University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT)

University Committee on the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) mission:

UCAT promotes student learning across the campus by focusing on teaching excellence and pedagogical improvement and innovation. UCAT aligns its resources with opportunities for faculty that have the potential to impact students from multiple disciplines.

UCAT is comprised of an eight-member committee appointed by the Faculty Senate whose members serve three-year staggered terms.

Faculty Observation of Teaching - Options for In-Person, Online or Hybrid Courses

Goals:

Promote collegial, non-evaluative observations of teaching
Encourage conversations about teaching and the exchange of effective engagement practices that promote student success

Full-time faculty can earn $300 by engaging in structured teaching observations/reviews. Participants will identify a full-time faculty partner outside of their department/school. Each faculty member will observe one of their partner’s in-person or synchronous classes or review an asynchronous online course.

*If faculty want to be assigned a partner rather than identifying a partner, the registration will provide an opportunity for such a request.

Structured teaching observations/reviews require faculty members to:

Meet with their partner before the observations
Observe each other's class OR review an online instructor input form
Meet with their partner following the observations/review
Complete a short report that documents and describes the above (a-c) and includes a brief reflection (estimated completion time is under 10 minutes).