Formative Feedback Partners (FFP)
Formative Feedback Partners are graduate students, postdocs, and faculty trained in leading Small Group Analyses, conducting Teaching Observations, and facilitating End-of-Term Focus Groups to provide evidence-based, formative feedback on teaching. Throughout the academic year, Formative Feedback Partners participate in a learning community in which they engage in discussions and activities to deepen their skills in providing written and verbal formative feedback.
Overview
Formative Feedback Partners provide feedback on teaching in any context through three methods:
- Small Group Analysis (SGA): Early- to mid-quarter qualitative and quantitative feedback from students for instructors at all levels. SGAs primarily take place between weeks 4 and 7 of each quarter to provide midcourse feedback.
- Teaching Observation: Personalized feedback on teaching techniques for graduate students and postdocs. Teaching Observations can occur at any point during the quarter.
- End-of-Term Focus Group: Evaluations for courses (taught by any level of instructor) with fewer than five students. End-of-Term Focus Groups are conducted at the end of the quarter, with instructor consultations taking place after grades have been submitted.
Contact Us
Kate Flom Derrick, Assistant Director of Foundations in Learning & Teaching
kate.flomderrick@northwestern.edu