To promote mentorship and support of a new colleague’s teaching, the Provost requests that departments arrange several visits each year to the classrooms of pre‐tenure faculty. Multiple visits allow department colleagues to observe the results of comments and suggestions from earlier observations. The ensuing dialogue between the new colleague and more experienced department members—what’s working, what’s not, expectations, suggestions, techniques, strategies, etc.—will
ideally be reflected in the department’s first‐year review statement.

FPC reads student course evaluations with great care. The department review statement can provide context by pointing out special circumstances, historical trends concerning student response to a given course in the department, etc