Recently, Glory Tobiason (Research Scientist at CRESST and Clinical Faculty in Education) and Adrienne Lavine (Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) attended the Teaching Evaluation Networking Summit. The Summit was convened by leaders of the TEval initiative, a national effort aimed at transforming the way teaching is evaluated in higher education. The invitation-only event took place June 7-9, and in attendance were ~40 representatives from ~20 colleges and universities in the US and Canada.

Glory Tobiason presenting on Holistic Evaluation of Teaching	Adrienne Lavine, right, collaborating on Holistic Evaluation of Teaching

In their role as representatives from UCLA, Drs. Lavine and Tobiason shared details of UCLA’s efforts to reform teaching evaluation, namely the Holistic Evaluation of Teaching (HET) initiative. The outcome of the Summit was a shared vision of a national center that would provide resources, consultation, research, and marketing around improved teaching evaluation in higher education.