External Evaluator

External Evaluator for Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) Centers for Teaching Excellence

Since 2005, AMIDEAST has implemented Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) funded by USAID and the Open Society Institute (OSI).  The program offers a wide array of programs to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at 11 universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.  PFDP focus has been on faculty development, providing support for curricular innovation, and creating programs to improve the teaching ability of faculty members in a student-centered learning environment.

 
Beginning in January, 2011, PFDP entered a new phase of institutional support by creating two comprehensive centers for teaching excellence (CTE’s) at An-Najah National University in Nablus and at Bethlehem University.  The centers will serve as a campus focal point and resource for a variety of programs and activities in the two West Bank universities that focus on faculty professional development, excellence in teaching and research into teaching and learning in higher education. 

A comprehensive, evidence-based formative and summative evaluation of the CTE’s is essential and a detailed evaluation plan to serve as a framework for the evaluation process has been developed. PFDP is now seeking an experienced external evaluator, or evaluation team/agency, to assist it by offering comments on its Centers for Teaching Excellence formative evaluation, and actually conducting the evidence-based summative evaluation.

More information on terms of reference for an external evaluator and the application process can be found at www.amideast.org/pfdp. Applications are to be sent by email to [email protected]

Deadline for receiving applications is Friday July 8, 2011