Constructing a Questionnaire to Evaluate the Performance of Faculty Members in Iraqi Universities

Abstract

The current research will aim to Construct a questionnaire to evaluate the performance of faculty members in Iraqi universities, according to scientific titles (assistant teacher, teacher, assistant professor, professor). who are in service for the academic year 2021-2022.

In order to achieve the aim of the research, the preparation of a tool related to the measured variables is required, and because the research seeks to search for elements of evaluation for the faculty member and sources of information to reach criteria for evaluating university performance from the point of view of faculty members at the University of Baghdad, the researchers found that the rating scale is suitable. To obtain information about performance as a process or as a final product, the tool has been prepared according to the following steps:

1-         Determine the concept of evaluating the performance of a faculty members (according to what will be mentioned in defining terms).

2-         Examination of the literature on evaluating the performance of faculty members as presented in the theoretical background, in addition to previous studies that are directly related to the subject of the research.

3-         Directing an exploratory questionnaire (Appendix 1) to a sample of faculty members at the University of Baghdad, with the aim of determining the elements of evaluation and sources of information when evaluating the performance of a faculty member at the University of Baghdad.

In light of the foregoing and after analyzing the sample answers, the following findings became clear:

1. Evaluation elements: they are (personal characteristics, teaching and academic activities related to it, research and writing, university and community service, cooperation and commitment to university instructions, performance and capabilities development).
2. Sources of information: (self-evaluation, colleagues' evaluation, students' evaluation, direct observation, evaluation of the heads of scientific committees, students' results in exams, professional development plan, academic report, department head's evaluation, dean's evaluation). After identifying the elements and sources of evaluating the performance of a faculty member, the method of answering the evaluation questionnaire requires that the teacher read the six elements of evaluation, and then it will be presented to a group of experts in the field of educational and psychological sciences to indicate its suitability for the evaluation procedure, and the experts have agreed on the validity of the evaluation elements and its sources and the validity of the answering method, and the validity of the following evaluation sources (direct observation and professional development plan, report and file of the study material because this procedure is not followed in the evaluation of teachers at the University of Baghdad) and the integration of the evaluation of the head of the department and the evaluation of the dean together. The researchers will verify the validity of the tool components' representation of the measured phenomenon's domains well, through the judgment of specialists on the validity of the tool in measuring the measured property. The reliability of the tool will also be extracted after its application and re-application on a sample of faculty members, and then the researchers will present a final copy of the faculty members’ evaluation form after verifying its psychometric characteristics.