ANNUAL FULL-TIME TENURED FACULTY EVALUATION

Faculty Member: Jennifer Wright Date: 6/2/2021

Rank of Faculty Member: Assoc. Professor Department: Social Sciences
Evaluation Period: 2020-2021 Campus: Lancaster

Comments highlighting the faculty member’s primary professional responsibility (teaching,

counseling, or information science) in consideration of:

● Fulfillment of teaching, counseling, or library responsibilities and preparation of related

materials (including self-assessment report as well as portfolio, if applicable)
● Progress on goals set (if applicable)
● Student evaluations results
● Observations of the faculty member, if applicable (promotion observations, observations
for other purposes)
● Other contacts or interactions with the faculty member

During the 2020-2021 academic year, Professor Wright taught one section of EDUC 140, one
section of EDUC 180, one section of EDUC 220, one section of EDUC 235, one section of
EDUC 260, and one section of EDUC 261.

As with most instructors, most if not all, of the new things Professor Wright tried this past year
were about teaching in the remote modality. EDUC 235 was especially challenging, as Professor
Wright needed to get STEM materials distributed to remote students. She also needed to be
flexible when materials were broken or there were technology glitches. Much flexibility was
also needed for extensions and extra support outride of class. Professor Wright’s student
evaluations were positive, especially in the areas related to profession, organization, flexibility,
and approachability. Professor Wright included many qualitative examples of student feedback
in her self-evaluation.

Comments highlighting the faculty member’s service (college-level, campus-level, or

department/discipline level)

Professor Wright is involved in a lot of high level service, primarily outside of HACC. She often
is the spokesperson for the education department to other education institutions, employers and
our own workforce development division. For example, she sits on several Occupational
Advisory Committee and offers advice and insight of curriculum. She promoted the program by
giving presentations at local CTCs.

Perhaps most notably this year, she worked with Melissa Nagengast on the Early Childhood
Education Professional Development Organization at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher

Academic Affairs Form: Revised Spring 2017 Page 1

Education (ECEPDO/PASSHE) grant to secure the third year of funding. There were some
challenges with the application as a result of the pandemic, but Jennifer and Melissa should be
commended for their work and standing behind their principles.

Because of the partnership and pathway from the Workforce division, Jennifer routinely does
presentations for cohorts. We thank her for being so enrollment focused.

We appreciate her guidance and feedback on the semester schedule of classes and staffing
recommendations. Guidance from the discipline has been invaluable during the remote nature of
course offering.

Comments highlighting the faculty member’s continued professional development to

enhance knowledge and skills

For her professional development over the past academic year, Professor Wright attended two
PAC-TE conferences, a three-day conference on apprenticeship training, a Pathways retreat,
Week Zero both fall and spring semesters, as well as a number of other stand alone trainings.
The trainings all relate directly to her teaching or role as program director. In the coming year,
we encourage Professor Wright to seek out professional growth opportunities in the area of
diversity and inclusion.

Comments highlighting the faculty member’s academic advising/student success

activities

Professor Wright maintains an advisee load of 27/24 students respectively. This past year she
used Navigate to communicate with students and encourage them to schedule an advising session
through Zoom. Because advising mistakes are often made from students coming out of EDUC
110 and EDUC 111, Professor Wright has been doing group advising in those classes.

Professor Wright also points out that she often advises students that are not assigned to her. This
may be due to her visibility as the Programs Director, or from referral from students who have
adjuncts in class or from their staff advisor. Moving forward, we will need to find a way to
alleviate this additional stress.

There were no student success initiatives listed in her self-assessment. However, based upon
interaction with her this year, she has many. One example is Professor Wright took over
communicating and grading a student’s work when she received an Incomplete grade from an
adjunct instructor. This occurred after the spring semester. We appreciate Professor Wright’s
willingness to assist both the student and faculty member.

Overall Evaluation

Academic Affairs Form: Revised Spring 2017 Page 2

Performance Primary Professional Continued Academic Overall
Evaluation Responsibility: Service Professional Advising and Annual
(Teaching, Counseling, Development Student Evaluation
Library/Information Success
Science) Activities

Meets ✓ Yes Yes ✓ Yes Yes Yes

Expectations
❏ No No ❏ No No No

If any area is indicated as not meeting expectations, document the specific reasons for that
evaluation and indicate the next steps in improvement.

Signatures
(For the faculty member, the signature indicates receipt of the evaluation).

Faculty Member: ____________________________________ Date: ___________

Department Chair: Mark Nelson Date: 8/31/2021

School Administrator: Date: 6-2-21

Academic Affairs Form: Revised Spring 2017 Page 3