Toward More Effective Faculty Evaluation

Faculty evaluations play a lead role in supporting the healthiness of the department in a secondary educational institution. Such measures may be used to identify a department's strengths and weaknesses, offering an opportunity to set forth goals for the future. The two main reasons for evaluating faculty are to enhance faculty performance and to make personnel decisions. This article provides overall information on faculty evaluation and was used to set the stage for the ongoing revision of the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Central Florida (UCF) annual evaluation standards.