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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Faculty Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Administration of the fall 2016 Students’ Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTEs), often referred to as “course evaluations,” begins on November 28<sup>th</sup>.
This information is being sent to you so that you can allocate critical class time in your schedule. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Your department’s Administrative Assistants will begin picking up the SRTE packets on November 14<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">Face-to-Face, Enhanced, Blended, and Labs Courses</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">(<i>Paper-based, in class administration</i>)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">Online (Section W) Courses</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:white">(Online administration via PLS)</span></i></b><i><span style="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-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">14 – 23 November<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Academic department Administrative Assistants will pick up from CFEI and distribute paper-based SRTEs to faculty</span><span style="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-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">28 November – 7 December</span></b><b><span style="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-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SRTEs administered utilizing a student designee from the class<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="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-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-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">8 -12 December</span></b><b><span style="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-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All completed paper-based SRTEs will be returned to CFEI.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In addition to content mastery and instructional methodologies, your attitude toward the SRTE process also plays a critical role in our students’ learning process.
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Consider sharing with your faculty
<b>the value you place</b> on course evaluations, as well as passing along strategies that you have found effective for empowering students to offer constructive and thoughtful feedback.</span><span style="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-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-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Dave Giles, Ph.D.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#7F7F7F">l</span><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black"> Educational Assessment Coordinator<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation
</span><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#7F7F7F">l </span><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black">Academic Affairs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:Dave.Giles@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:blue">Dave.Giles@tamuc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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