About the Assessment Tool
The PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool provides a complex and comprehensive framework for evaluating teaching performance in higher education. It is designed to be flexible, adaptive, and formative, responding to the needs of higher education institutions. It facilitates individual reflection and professional growth by delivering tailored feedback to educators, while also supporting large-scale data collection to underpin evidence-based decision-making at institutional, national, and regional levels.
The tool focuses on six thematic areas related to teachers' roles and tasks:
- Student-centred Course Design
- Teaching Performance and Student Learning Support
- Student Learning Assessment
- Impact and Mission with and for Society
- Professional Development (Quality of Teaching)
- Organization and Administration (Related to Teaching)
In addition, four horizontal aspects are integrated across these thematic areas, reflecting key priorities of the European Higher Education Area and the European Union:
- Sustainability
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Digitalization
- Internationalization
Evaluation includes three perspectives:
- SELF (self-assessment)
- PEER (colleagues’ assessment)
- STUDENT (student feedback)
The tool was developed by the PROFFORMANCE consortium in collaboration with more than 10 partner institutions and over 20 international experts out of more than 10 countries.
The PROFFORMANCE Assessment Tool (PAT) has been developed through two consecutive project phases: PROFFORMANCE (2020–2022) and PROFFORMANCE+ (2022–2025).
PAT can complement or be fully integrated into existing quality assurance systems of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is also designed to evaluate teacher performance within international cooperation frameworks such as strategic partnerships, joint or double degree programs, knowledge alliances, and the emerging European University Alliances.
The tool generates detailed data on strengths and areas for improvement at both individual and institutional levels, providing evidence to support the continuous development of institutional teaching and learning strategies, teacher performance and career management systems, as well as in-service and professional development programs.
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