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Show The Thunder 6 inf Tuesday Octo6er 23, 1984 Page 7 Evaluation forms must be analyzed (continued from page 1) the most important, reason for evaluations, is to help the faculty receive data and feedback from the students on how well they are doing their jobs. This is the best faculty Ive ever seen who really want to try to improve themselves, said Alger. Theyve held, their own workshop dealing with teacher evaluations, and are now fine tuning the evaluation process through the faculty senate. That fine tuning and modification of programs by the faculty senate is still going on, and according to faculty senate president Dale Hatch, the senate will be looking at different recommendations for changes throughout the year. Hatch says the new ideas under consideration by several faculty senate committees deal with such things as how to make the evaluation forms more uniform and how and when the evaluations will be administered. The faculty senate is also considering ways of improving the questions on the forms. Probably the most important area under study is how the evaluation results should be weighted. How much should the results affect the merit pay scale, tenure, rank, and other issues are now under study for revision by the faculty senate, T-Bi- rd students are very supportive of the evaluation process and participate in a positive manner.. He feels that any negative reactions to the evaluations might be based on the fact that the student is not aware of why the administration does it. Alger feels, too, that the faculty is very supportive of the process, and that most faculty members take the results of the evaluation very positively. Alger and Hatch both believe most faculty members think the students are very perceptive, helpful, and generally quite hard in their reviews, but with the true intention of helping the faculty become better at students most Alger says their jobs. are very supportive of Some faculty members talked the evaluation process , to revealed a certain apprehension about evaluations, and participate in a ' but others felt it really has little positive way. impact. However, all agreed the evaluations were generally honest and really did point out with a large number of students in it and an upper division class weaknesses in their instructing with fewer students are techniques, showing areas for evaluated. Then the teacher improvement. I have the utmost respect for usually picks another class he students and for what Ive seen wants evaluated. overall with regard to what Things that might influence a students opinion of a teacher theyve done, Alger said. But what happens to a such things as class size, the reason a student has to take the teacher when he receives a bad evaluation? Campus programs class, the motivation factor, and that are designed to assist such how much preparation and teachers improve their skills are study are required are taken the subject of part two of this into consideration during the evaluation process. series, next week in The Thunderbird. According to Alger, most according to Hatch. After these proposals and decisions are made by the committees, the full senate will then vote on them. The system is not perfect, but with more input from the students, teachers, and administration, Hatch said, "we should get better quality. Many different areas are covered on the evaluation forms and many factors are taken into account in the analysis, of them. Generally, in the evaluation process for an individual teacher, one lower division class pkiiNOW OPEN'k'&l Lois' Sandwich World 24 different varieties or create your own hours:Monday thru Friday 6:00am to 8:00pm 1096 west 200 586-109- 994 Money. A most enlightening, yet disheartening subject. Everything costs money. Have you ever thought how much better athletic teams at SUSC could do if they only had the money? There is a club on campus that has thought about that very thing. The Thunderbird Athletic Club, formerly the SUSC Quarterback Club, has recently been established and hopes to have satellite chapters throughout southern Utah including Circleville, Minersville, Beaver, Fillmore, and Richfield to increase pride and support for SUSC athletics. The purpose of the club is three-fold- ; first and foremost to support intercollegiate athletics at SUSC, then to build community interest and enthusiasm of Thunderbird athletics throughout the area, and to generate financial support for the colleges intercollegiate athletic programs, said M.L. Smith, special assistant to the president. . The satellite chapters are an important part of the program. Spreading the enthusiasm of Thunderbird athletics to other communities can help not only in raising money to further college teams, but in generating the spirit of SUSC to high school students who may later decide to attend the college. More support is better for the college, officials say. We want to fill our Centrum, said Smith. He also noted that the The club hopes to raise money for scholarships, and in so doing improve the quality of play at SUSC. addition of lights to the football field and the pre-gacookouts at home games have helped to increase spirit and participation. The local chapter of the club already has 165 members. Its really exciting, said Smith. The support has been superb. Members of the club are from all segments of the community. Merchants, restaurant owners, faculty, and individuals have joined. The organization has no liaison with the students, but a Sullivan's LaTajada Room student can join. In fact, Smith said anyone can join. The membership fees range from $40 to $1,000. Members are involved in a number of activites, such as lunches to meet the coaches, prime rib e dinners, and the cookouts. The club hopes to raise $50,000 in addition to the money collected from student fees to help support SUSC teams. Last year the club raised about $30,000, enough money to pay for several scholarships for SUSC athletes. The money raised this year will also be used for scholarships, and this, officials hope, will raise the athletic quality at SUSC and further the athletic competence the college already .holds. The Thunderbird Athletic Club was organized by many members of the former Quarterback Club, which has now been disbanded, hoping to update the group and ;ts activities. People who wish to become a member can contact one of the local chapter officers: Alan Averett, president; Tom Higbee, president-elect- ; Jim Cox, past president; or jim Wilson, (Salad Bar and Lounge) ' 86 South 586-676- r. Main 1 One coupon per table Expires Dec. 31, 1984 pre-gam- secretary-treasure- r Present This Coupon For One Steok and Shrimp Special Buy One and Get One Free sports faithful organize Monica Cox middle exit) (next to 6 Breakfast Special The Thunderbird Athletic Club hopes to raise scholarship money by north !H pop into TDEiH ( ?ncg flMC Meat Macho and medium drink $1 99 Good thru Oct. 29 1984 330 S. Main |