Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 3

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

> (Question 3)  In cases where teachers of course sections are sessional 
> instructors (rather than graduate students), is there a regular review 
> of their performance by the coordinator?

Respondent 1.
[...]  THE LANGUAGE COORDINATOR [...] ONLY [DOES]  REVIEWS OF OUR 
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS.  I WISH THAT THE NON-LANGUAGE FACULTY DID THE 
SAME.  SOME VISIT A SECTION ONCE A SEMESTER, BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT 
THEY WRITE A REPORT.

Respondent 2.
There is regular review by the department merit committee or by a 
subcommittee of the same.  Informally, [the language coordinator has] 
invited him- herself to come and observe classes taught by people on 
such a status, but we don't have a formal procedure for it.

Respondent 3.
Yes.

Respondent 4.
Supervision of lecturers is problematic because it was 
institutionalized at [my university] after our lecturers had already 
been awarded seniority (essentially tenure.)

Respondent 5.
We rarely have lecturers in our 1st and 2nd year courses, but when we 
do, the language coordinator reviews their performance as well. We also 
require an annual "peer evaluation" of everybody as well as student 
evaluations.

Respondent 6.
If you mean visiting instructors/adjuncts, in the former case there is 
consultation with them, but not review of their performance. We have 
not really had adjuncts, although that is probably going to change. 
Most of the language teaching in the dept is done either by [the 
coordinator] or one other (tenured) faculty member + TAs, so review of 
faculty colleagues hasn't arisen as an issue.



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Natalia Pylypiuk, U of Alberta

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