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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Administration of the spring 2016 Students’ Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTEs), often referred to as “course evaluations,” begins 4 April.
Your department’s administrative assistant will collate and stuff SRTE packets for each of the courses that you teach. When completed, your department’s administrative assistant will distribute the course packets to you.
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">F2F/Enhanced, Blended/Hybrid, Practicum and Labs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">(Paper-based, in class administration)</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">via PLS)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">28-30 March</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Academic department Administrative Assistants will assemble and distribute paper-based SRTEs</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">4-22 April</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Administer SRTEs – Students receive prompt to complete when logging into Pearson Learning Studio (eCollege) online course</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">27 April</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All completed paper-based SRTEs will be returned to CFEI.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please allocate time in your course to permit students to participate and express their opinions. .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Consider sharing with your students
<b>the value you place</b> on course evaluations, as well as mentioning improvements made to courses or teaching styles made in response to previous student ratings (SRTEs). In addition to yielding valuable student feedback, empowering students to offer constructive
and thoughtful feedback promotes student retention and engagement. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Dave Giles, Ph.D.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#7F7F7F">l</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"> Educational Assessment Coordinator<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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