Aerial view of Quarry amphitheater, with benches and open space for performance.

Demonstrating
Teaching
Effectiveness

For educators at any stage in their career, reflecting on one’s teaching practices—through peer observation or curating a teaching portfolio—provides an opportunity to better understand the impact of one’s instructional methods on student learning.

For Personnel Review

Aerial view of buildings with brown roofs, surrounded by trees

These resources support Senate faculty with preparing the teaching review file to successfully demonstrate teaching effectiveness.

Student Feedback & SETS

Aerial view: building with white roof with blue, surrounded by trees.

These resources support instructors in utilizing Student Experience of Teaching Surveys (SETS) and mid-term survey data as formative feedback.

Lecturer Academic Review

Aerial view: buildings with a central courtyard, surrounded by trees

This resource provides an optional guide to assist Chairs/Provosts in the lecturer Academic Review process.

Peer Observation of Teaching

Drone shot of buildings in the trees with fog.

These resources provide tools and templates for a variety of approaches to peer observation that can generate productive conversations between colleagues.

Teaching Portfolios

Drone shot of UCS campus at sunset with ocean at the horizon.

These resources support graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in preparing a teaching portfolio.

Preparing Community-Engaged Teaching Files

This document seeks to help faculty who use community engagement in their teaching prepare their review files in accordance with the new UCSC guidelines.