Official GSI Web Site
GSI Evaluation Forms
Each semester, the Office of Academic Affairs and Instruction creates evaluation packets for each course. Evaluation packets are distributed to course instructors, who then pass them out to their GSIs. Students fill out these evaluations at the end of the semester, and their feedback is used to help Haas improve its instructional quality. For an example of the GSI Evaluation form, please see the links below.
Evaluation Results and Awards
Once GSI evaluations have been returned, the Office of Academic Affairs and Instruction conducts data analysis to obtain each GSI's score and overall rating, which ranges from 1 to 7, 7 being the highest and 1 the lowest.
Students who receive an overall rating of 4.5 or below are notified by the Associate Dean of Instruction (ADI). These students cannot be reappointed as GSIs the following semester, and they must meet with the course instructor and write a plan for improvement. The plan for improvement is then submitted to the Chair of the Group in charge of the course, who then forwards it to the ADI.
Students who score well on their evaluations may be nominated for the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, given by the GSI Teaching and Resource Center.
The following are Haas's selection criteria and procedures for nominating Haas GSIs for the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award:
Criteria for the Award
- Preparation and organization for each section
- Oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge of subject area
- Concern for students
- Overall effectiveness as an instructor
- Results of the formal end-of-course GSI evaluations filled out by the students
Selection Criteria
- The Associate Dean for Instruction generates a short list of about 20 nominees using the results of the formal end-of-course GSI evaluations filled out by the students, as well as nominations solicited from supervising faculty and students.
- The Associate Dean for Instruction then solicits comments about the nominees from the Directors of the Ph.D. Program, MBA Program, Evening MBA Program, and Undergraduate Program; the Faculty GSI Advisor, the Head Graduate Student Instructor, the MBAA Vice President for Academic Affairs, the HBSA Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the faculty members for whom the nominees served the GSIs.
- Using the comments received and in consultation with the Faculty GSI Advisor, the Head GSI, and the GSI Administrator, the Associate Dean for Instruction selects from the nominees those GSIs most deserving of the Outstanding GSI Award.
