"If you pit a good person against a bad system, the system will win
every time." --Geary Rummler Is it possible to raise the teaching
competence of an entire faculty quickly and cost effectively? Now,
the answer is YES The graduate training most faculty receive
focuses on conveying the content of their discipline-with an eye to
teaching them how to produce research. If an individual receives
any training in how to teach, it is usually as a teaching
assistant-and often less than holistically. Most newly minted
instructors arrive on campus and are observed by someone who is
senior to them-but who has received exactly the same preparation.
To improve faculty observation outcomes for the institution, it is
time to consider a new paradigm. Our approach is based on a norming
process that identifies areas of strength and areas of training
opportunity within a sampled population of teaching faculty. The
norming process has two particularly useful features: 1. Because
faculty selected represent a cross-college or cross-department
sample, it becomes quickly obvious where critical deficiencies may
exist across the institution. Since we work at a basic level of
pedagogy, opportunities for a large number of faculty to improve
become almost immediately obvious-and the data are not tied to
discipline, type of faculty member, or type of class taught. 2.
When teaching "stars" are identified, we know exactly why they are
exceptional at what they do-so their expertise is transportable
across college and discipline borders. This information can be
particularly helpful for new fulltime or adjunct teaching faculty
and can serve as an excellent guide for mentoring. This exciting
new tool-the Teaching Observation Worksheet-is is available for
sale online at www.amazon.com and other channels. About the Author:
With a doctorate in adult and continuing education from Columbia
University's Teachers College, Dr. Eric F. Grosse Jr. has worked in
higher education for nearly 30 years. He has served as an adjunct
and full-time faculty member, a department chair, a division chair,
an academic dean and dean of academic development and training.
Grosse has worked in a variety of educational environments, from a
community college to a private Catholic liberal arts college to a
high-ranking research university. During his decades of
professional experience, he has observed or counseled nearly 700
faculty members. CONTACT Dr. Eric F. Grosse, Jr. Email:
[email protected] Phone: (301) 377-2674 Website:
www.efgassociatesinc.com
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