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Asking people, particularly ones in official roles (as opposed to closely trusted colleagues), has its drawbacks: (1) you are making them aware of weaknesses in your teaching profile that they might otherwise have missed and that can later be used against you; (2) they might infer that you worry too much about your student evaluations, which is bad optics (it reeks of vanity and of trying to optimize your teaching portfolio for a new job).

darij grinberg
– darij grinberg

2020-01-01 13:00:06 +00:00
Commented Jan 1, 2020 at 13:00
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Obviously I disagree. A department that has a Vice Chair intent on helping new instructors improve (as opposed to one intent on hurting them later) is my model.

GEdgar
– GEdgar

2020-01-01 13:07:01 +00:00
Commented Jan 1, 2020 at 13:07

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