What Can I Learn From Student Ratings?

While student ratings are dismissed by some educators for having little to offer, these ratings can in fact be highly beneficial to teachers who want to improve their skills.

Students can provide helpful and legitimate feedback on what they feel they learned, workload levels, and observable behaviors that include the teacher’s pace, volume, clarity and organization.

During this Magna 20 Minute Mentor, Ike Shibley, Ph.D., shows you how to read student ratings so you can use students’ comments to help you, or another teacher, improve and grow.

You will learn how to

Understand how to prepare yourself for student ratings.
Reflect on what you thought went well and where improvements could be made.
Create a list of areas in which you performed well and a list of areas where you can improve.
Take advantage of existing campus resources to improve your teaching skills.

This professional development program on CD also includes:

Supplemental materials that feature additional background information
Recommendations for reviewing SETs
A case study
Questions for reflection
Recommended resources.

Learning outcomes

At the conclusion of this program, you will know how to:

More realistically assess students' comments to help you improve your teaching
Engage a trusted colleague in a dialogue about student ratings
Distinguish among areas that students are qualified to comment on vs. areas they are not

Want to make this program available for ongoing training?

Order the CD with Campus Access License and load the CD onto your institution’s internal web site for unlimited, convenient, on-demand access for all members of your campus community. Click here for more information and to see all the benefits of the Campus Access License.

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