Peer ConsultingPeer
Consulting Program
Your Teaching,
Your Peers,
Your Consultants
The Center for Teaching Excellence offers
faculty and continuing contract instructors at the University of
Maine the opportunity for collaborative exploration of their
teaching.
The Peer Consulting Program is:
- a confidential and voluntary service
- an exploration of teaching done in a
collaborative, collegial manner
- available to those faculty who would like to
gather information from an independent, non-judgmental source
about aspects of their teaching
- a method of obtaining and using feedback in a
positive, meaningful, and useful manner
- an opportunity to meet colleagues who, like
you, value good teaching.
WHO ARE THE PEER
CONSULTANTS?
Click on the blue subheading (above), "Who Are
the Peer Consultants?" to see a list of consultants with short
biographies and information about their areas of interest and
expertise.
The Peer Consultants are:
- experienced teachers who are supportive,
nonjudgmental colleagues
- work under the umbrella of the Center for
Teaching Excellence
- engage in a multi-part process of assessment
of teaching for the development of the individual teacher. Peer
consultation is not an assessment of course content, nor is it
an evaluative process.
- may engage multiple methods of information
gathering, including but not limited to review of teaching
materials, classroom observations, and analysis of student
evaluations. Methods are determined solely by the client.
-- All consultations engaged through the Peer
Consultation Program are confidential.
-- Peer consultation is driven by the client.
-- If requested by the client, Peer Consultants
will write a confidential, summary memo at the end of the
consultation process addressed to the client only.
-- Information on consultations is collected by
the Center for Teaching Excellence but is not shared with the
client's department/unit. At the conclusion of the consultation
process, memos, notes, and any other materials in the possession
of the Peer Consultant must either be returned to the client or
destroyed.
-- The Center for Teaching Excellence is a
resource for consultants and clients alike. The Center provides
training, development, resources, and referrals for Peer
Consultants.
To arrange for a Peer Consultation, contact the
Center for Teaching Excellence, 581-3472 or Email
CTE@umit.maine.edu
