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Music & Dance to Pilot New Approach to Teacher Evaluation
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
The Department of Music and Dance is among four academic departments selected to pilot a new approach to evaluating teaching at UMass Amherst, along with computer science, linguistics, and physics.
Chair of Music & Dance Dept.
According to Gabriela Weaver, vice provost for faculty development and director of the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development (TEFD), these departments were selected from a field of nine across five schools and colleges to participate in the initiative, which is part of a multi-university project supported by a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
The Music and Dance application was submitted by department chair Roberta Montemorra Marvin and Director of Wind Studies Matthew Westgate.