The preparation guideline to get teaching evaluation process for academic staff of Mahidol University

Abstract

         Teaching skill, lesson planning, and writing of teaching materials or handouts are crucial steps for transmitting knowledge to students. Excellent teaching practice not only fosters a successful learning of students, leading to the attainment of effective learning outcomes, but also helps academicians be promoted to a higher academic rank. However, in the procedure of academic promotion, an evaluation of teaching skill and process often requires a number of complicated documents with mandatory patterns complied with the rules of university and Office of the Higher Education Commission. The lack of understanding to intricate qualities of teaching process and materials might delay academic promotion. In general, the teaching evaluation process is composed of 2 steps, i.e., (i) evaluation of teaching skill, in which one needs to carefully plan for teaching, distribute all the lesson plans, materials and handouts, and perform teaching under inspection of a sub-committee, and (ii) evaluation of teaching materials, which are dependent on academic rank. The present article thus aims to elaborate the delicate details of teaching evaluation process based on frequently observed pitfalls. Finally, an in-depth analysis was also performed to provide better direction for effective management of the faculty or institute, thereby supporting faculty members to be rapidly promoted to a higher academic rank.