The document provides guidance on writing helpful recommendations for faculty course reviews. It recommends including standard, annotation, course evidence, and characteristics components. Recommendations should be constructive, specific, measurable, sensitive, and balanced. Examples from the course should be included along with location details. The goal is to continuously improve courses for student benefit by having faculty see the value in recommendations.

1. Helpful
Recommendations
AKA How to be really useful and affirming for the
faculty whose courses you are reviewing.

2. Helpful Recommendation
Components
 Standard, +
 Annotation, +
 Course Evidence, +
 Characteristics, +
 Equal =
 Helpful Recommendations
Characteristics
 Constructive
 Specific
 Measurable
 Sensitive
 Balanced

3. Standard
It’s important to remind
yourself of each standard
before you begin gathering
specific evidence from the
course to determine if that
standard is met or not met.

4. Annotation
 There is a great deal of information
that is invaluable for reviewers in each
annotation
 There is information about the
standard.
 There are directions for reviewers
 And there are examples

5. Course Evidence
 It is vitally important to helping
faculty course designers
continuously improve their
courses to include specific
examples from the course,
including location, quotes and
details.

6. Characteristics
 It is very important to the philosophy
of QM to keep in mind the
characteristics of a helpful
recommendation. You want course
developers to see the value in your
recommendations and apply them to
their courses so students can benefit.

7. Constructive
Try to offer solutions, not
just identify problems.

8. Specific
Include a specific example
of what is being
recommended.

9. Measurable
Begin with an action verb
that describes a suggestion
that can be observed or
evaluated.

10. Sensitive
Avoid negative language.
Keep recommendations on a
positive note.

11. Balanced
Point out strengths as well
as weaknesses.