External Peer Review of Teaching
Making Teaching Matter
GOAL: The goal of this initiative is to address 2 major obstacles to recognizing and rewarding teaching in our colleges:
- The lack of defined and ready-to-use tools to assess teaching, teaching-related professional activities, and the scholarship of teaching.
- The lack of a respected and rigorous external review process.

Promotion/Review Packet
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Applicant Toolbox –Guidelines and Instructions for faculty with Teaching and/or Educational Leadership as an area of emphasis. |
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Reviewer Toolbox– Materials / documents used by RTA external reviewers. (revised from the AAMC Toolbox for Evaluating Educators) |
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PURPOSE: The RTA’s Educator’s Promotion Packet guidelines and format are intended to (a) to provide an evidence-based dossier template for faculty with significant teaching and/or educational leadership responsibilities, so that (b) promotion packets might be more fairly and rigorously reviewed – including, ideally, by qualified external reviewers. The format represents an evidence-based approach, and has been modified from the AAMC Toolbox for Medical Educators
External Peer Review of Teaching Initiative Committee Members:
- EPRT Chair: Steve Hines (WSU)
- Steering Committee Liaison: Joie Watson (UCD)
- Support: Rachel Halsey (WSU)
- Dean Hendrickson
- Erica Suchman
- Joie Watson
- Peggy Barr
- Maria Fahie
- Diane McClure
- Patrick Chappell
- Jeff Abbott
- Steve Hines
- Steve Lampa
- Susan Matthew
- Phil Mixter
- Erika Offerdahl