Peer Review of Teaching

Peer review of teaching may include formative assessment intended for improvement of teaching and learning within a particular course or course. Peer review may also be one part of summative assessment within a formal review process for tenure and pay decisions. Both types of teaching assessment can be helpful in providing feedback to the instructor regarding his or her teaching.

Guidelines and Recommendations

The following links have been reviewed by CTE staff and are suggested as guidelines for how to develop and conduct peer teaching reviews. Recommendations include developing a review process that fits the needs of both instructors and reviewers in a particular department or unit. Review guidelines are suggested to include training of reviewers, as well as a pre-observation meeting to discuss specific mutual goals of the teaching observation and review course materials. Any observation of teaching should be followed with a face-to-face discussion that provides positive and constructive feedback to the instructor.
 

	Peer Observation Guidelines and Recommendations. University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning. Used by permission. http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/peer/guidelines/index.html
	Teaching Evaluation Handbook. Cornell University Center for Learning and Teaching. Used by permission. http://www.clt.cornell.edu/resources/teh/teh.html
	Peer Review of Teaching. University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy. Used by permission. http://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/archive/Assistance/MOO
	Peer Observation of Classroom Teaching. UNC Chapel Hill Center for Teaching and Learning. Used by permission. http://ctl.unc.edu/fyc15.html
	Svinicki, M. and Lewis, K. Preparing for Peer Observation: A Guidebook. The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (formerly the Center for Teaching Effectiveness), The University of Texas at Austin. Used by permission. http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/PeerObserve.html

Example Peer Evaluation Instruments

The attached documents are merely examples of peer evaluation instruments utilized by some University of South Carolina departments or units. Units are encouraged to develop an evaluation that is specific to the particular needs of their own instructors, courses and unit policies.

	Peer Review of Teaching: Guidelines and Instrumentation. University of South Carolina Department of Teacher and Instruction Education. http://www.sc.edu/cte/docs/ITEPeerReviewForm.doc (Word) http://www.sc.edu/cte/docs/ITEPeerReviewForm.pdf (PDF)
	Observation of Classroom Performance. University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. http://www.sc.edu/cte/docs/publicHealthPeerReviewForm.doc (Word) http://www.sc.edu/cte/docs/publicHealthPeerReviewForm.pdf (PDF)