Other Evidence
Forms of evidence of teaching beyond feedback from students and peers
Collecting evidence on reaching one's teaching goals are most obvious in the forms of feedback from students and feedback from peers. Other evidence, however, may come from a variety of sources. A teacher may want to consider creative forms of appraisal based on personal teaching goals, which are always central to evaluation.
Consider, for example, feedback from other individuals, such as:
- employers of former students (or prospective employers)
- intern sponsors
- teaching assistants or
- perhaps even parents.
Other evidence may also come in the form of an analysis of the concrete products of teaching, such as published student work, student papers or other work. Such products may be structured -- for example, measurements of student knowledge through pre- and post testing or standardized exams. Many teachers of writing like to include samples of student work, "before" and "after," and couple them with the instructor's comments.
In addition, self-analysis, used appropriately, can be more than mere personal commentary.