Quality of Staff Practicing Assessment at Higher Education Schools

Abstract

Quality of Staff Practicing Assessment at Higher Education Schools

Abstract
Faculty members play an important role in enhancing the quality of
teaching in higher education, especially with the emerging international
standards and benchmarks, as institutional challenges and competitions
continue in the new age of globalization and the great affect of
communication and information technology. Recently, it is becoming a
must for higher education institutes to pay more attention to enhance the
quality of faculty members through periodical comprehensive effective
evaluation, which will affect positively the quality of the university
outcomes.
This paper aims to develop a framework for evaluating the
performance of faculty members in higher education institutes. The
suggested framework is comprehensive, flexible, and objectives. The
evaluation process is based on the self-evaluation conducted by the faculty
member himself as well as the evaluation of other colleagues in the same
department through the peer-to-peer evaluation, the evaluation of the
department chair, the evaluation of the dean, and the evaluation of
students. Finally, the quality assurance unit at the university records a final
grade with recommendations to enhance the performance of the faculty