Full-Time Faculty Reviews and Appointments

The Full-Time Faculty Reviews and Appointments process outlines the comprehensive evaluation that supports Montgomery College's commitment to enhancing faculty performance, growth, and development, aligning with our broader Performance Management new windowpractices.

The Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management administers the evaluation of full-time faculty to ensure the College is consistently:

• Promoting the highest quality of counseling and advising
• Promoting the highest quality of instruction (teaching/learning)
• Encouraging the highest quality performance by faculty
• Encouraging professional growth and development
• Assessing strengths and weaknesses in faculty performance

Comprehensive Evaluation

The faculty performance review process includes several key elements. For counseling faculty, these elements include student evaluations, a self-evaluation, peer reviews, observations, and an administrative review. For instructional faculty, the review consists of a self-evaluation, classroom observations, departmental chair review, peer review, and a Dean’s summary evaluation.

For new faculty members, the comprehensive evaluation during the first year of employment will focus on performance during the first semester. For other faculty members, the evaluation will focus on performance since the last review. Regardless of the schedule below, a faculty member may be required to undergo a comprehensive evaluation during any academic year if deemed necessary by the appropriate Dean.

Schedule

Faculty appointed in January will begin employment on an 18-month contract and follow the same evaluation schedule as those on a one-year contract.