2025-2026 Formative Feedback Partners

Thank you for your interest in being a Formative Feedback Partner at the Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching. Formative Feedback Partners are trained graduate students and postdocs who provide feedback on teaching in any context through three methods: Small Group Analysis (SGA) & Mid-Quarter Feedback Surveys: Early- to mid-quarter qualitative and quantitative feedback from students for instructors at all levels. Typically occur between weeks 4 and 7 of the quarter to provide midcourse correction. In Class Observation: Personalized feedback on teaching techniques for graduate students and postdocs. Teaching Observations can occur at any point during the quarter. End-of-Term Focus Group: Evaluations for courses (taught by any level of instructor) with fewer than five students. End-of-Term Focus Groups are conducted at the end of the quarter, with instructor consultations taking place after grades have been submitted. Contact: Kate Flom Derrick (kate.flomderrick@northwestern.edu)

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Describe your interest in being a Formative Feedback Partner. Be sure to include both your teaching experience and your interests in contributing to the positive culture of learning and teaching at Northwestern.

Formative Feedback Partners leverages graduate students' understanding of and experience with evidence-based pedagogical practices. It is strongly recommended that applicants have participated in at least two of the programs listed below prior to serving as an FFP. Please identify all Searle programs in which you have participated.

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