{"id":10263,"date":"2022-01-24T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tufts-provost.pantheonsite.io\/celt\/?page_id=10263"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:12:22","slug":"feedback","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"magicdomid2\" class=\"ace-line\" data-node-type=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #2a5c89\">Improving Teaching with Feedback &amp; Evaluation<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Gathering feedback on and evaluating your teaching can inform improvements to your course and create documentation that you can gather to use for career advancement. Learner-centered and evidence-based approaches engage instructors in the iterative cycle of asking questions or identifying concerns, trying new teaching interventions, measuring any change in student learning, reflecting, and doing it all again.<\/p>\n<p>When teaching is carefully examined with multiple lenses (students, peers, self &amp; scholarship), we can better assess teaching effectiveness and target areas for improvement.\u00a0 These avenues of reflection and formative feedback offer opportunities improve your teaching over time, improve the student experience, and create a repository of evidence to use in summative reviews (e.g., tenure and promotion or contract renewal).<\/p>\n<h3 data-node-type=\"line\">Offerings and Programs<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><strong><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUxNC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvcGVkYWdvZ2ljYWwtcGFydG5lcnNoaXAtcHJvZ3JhbS8=\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/pedagogical-partnership-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUxNC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvcGVkYWdvZ2ljYWwtcGFydG5lcnNoaXAtcHJvZ3JhbS8=\">Pedagogical Partnership Program<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><strong>:<\/strong> Partner with a student for a semester to create innovative strategies for enhancing student engagement, reflecting on equity, and improving learning outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUxOC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvbWlkLXRlcm0tZmVlZGJhY2sv\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/mid-term-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUxOC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvbWlkLXRlcm0tZmVlZGJhY2sv\"><strong>Mid-Term Feedback<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><strong>:<\/strong> Midway through the semester, invite CELT staff to gather feedback from students using a research-based protocol.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyMS1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvaW5pdGlhdGl2ZXMvdGVhY2hpbmctc3F1YXJlcy8=\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/initiatives\/teaching-squares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyMS1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvaW5pdGlhdGl2ZXMvdGVhY2hpbmctc3F1YXJlcy8=\"><strong>Teaching Squares<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><strong>:<\/strong> Join a collaborative non-evaluative process of reciprocal classroom observation and self-reflection\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyNC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvc2VydmljZXMvaW5kaXZpZHVhbC1jb25zdWx0YXRpb25zLw==\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/services\/individual-consultations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyNC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvc2VydmljZXMvaW5kaXZpZHVhbC1jb25zdWx0YXRpb25zLw==\"><strong>Individual Consultations<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><strong>:<\/strong> With a CELT colleague, discuss your teaching goals, assess and further develop your teaching skills and identify areas where you would like to improve your teaching skills. We are also happy to observe your class and offer feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyNy1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvdHVmdHMtc3ByaW5nYm9hcmQv\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/tufts-springboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUyNy1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvdHVmdHMtc3ByaW5nYm9hcmQv\"><strong>Tufts Springboard Funding:<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"> This intramural grant program sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) offers Tier 3 funding of up to $15,000 to support a range of research, scholarly, and\/or pedagogical activities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUzMC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvc2Nob2xhcnNoaXAtMi8=\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/feedback\/feedback-from-scholarship-sotl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTUzMC1odHRwczovL3Byb3Zvc3QudHVmdHMuZWR1L2NlbHQvc2Nob2xhcnNoaXAtMi8=\"><strong>Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"> Partner with CELT to conduct a systematic inquiry research questions related to student learning that are shared publicly in peer-reviewed journals to advance the field of teaching and learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-node-type=\"line\">Online Resources<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/?page_id=10269&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Feedback from Students<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Students\u2019 feedback about their experience and learning can be collected with: surveys, informal conversations, performance on assignments and in class, end-of-the-semester exams, and through institutional student evaluations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/?page_id=10271&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Feedback from Colleagues<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Faculty peers and learning specialists (e.g., CELT and <\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small link-MTY0MzA0MTEyMTU0OC1odHRwczovL2FjY2Vzcy50dWZ0cy5lZHUvZWR1Y2F0aW9uYWwtdGVjaG5vbG9neS1jb25zdWx0aW5nLXNlcnZpY2Vz\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/access.tufts.edu\/educational-technology-consulting-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-attrib-id=\"MTY0MzA0MTEyMTU0OC1odHRwczovL2FjY2Vzcy50dWZ0cy5lZHUvZWR1Y2F0aW9uYWwtdGVjaG5vbG9neS1jb25zdWx0aW5nLXNlcnZpY2Vz\">ETS<\/a><\/span><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"> colleagues) can provide invaluable insight into your teaching through conversations, review of materials, and observations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/feedback\/feedback-from-self-reflection\/\"><strong>Feedback from Self-Reflection<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Self-reflection can range from informal (brief, end-of-day reflection) to formal (documentation for annual review, a teaching philosophy statement, or scholarly, data-based investigation into your teaching practices).\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/feedback\/feedback-from-scholarship-sotl\/\"><strong>Feedback from Scholarship<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Building on teaching practices embedded in an evidence-based culture of ongoing learning assessment, reflection and iterative change, we can publish research related to student learning in peer-reviewed journals.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li class=\"list-bullet1\"><strong><span class=\"author-3739674400 font-size-medium font-size-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/feedback\/feedback-from-scholarship-sotl\/getting-started-with-sotl\/\">Getting Started with SoTL<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.tufts.edu\/irli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engage with the Institute for Research on Instruction and Learning (IRLI)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improving Teaching with Feedback &amp; Evaluation Gathering feedback on and evaluating your teaching can inform improvements to your course and create documentation that you can gather to use for career advancement. 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