Developing a system for documenting teaching effectiveness

Faculty evaluation in nursing education is becoming increasingly important as economic realities and accountability efforts hit higher education. Efforts to document teaching effectiveness in nursing are essential to demonstrate nursing education's accountability to the profession and the public it serves. The purposes of faculty evaluation and its interface with the institutional mission and program goals are discussed. Characteristics of effective teaching, evaluation models, and the effects of teaching styles and student learning styles are presented. Also, variables in the instructional setting and evaluation participants re discussed. Components of teaching effectiveness evaluation including student, peer, self, and administrative evaluation are described. Finally, input, outcome and process measures are presented as a model for teaching effectiveness evaluation and guidelines are provided to assist with the development of a system for documenting effective teaching in nursing.