Initiators, candidates, and student committees collaborate with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment to solicit and summarize reviews of a candidate’s teaching from a representative sample of the candidate’s students. The student review process begins in the spring semester before the year of the faculty member’s candidacy and continues through mid-October.
For initiators and candidates
An overview of the responsibilities of initiators, candidates, and IE&A in the student review of teaching process
For student and alum reviewers
Information about the criteria and procedures for tenure and promotion reviews for students and alumni invited to complete a Student Review of Teaching questionnaire
Student Review of Teaching and Advising questionnaire
The questionnaire completed by students and alumni reflecting the Standards for Faculty Evaluations as stated by the St. Olaf faculty
Guidelines for preparing questions
Suggestions and examples for departments and student committees developing supplementary questions for the Student Review of Teaching questionnaire
Guidelines for preparing sampling instructions
Information to assist initiators in completing the Request for Sampling Instructions from provided by IE&A to initiators during the spring semester prior to the review