’s standard measure of teaching effectiveness. In accordance with the July 1, 2004, recommendation from the office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, all faculty are asked to administer the SRTE for each section of every course.
For provisional faculty (i.e. tenure track faculty who do not yet have tenure) all sections of all courses shall be evaluated by the SRTE every time it is taught. The results from each of these evaluations must be included in the candidate’s tenure dossier. (If there is some reason to explain the results or the absence of results in a particular case, the appropriate academic administrator shall make a note to that effect in the dossier. For example, in advance of a course being taught for the first time in a experimental way, an administrator and a faculty member might agree not to include SRTE results in tenure or promotion dossiers. Such agreements should be in writing.)
Administration guidelines for the SRTE are published with the survey form and are based on the guidelines listed below.
- Responses to survey items must remain anonymous.
- Directions to the students are uniform across administrations of the SRTE.
- The instructor shall not participate in the administration, collection, or compilation of the survey results in any way.
- The instructor shall not be present in the classroom during administration of the SRTEs.
- At least two thirds of the students should be present for the evaluation to be administered.
- The responses shall be collected and returned to the appropriate unit office by the person administering the evaluation.
- The SRTE should be administered during the last two weeks of a course, but not in the same class period in which a test is given.
For more information, please see the University guidelines and use and administration of the Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE) forms .
