Why Do I Avoid my Student Evaluations of Teaching?

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 9—11, 2024.

In-person

At this roundtable session, we will acknowledge and honour the difficult emotional aspects of the SEoTs and provide an opportunity to discuss this in a collegial and empathetic environment.

We will not be discussing the reliability and validity of SEoT, but rather will focus on what we need to do to take care of ourselves as instructors who receive SEoT reports and/or other anonymous comments about our teaching from students.

Topics of our conversation will include:

• Sharing approaches to reading and/or responding to anonymous student comments
• Managing emotional reactions to SEoTs
• Reaching out to colleagues for support
• Instructor wellbeing

Facilitators:

• Judy Chan, Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison (Land and Food Systems)
• Ainsley Camps Educational Developer, CTLT