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With the wide array of resources available, and consultation support from the College of Arts and Sciences staff and the Teaching Quality Framework (TQF), this summary provides an outline of an approach that departments might take. Based on the successful approach of the TQF Initiative, it is recommended a working group within the department / academic unit (three to five individuals) engage in a process of six to eight months of work (roughly monthly meetings) to enact quality tools and processes for the evaluation of teaching. This approach is designed to support departmental response to the new Arts and Sciences Guide of teaching quality and effective measures.

By Fall 2021, it is anticipated that this process will result in new departmental tools and processes that address the the college's goals for departmental specifications of quality. Given the significant breadth of tested, scholarly, evidence-based tools for evaluation, it strongly recommended that academic units build from and adapt such proven resources. 

An outline of a suggested department approach to engagement is as follows and specified in greater detail in the . The following is just a sample:

• Pre-meeting: Prep or Team assembly; assemble the departmental team and review overall resources and guidelines around teaching evaluation (Arts and Sciences policies and TQF resources) 
• Meeting 1: Overall Framing; set goals and approach for term; assess current state
• Meeting 2: Evaluate current system; evaluate practices and identify gaps; plan work along each voice; create timeline/process
• Meeting 3: Review approaches or portfolios of other depts; select portfolio(s) to model their approach on; select first voice and tool/process to work on
• Meeting 4: Complete draft form of tool(s) for Voice 1; begin work on tools/processes for Voice 2
• Meeting 5: Complete draft form of tool(s) for Voice 2; begin work on tools/processes for Voice 3
• Meeting 6: Complete draft form of tool(s) for Voice 3; review span of data collection over rubric or framework; begin work on pulling the voices into a cohesive assessment plan
• Meeting 7: Finalize cohesive assessment plan; discuss plan for formal implementation
• Meeting 8: Finalize implementation plan; discuss based on feedback from key folks external to team