Peer Review Committee

The Peer Review Committee completes peer reviews for instructional faculty. The committee is comprised of a chair and no less than two members (all tenure track faculty) appointed by the department head for one academic year per internal governance.

Per TTF Professional Responsibilities (B.2): The department Peer Teaching Evaluation committee will regularly review courses and suggest revisions as necessary to respect UO policies, align with course catalog descriptions, and incorporate advances in academic content and pedagogy.

  • Each tenure-track faculty member must have at least one course evaluated prior to the mid-term review. There must be at least three course evaluations completed prior to the faculty member’s promotion and tenure review.
  • Each tenured faculty member at the rank of associate professor must have at least one course evaluated by a faculty peer every other year until promotion to full professor.
  • Each tenured faculty member at the rank of full professor who is a bargaining unit member of United Academics must have at least one course evaluated by a faculty peer every three years. It is expected that full professors who are not in the bargaining unit will also have at least one course evaluated by a faculty peer every three years, in accordance with good practices.
  • Each non-tenure-track faculty member must have at least one course evaluated per year.

The committee chair and faculty reviewers should be familiar with Academic Affairs peer evaluation guidelines.

Reviewer materials:

Memo Guidance and Template – the template must be used, as it contains specific questions related to the Merit Pay Plan. This will allow the Personnel Committee to quickly evaluate the review for merit points.

Class Observation Guide

Syllabus Review Guide

Using UO Teaching Evaluations Criteria for Reviews – this document can be useful when thinking about how peer reviews may inform other future reviews (P&T review, Post Tenure review, etc.)

Click here for Peer Reviewer Responsibilities & Procedures

Committee Chair Responsibilities

  • The committee chair is responsible for all committee functions.
  • The chair will coordinate reviewer assignments and communicate those to committee members/reviewers and the department manager.
  • The committee chair is responsible for coordinating and ensuring the work is complete and timely.
  • The committee chair will review memos and consult, as necessary, to ensure reviews cover the required discussion points, including review of syllabus.
  • Reviews should be submitted no later than week 6 of Spring term. However, some reviews must be completed within a specific term/week due to reviews, teaching terms, and/or leaves. The committee chair is responsible for ensuring those reviews are submitted by the time indicated in the assignment tracker.

Department Manager

  • The department manager will coordinate the assignment tracker with the committee chair, track reviews in the review tracker , and serve as administrative contact for the committee chair.
  • Each time a review is submitted, the DM will request review approval by the chair and department head, collect required signatures, and update the tracker table so that the committee has reliable information regarding the status of reviews.

If your assignment notes are tentative on Days/Rooms/Time, please check the class schedule after week 5 of the term prior to the assignment.

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