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The CET directors will maintain a record that the consultation took place, but will keep this confidential unless the faculty member who was observed requests notification to another person or office. The Teaching Consultations Program is for professional development purposes only, hence all conversations and documents pertaining to the objective, descriptive feedback process are confidential and non-official and will not be used in the official merit and/or tenure review evaluation process.
The instructor, however, is free to share information on the consultation to whomever he or she wishes, and can request that the CET and/or consultants do the same. In fact, the act of requesting and receiving a teaching consultation indicates the seriousness with which an instructor considers his or her teaching mission. Hence, divulging information on the consultation could be in an instructor's best interests. The CET recommends, however, that an instructor discuss this with one or more trusted senior colleagues before informing others of the consultation.
The Teaching Consultations Program is available to faculty on a voluntary basis. At the present time, the CET does not initiate a consultation based on referral by a dean or department chair. Rather, the administrator should recommend or require that the instructor in question participate in the program, at which point the instructor should contact the CET.
For more information, please contact the CET at cet@bu.edu or 358-2488.
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