Approaches to Teachers’ Performance Assessment for Enhancing Quality of Education at Universities

摘要

Each university tries to assess the work of the university teachers equitably. Through obtaining information about the teachers, the employer can desirably direct professional growth of the teachers and properly use their working and creative potential. The assessment of the working performance of the University of Zilina teachers is realized through scored assessment of their performance in the pedagogical and scientific-research activities. The assessment of the working performance is done by the head of department for the period of one year. Survey of the activities and outputs of each teacher given in the form, adjusted almost each year and approved by the rector, serves as a base for the performance assessment. In the last time this approach to performance assessment meets with teachers’ dissatisfaction. The aim of this paper is to describe the current situation in assessment of the working performance of the University of Zilina teachers, based on a research to analyse limitations of the actual approach and defined criterions of the performance assessment and to propose new approach to the teachers’ assessment. We propose the new approach to the performance assessment on the basis of the 360 Degree Feedback System application that can also serve as an impulse for innovation of the actual teachers’ performance assessment. Applying the 360 Degree Feedback System can provide more objective assessment and strengthen the feeling of more equitable assessment that have great impact on teachers’ motivation and quality of education at all universities.