Assessment tool
Discover the PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool
Would you like to gain deeper insight into your teaching practices? Are you looking for up-to-date perspectives on trends in higher education teaching and learning? Do you value feedback from students and colleagues to reflect on and improve your performance? Take your teaching to the next level with the Assessment Tool!
Are you in a leadership position, seeking reliable, evidence-based data to support the development of institutional teaching and learning strategies and to strengthen academic staff support systems? The PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool offers a structured, comprehensive overview of teaching competences. Built around six thematic areas and four horizontal priorities, aligned with the objectives of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
Your First Steps: How to Use the Tool?
New to the platform? The “Guide and Tutorial” section walks you through everything you need to know.
Learn how to use the tool as an individual educator. Discover how to assess your teaching, organize self-, peer- or student assessments. Explore the tool’s features and gain insights from three distinct perspectives—helping you reflect, grow and progress.
As a leader at the institutional level, use the tutorial videos, the handbook and the presentation materials to find out how to assess teaching performance, create a network and organize self, peer or student assessments.
PROFFORMANCE Toolkit: A Comprehensive Support System for Teaching Excellence
The PROFFORMANCE Toolkit is a multifaceted resource designed to support educators’ professional development at both individual and institutional levels. In addition to the Assessment Tool, the toolkit includes two complementary instruments—the Teaching Excellence Database and Short Courses—which together provide a full spectrum of support, from evaluating current practices to exploring exemplary teaching methods and accessing targeted training. This integrated approach empowers educators to reflect, grow, and innovate in higher education, addressing key themes such as digitalization, inclusion, internationalization, and sustainability.
Get to know the tools
Assessment Tool
Use the tool for self-assessment, peer review or student feedback, whether individually or at the institutional level. It helps identify strengths, uncover areas for development, and guide professional growth. Results are presented from three perspectives, offering a well-rounded view of teaching performance.
Explore how this tool can support reflection, foster collaboration, and drive teaching excellence across Europe.
Teaching Excellence Database
Dive into the Teaching Excellence Database—featuring 286 innovative practices from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Georgia, Hungary, and Serbia. Good examples can be searched according to the PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool thematic areas: such as student-centred course design, creative teaching methods, assessment strategies, and societal engagement. Explore practices that highlight digitalization, inclusion, internationalization, and sustainability—and connect with a vibrant community of educators across Europe.
Short Courses
Enhance your teaching practice with PROFFORMANCE Short Courses—modular, targeted training developed in line with the Assessment Tool and the Teaching Excellence Database. The 16 practice-oriented modules cover four key thematic areas: student-centred course design, innovative teaching, student assessment, and societal engagement. Each theme is examined through four horizontal priorities: digitalization, inclusion, internationalization, and sustainability.
Continuous Development Cycle
Supporting Resilience and Sustainable Teaching Development through the PROFFORMANCE Toolkit
In today’s rapidly evolving higher education landscape, building resilience and ensuring continuous improvement in teaching are more important than ever. The PROFFORMANCE Toolkit is designed to empower institutions and educators to systematically enhance teaching quality through a structured, evidence-based approach. By supporting all phases of the Continuous Development Cycle (CDC)—from assessment to action planning and renewal—the Toolkit fosters a culture of reflection, collaboration, and innovation.
The following guide outline how institutions can effectively implement the CDC with the support of the PROFFORMANCE Toolkit, ensuring alignment with institutional missions, national strategies, and European Higher Education Area (EHEA) priorities.
