Faculty will be effective scholars as evidenced by the portfolio documenting their scholarship on an annual basis.
Indicator
Review of Faculty Scholarship
Evaluation of faculty scholarship portfolios according to the Department guidelines for Scholarly & Artistic Endeavors (Attached).
Criterion
Scholarship Evaluation Score
A score of 3 or more on the 5 point scale on the Scholarly & Artistic Endeavors Rubric (attached under "indicator") is considered to be minimally satisfactory.
Finding
Scholarship Evaluation Score
Scores on Scholarship Evaluation for all faculty members ranged from 3.0 to 5.0 with a mean of 4.62 and a standard deviation of 0.72.
Action
Scholarship Evaluation Score
No action is deemed necessary at this time.
Goal
Teaching Excellence
Faculty demonstrate high levels of teaching effectiveness.
Objective
Teaching Portfolios
Faculty will engage in effective teaching as evidenced by the portfolio documenting their teaching activities on an annual basis.
Indicator
Teaching Portfolio Review
Evaluation of faculty teaching portfolios according to the Department Chair Guidelines for Teaching Evaluations (Attached).
Criterion
Teaching Portfolio Ratings
All department faculty are expected to score a 3 or better on the Chair's evaluation of teaching rubric.
Finding
Teaching Portfolio Ratings
Scores on Scholarship Evaluation for all faculty members ranged from 3.9 to 5.0 with a mean of 4.52 and a standard deviation of 0.37.
Action
Teaching Portfolio Ratings
No actions was deemed necessary at this time.
Objective
IDEA Evaluations
IDEA student evaluations of teaching will indicate that faculty are engaging in effective teaching as indicated by their summary scores.
Indicator
IDEA Ratings
A summary IDEA score at or above the institution mean is considered to be satisfactory. Consistent with IDEA recommendations, converted averates on IDEA evaluations that are in the gray box (middle 40%) are considered to be "effective teaching."
Criterion
IDEA Summary Score
Each faculty member will receive a summary score at or above the institution average to be considered satisfactory.
Finding
IDEA Summary Score
The average adjusted summary evaluation for the Department of Psychology and Philosophy was 52 while the Institution''s average adjusted summary evaluation was 50. The summary report using the 5-point scale for this department was 4.2 while the summary report for the Institution was 4.1.
Action
IDEA Summary Evaluations
No action was deemed necessary at this time.
Goal
Curriculum
Faculty assess the extent to which the curriculum covers a broad-base of the field of psychology.
Objective
Curriculum Evaluation
Courses in Psychology will be evaluated in terms of the breadth of topic coverage in the field.
Indicator
Curriculum Matrix
Courses will be compared to the matrix designed by Levy et al. & published in TEACHING OF PSYCHOLOGY in 1999.
Criterion
Percent of Courses Covering Current Perspectives
50% of courses in the psychology curriculum are expected to require knowledge of the "Current Perspectives" section of the Levy Curriculum Matrix (attached).
Finding
Percent of courses covering current perspectives
Nine of the 17 courses listed covered the "Current Perspectives" section of the Levy Curriculum Matrix