In order to make appropriate changes to improve your teaching andyour students' learning, first you need to know howyou're teaching now. Figure it out for yourself andinvigorate your teaching on your own terms!This practical evidence-based guide promotes excellence in teachingand improved student learning through self-reflection andself-assessment of one's teaching. Phyllis Blumberg starts byreviewing the current approaches to instructor evaluation anddescribes their inadequacies. She then presents a new model ofassessing teaching that builds upon a broader base of evidence andsources of support. This new model leads to self-assessmentrubrics, which are available for download, and the book will guideyou in how to use them. The book includes case studies of completedcritical reflection rubrics from a variety of disciplines,including the performing and visual arts and the hard sciences, toshow how they can be used in different ways and how to explore therichness of the data you'll uncover.