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This page provides resources to help faculty offer meaningful feedback and support one another as peers during the appraisal process.
Find appraisal forms and a link to the union contract on the District website.
The initial meeting between appraiser and appraisee is an important opportunity to set the tone for the whole appraisal process. There are several things you (as the appraiser) can do to make that initial meeting positive and productive.
- Send a warm email introducing yourself and explaining the process.
- Set up the meeting time when both of you can focus on the interaction and be prepared with the forms and contract should the faculty member ask any questions about the process or forms.
- Prior to the meeting, be sure and read through the previous appraisal documents (if applicable), so that you can include those in the Pre-Appraisal form. Also, look at the syllabi that the faculty member uploaded to the Sharepoint Drive.
- Begin the meeting with some discussion of the value of appraisals (i.e. growth mindset, learning, curiosity, confidentiality, collegiality).
- Ask Coaching questions:
- What did you learn from your last appraisal cycle? What else? How has your teaching changed as a result?
- What would you like me to pay attention to during my observation (i.e., student engagement, instructions, class organization)? What areas would you most like feedback on?
- In what ways do you already excel in terms of DEIA in your work?
- What is the biggest challenge for you in terms of DEIA in your work? Why?
- What steps do you need/want to take to meet this challenge?
- What support do you need/want from me or others as you work to meet this challenge?
- Is there anything else?
- End the meeting with a time for the observation
AWE Coaching Questions
The notion of asking AWE (And What Else?) coaching questions comes from the book The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier. The idea is that you ask open-ended questions intended to allow the mentee (or appraisee) to come to their own solutions and recognize their own feelings or decisions. They are seemingly simple, but often we are in such a hurry that we forget to ask them.- Learn more by reading this short article: .
- You can also become a TEACH Coach Mentor, where you can practice the questions and learn from Communication Studies instructor and coaching expert, Meg Farrell.
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