While some teaching review programs already exist on campus, these are often formal, hierarchical summative evaluations, closely linked to promotion and tenure. Not surprisingly, these can be stressful and time-consuming.

The PTN takes a different approach, and has somewhat different objectives.  By pairing you with a Faculty of Science peer for reciprocal classroom visits and feedback, the PTN offers you:

...a low-stress way of developing your instructional skills
...fun, informal and confidential feedback on your teaching
...the chance to observe another Science instructor teach
...the opportunity to learn something new from another discipline and exchange teaching ideas with peers
...greater access to our interdisciplinary collegial network of Science faculty and instructors

The steps are simple:

1) Initial meeting (face-to-face)
2) Classroom visit (reciprocal)
3) Debrief meeting

Read about the PTN in an article published in the UBC Reports (March 5, 2009)  (scroll to the bottom)