FACULTY EVALUATION ANNUAL PORTFOLIO

Name: Suzanne Gollery Rank: Associate Professor Department: Science and Technology Date: June !"" Portfolio #ear: $April !"! to April !""% I. TEACHING Teaching &'aluation: *+,- "! ."!/ S"! *+,- "!"."!3 ("! *+,- 0"!.0"3 ("! *+,- "! ."!/ S"" )6&7 "!2."!/ S"" (aculty A'erage: 0122 A'erage: 01 ! A'erage: 0143 A'erage: 010" A'erage: 01" A'erage: A'erage: A'erage: A'erage: 2 0 3 (aculty Super'isor Administrati'e )ourse 0102 01!! 0135 012! 2153

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II. ADVISING III. SCHOLARLY WORK: IV. SERVICE TO PROFESSION: V. SERVICE TO COLLEGE: VI. ADMINISTRATIVE: Name: Suzanne Gollery
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Rank: Associate Professor FACULTY PROPOSED EVALUATION: " 2 0 3

7ost significant accomplishments for this year:

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+ incorporated significantly more acti'e learning into my courses this year: consistent ;ith my primary goal for the "!<"" academic year1 Thus: there are student comments on course e'aluations from students ;ho ha'e done ;ell in traditional lecture classes like this: =To help me learn more in this class there needs to be complete notes every
day, the homework should not be assigned before we have had a lecture on the material, and the tests should be based off of the complete notes given in class. >

There are a?out an e@ual num?er of comments in the lo;er di'ision courses that there ;as too much lecturing: so + can do more to impro'e my teaching methods1 The acti'e learning approach ;as particularly effecti'e in the upper di'ision course: *+,- 0"!: Genetics: ;here students ;ere eApected to read the teAt: ans;er @uestions a?out the material: and come to class ready to ask @uestions a?out things they found confusing1 This pro'ided lots of time in class for acti'ities and discussions in ;hich students applied content1 +n particular: ;e had time to eAplore a contro'ersial genetic technology in depth $consistent ;ith another goal to make assignments that compel students to make connections ?et;een ?iology and sustaina?ility% and ;e had time to learn ho; to read original scientific papers more effecti'ely and ;rite in that style1 % + mentored Natalie Begel into graduating ;ith all of her courses completed1 + ;asnCt sure she ;as going to ?e a?le to earn a maDor GPA of 1! or higher1 +t ;as not al;ays easy to hold Natalie accounta?le ;hile encouraging her: ?ut + helped to keep her engaged and ;as her ?iggest fan1 This is a sym?ol of the care that + take ad'ising students1 + can tell that it is appreciated ?ased on positi'e responses a?out my @uality as a mentor on the senior eAit inter'ie;s1 + am an eAcellent ad'isor1 2% + feel like + am finally meeting eApectations as department chair1 + am ;illing to lead and am more comforta?le ;ith management1 + ha'e ?een effecti'e at mentoring adDunct faculty so that they can do their ?est and + ha'e ?een a?le to ask for impro'ed performance from more senior faculty ;ho also need reminding or assistance to do ;ell1 + scheduled science faculty meetings t;ice per month and this regularity allo;ed us to
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;ork thoughtfully and effecti'ely on tasks related to realigning our outcomes and assessment to;ard the core themes1 Partly ?ecause + ha'e felt more confident: + ha'e ?een a?le to interact ?etter ;ith other leadership1 +t still is a struggle to ?alance teaching: administrati'e duties: and any kind of a personal life: ?ut it is getting easier to do all three ;ell enough that + feel successful1 0% At the risk of ?eing percei'ed to not support faculty in my department: + ha'e ?een ;illing to take on the uncomforta?le position of retiring the anemic computer science program and follo;ing through on procedure to remo'e a full<time faculty mem?er ;ho ne'er ;as an effecti'e teacher1 *oth of these hard steps ;ill make it possi?le to di'ert resources to the more successful programs and faculty in my department: so + am sure it ;ill ?e interpreted as a strong mo'e in the long run1 + sincerely hope that + ;ill ?e allo;ed to eApand the num?er of salaried science faculty: since ;e are no; a 'ery small group of three1 3% -eading the faculty to adopt an academic schedule ;ith reading days to prepare for final eAams ;as a significant and uneApected accomplishment1 +t is critically important to gi'e students time as the semester ;raps up to prepare for their final presentations and comprehensi'e eAams so that they can produce ;ork that reflects their real potential1 + am confident that this is part of a significant change in culture to;ard higher academic standards at SN)1 + tried to support other changes in culture to;ard high academic standards: such as making time to attend the psychology research fair and supporting the student symposium: especially in defending our efforts to Dust do it: rather than making sure it ;as perfect ?efore ;e attempted it1 + ha'e also attended $and thus model support for% other academic eAtracurricular acti'ities: such as the Poetry Slam: *(A sho;s: T&R) seminarsE Among faculty ;ith children and families at home: + ha'e the ?est record of support for these acti'ities1 + ha'e also tried 'ery hard to support the admissions team in recruiting more and ?etter students and ha'e tried to help them ha'e the information that they need to recruit @ualified science students1 *ecause of these successes: + think + ha'e eAceeded eApectations for ser'ice to the college1 /% -eading the science faculty to commit to re@uiring senior research or an internship of all students1 They ;ere eAcited ?y the ;ork students did for the student forum and + Dumped at the opportunity to reconsider the importance of research for students and ho; ;e can accomplish it ;ithout killing oursel'es1
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Goals for !""< !" academic year: "% Teaching: Fork on more effecti'ely incorporating e'en more acti'e learning into my courses1 ,ne ;ay that + plan to help ensure that this happens is outline ?oth (all !"" and Spring !" courses ?efore (all !"" semester ?egins1 % Teaching: +mplement a ne; micro?iology la? program in Spring !" that has students doing one large in@uiry<?ased proDect utilizing many micro?iological techni@ues: rather than a collection of unlinked eAercises that allo; students to practice techni@ues1 The research groups from this course should ha'e material that they can enter in the science student forum: our departmental precursor to the Student Symposium1 2% Ad'ising: 6old my continuing ad'isees more accounta?le for planning their o;n programs ?y turning unprepared students a;ay from ad'ising appointments1 0% Ad'ising: 6a'e a plan in place to teach out the computer science maDor ?y the time )S maDors return in August1 Fork ;ith Gatie: Julie: and *ary on Ru?yCs concern a?out gender discrimination1 3% Administrati'e: 7entor the science faculty through designing a research methods course and undergraduate research program that ;ill ?ecome part of the " <"2 catalog1 This ;ill strengthen our academic programs1 +n the meantime: encourage science faculty to support research from our eAisting upper classmen so that ;e ha'e eAcellent representation in the !" Student Symposium1 /% Administrati'e: The age and insufficiency of some of our e@uipment sometimes interferes ;ith our a?ility to offer students @uality la?oratory and field eAperiences1 This ;as mentioned ?y t;o students on senior eAit inter'ie;s1 + ;ant to de'elop a schedule for upgrading and eApanding e@uipment ?y: a1 Forking ;ith )(, and pro'ost on a plan to recei'e some funds for this purpose from SN)1 Fe adopted student la? course fees ;ith the intent of using some of these funds to help maintain and eApand e@uipment: yet ;e ha'e di'erted this income to co'er normal operating eApenses1 The science department has ?een ;orking so effecti'ely at keeping e@uipment: la? course supplies: and printing.copying costs lo;: that ;e cannot easily transfer funds from other areas to purchase or repair e@uipment1 Fe ha'e ?een model tight;ads for SN): ?ut this means ;e ha'e not ?een a?le to fund e@uipment purchases1
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?1 &nlist support of )huck and Ste'e in searching for grant funding sources that may help ;ith e@uipment purchases1 c1 &nlist support of la? assistant to help find sources of good used e@uipment to help make our e@uipment funds go farther1 This a'enue has helped us to ac@uire the relati'ely decent amount of e@uipment that ;e do ha'e1 4% Administrati'e: Fork ;ith chairs on course schedules that meet the needs of science students to graduate on time and accommodate the interests of the most students: yet allo; for the most efficient use of instructor ;orkload and adDunct faculty salary1 Fith science faculty: re'ie; maDor course rotation schedule to make sure ;e are most effecti'e1 8% Administrati'e: Schedule faculty classroom 'isits early so that they get done1 -earn a?out ho; to do these e'aluations effecti'ely and use them to mentor instructors to;ard impro'ed teaching1 Prior to 'isits: sit in on some classes of fantastic teachers so that + ha'e a ?aseline1 5% Administrati'e: )ooperate ;ith the assessment office on gathering data for NF))H self study and su?mitting departmental re'ie;s promptly1 &nlist help of all science faculty in collecting the materials needed for these re'ie;s1 "!% Administrati'e: Staff math courses ;ith great teachers and lead math instructors and science faculty to ;ork together on re'ie;ing math course outcomes and aligning them 'ertically to ?est meet math instructional needs for all maDors1 ""% Administrati'e: )ontinue to ;ork on not ?ela?oring my points in discussions: and thus losing credi?ility1

EVALUATION BY SUPERVISOR: " Rationale: During the !"!. !"" academic year: SuzanneCs o'erall performance as Department )hair and Associate Professor eAceeded eApectations1 6er e'aluation lists numerous ;ays that support that statement: ?ut +Cd like to highlight a fe;1 "1 She is my most careful )hair1 Gi'en my skill set: + need that and our team relies on Suzanne for her carefulness and methodical thinking1 (or eAample: + asked her to chair
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the taskforce to de'elop the T;o #ear Guarantee ?ecause + needed someone ;ho could ?e precise1

1 She did an a?solutely fantastic Do? in the performance e'aluation of Russ Reich and in the program elimination of computer science1 +n these areas: if ;e had ?een careless: SN) may ;ell ha'e gotten sued1 SuzanneCs precision and ;illingness to follo; JulieCs and my direction led to a good outcome1

21 She has ?ecome a leader in science1 That has not ?een an easy task1

01 She has led the science faculty to more thoroughly em?race acti'e learning and undergraduate research1

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