Supports individual Staff, Departments and Faculties across the University to fully engage in the quality assurance and enhancement processes in all its teaching and teaching programs.

The Teaching Evaluation for Development Service (TEDS) supports teaching staff to engage in the critical reflective cycle of evaluation, reflection, planning and implementing change in their individual teaching, unit and program for quality enhancement. Through its services, TEDS seeks to support student engagement, the development of individuals, departments and academic units, as well as curriculum renewal.

In accordance with critical reflective practice, scholarly teaching principles and the Macquarie University Quality Enhancement Policy and Guidelines [PDF - 56k], we recommend that individuals, Departments and Faculties regularly:

1. Collect evaluative data from students/learners on their experiences of programs, courses and units conducted by the individual/organisational unit concerned.
2. Analyse the data to establish possible areas of current policy and practice in need of recognition or development.
3. Establish goals and strategies to meet any identified needs for development, and
4. Implement and evaluate the impact of these strategies on student learning outcomes and experiences.

To assist individual staff and organisational units to meet these responsibilities, TEDS, in conjunction with the Learning and Teaching Centre, provides:

• A range of evaluation instruments and reports that can be used to collect, and act upon, student feedback data, including:
  • formal questionnaires to provide student feedback on teaching and units (to order surveys, use the TEDS order forms - on-line only from 2011),
  • formal reports on data from these questionnaires.

• Advice for individual staff on
  • using student feedback for the quality enhancement of units and for individual professional development,
  • a range of approaches to evaluation of teaching, units and programs, and
  • preparing Academic Portfolios, to document teaching for career purposes.

• Advice to academic units and leaders of learning and teaching on the use of student feedback in quality assurance and enhancement of teaching, units and programs, including
  • recognising and rewarding quality teaching,
  • identifying areas for development, and
  • establishing goals and strategies for enhancement.

• Resources to assist the interpretation of student feedback reports and to guide developmental goals and strategies, including
  • Student Feedback Report Summary Tables
  • Developing your teaching
  • Developing your unit
  • Documenting Evidence of Your Work

Note: Staff use of the Learner Experience of Teaching (LET) survey is voluntary and confidential. The LET is available to all staff teaching Macquarie University Programs.

Contact TEDS

For enquiries about ordering and administering TEDS surveys, please see Student Survey Contacts.