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PEER REVIEW

There are two types of peer review that instructors can use to inform their teaching. Both types inform faculty development, but they have important differences in their purposes and outcomes.

  • Formative Peer Review is used by instructors to enhance teaching and learning as part of their reflective practice. These reviews are voluntary and focus on the instructor’s unique teaching goals, needs, and interests.
  • Summative Peer Review is conducted to evaluate an instructor's teaching performance, such as for annual review, promotion and tenure, or teaching award nominations. These reviews focus on specific, pre-defined measures of teaching effectiveness.

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An important first step in requesting peer review is deciding which type of review you want to pursue. Talk with a supervisor and/or mentor for help deciding the review type you need (formative, summative, or both). Your supervisor may have recommendations for potential reviewers or use the resources linked below.

Regardless of which type you choose, peer review can provide inspiring insights about teaching for both the reviewer and reviewee. Consider including both as part of your systematic process of reflective teaching. 

Formative Peer Review Services

Our CELT Formative Peer Review Fellows are experienced Purdue Fort Wayne faculty who have been trained to provide formative teaching consultations that will help you achieve your teaching goals through classroom observation, materials review, online course review, and more.

Summative Peer Review Services

While CELT focuses on Formative Peer reviews the following organizations are trained to perform Summative Peer Reviews:

  • Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET): FACET is a dynamic, collaborative community of inducted faculty dedicated to and recognized for excellence in teaching and learning. FACET asserts that excellence in teaching and learning requires dedication to an inclusive community that promotes justice in higher education. This commitment infuses FACET’s advocacy for pedagogical innovation and student success, cultivation of the scholarship of teaching and learning, and advancement of professional and personal growth.
  • Summative Peer Review Network (website coming soon): Members of the Summative Peer Review Network have completed the cohort-style program designed to help faculty hone their skills in conducting summative peer reviews of teaching. The year-long program includes synchronous and asynchronous professional development activities that focus on key topics, including the peer review process, defining criteria for teaching evaluation, crafting effective feedback, and writing peer review letters.

Peer Review Training

Our Peer Review Team offers training to help you develop skills to conduct effective reviews of teaching for colleagues and peers. Join our sessions to become an effective peer reviewer.