5.5 FREQUENCY AND TYPES OF EVALUATION

Evaluation is an ongoing process. As professionals, faculty monitor the results of individual class sessions, advising appointments, and discussions with colleagues; they read of pedagogical and curricular developments in their fields; they discuss these and other matters with colleagues; they critique one another's writings. Evaluation will include some way for students to evaluate the faculty member’s commitment to integration of faith and learning and spiritual formation. It is expected that each school will provide for continuous informal review of each member's performance, e.g., through regular consultations between the dean and individual faculty. At specified intervals, however, the evaluation process is more formal and more predictably scheduled. Some parts of the process occur on a scheduled quarterly basis; some are annual; some are fundamental to decisions concerning awards and individual status; and some may be undertaken in response to allegations of behavior which may lead to disciplinary action. Section 5.5 deals with quarterly and annual scheduled evaluations, third-year reviews, and post-tenure reviews; Section 5.6 details procedures for special reviews; Section 6 and Section 7 include the evaluation processes respectively for promotion and tenure; Section 10 addresses evaluation in the context of individual awards and development.