Observations and Evaluations Done Right
Interesting set of posts in the above link (aimed at the high school teacher crowd, but relevant for college as well) on how to turn classroom observations from a fear-inducing evaluation to a welcome chance to learn and improve our teaching. I’m a big proponent of peer to peer feedback on teaching, both as a method of professional development as well as a necessary tool to evaluate classroom performance (which is usually based solely on the much-flawed student evaluation).