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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear WFA Members:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are writing as the new co-chairs of the WFA to encourage our constituents to participate in the pilot of the new student evaluations of teaching (see forward below). The WFA
advocated for UCR to recognize that its existing SET were flawed and prone to gender bias. It is important that faculty can now weigh in on the proposed revision to the SET survey. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Elaine Wong & Kimberley Lakes</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Co-Chairs, WFA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kimberley Lakes, Ph.D.<br>
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry <br>
School of Medicine<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> Faculty <faculty-bounces@scotmail.ucr.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ken Baerenklau<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 26, 2024 9:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> faculty@scotmail.ucr.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Faculty] Spring 2024 pilot for new student evaluations of teaching</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">In February 2018, UCR’s Academic Senate convened an ad hoc committee to review our Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs). These evaluations are also commonly referred to as iEval,
which is the name of the IT system which supports the evaluation process each quarter. The ad hoc committee’s main priorities were to review policies, procedures, and mechanisms for how teaching is evaluated; establish new policies and procedures for accurate
and reliable evaluation; and review iEval for its efficacy and recommend changes to maximize student participation and provide faculty with constructive feedback on their teaching.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="color:#424242">The ad hoc committee issued its
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/live-ucr-assess.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/2023-12/20-21.*20CR.*20Ad*20Hoc*20Comm*20on*20Eval*20of*20Teach*20-*20report.pdf__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!OLyWHuc!QxrRLPdpEYlq-YVyphEFyuWXx2kntc4gA_5RVZat0htcjaWqJpWv-fnrOOZM_9OiJX3EX5i-zCtB9uU2kUPMSs8YtRRTbtj5pwXDpw$" target="_blank">
report</a> in 2021, at which time the Provost <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1YtfG22Lwwp-kWOIgy8cAAFlbfLqTcE-J/view?usp=drive_link__;!!OLyWHuc!QxrRLPdpEYlq-YVyphEFyuWXx2kntc4gA_5RVZat0htcjaWqJpWv-fnrOOZM_9OiJX3EX5i-zCtB9uU2kUPMSs8YtRRTbtjcrwmQMg$" target="_blank">
charged</a> a joint Senate-administrative committee to implement the ad hoc committee’s recommendations. The joint committee’s work focused primarily on producing a more equitable and useful tool for evaluation of teaching effectiveness and pedagogical improvement,
and facilitating the submission of multiple forms of teaching effectiveness via eFile. The joint committee completed the bulk of its
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/live-ucr-assess.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/2023-12/TEIC*20response*20to*20Senate*20Oct*203*202023.pdf__;JSUlJSUl!!OLyWHuc!QxrRLPdpEYlq-YVyphEFyuWXx2kntc4gA_5RVZat0htcjaWqJpWv-fnrOOZM_9OiJX3EX5i-zCtB9uU2kUPMSs8YtRRTbtiGmPrWsA$" target="_blank">
work</a> in October 2023, including a round of Senate consultation that informed modifications to the new SET instrument.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">The next step in this process will be a pilot of the new SET instrument along with a new Qualtrics-based IT system that will replace the old iEval technology and provide greater reliability
and functionality. The pilot is scheduled to take place in Spring quarter. Instructors who choose to enroll their courses in the pilot will
<u>not</u> be expected to include the new SET results for those courses in their eFile.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">If you are teaching in Spring 2024 and would like to learn more about the pilot and/or register to participate, please visit
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/assess.ucr.edu/spring-2024-set-pilot__;!!OLyWHuc!QxrRLPdpEYlq-YVyphEFyuWXx2kntc4gA_5RVZat0htcjaWqJpWv-fnrOOZM_9OiJX3EX5i-zCtB9uU2kUPMSs8YtRRTbthTVenYFQ$" target="_blank">
this website</a>. <b>The deadline to register is March 8. </b>If you have questions that are not addressed on the website, please email one of the joint committee co-chairs:
<a href="mailto:ken.baerenklau@ucr.edu">ken.baerenklau@ucr.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:yingbo.hua@ucr.edu">
yingbo.hua@ucr.edu</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">On behalf of the joint committee,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">Ken Baerenklau and Yingbo Hua</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#424242">Co-chairs</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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