Friday, October 29, 2010

If my semi-anonymous midterm evaluations are to be trusted, my students love me. They enjoy the class, they think I'm funny (weird), and they feel like they're learning. I was reminded that I should call on students who don't raise their hands to participate. Otherwise, for the most part, their comments were so positive.

I would recommend doing what I just did--making up your own midterm evaluations for students to complete--to any teacher, particularly adjuncts. Often it takes universities a long time to process their official evals, so if you are applying for a position that requests "evidence of effective teaching," these can come in handy. Also, it's wise to check in and find out about any problems before they are reported on the end-of-term *official* evaluations that will go into your record with the university you're teaching for.