TES Appeal Form

An Appeals Review Committee convenes and adjudicates twice annually regarding submitted appeal requests. Teachers are notified of the outcome of the investigation and appeals review. Under no circumstances should faculty attempt to contact learners who they believe may have provided a teaching evaluation that they wish to challenge. Appeals of scores will be handled exclusively through the appeals committee.

In the case of appeals being upheld, the challenged or questionable evaluations are suspended within the POWER system, effectively correcting the affected teachers’ summary reports. These amendments are usually completed within 24 hours following rulings from the Appeals Committee.

In the case of appeal requests being denied, appellants will also be duly informed as to the outcome. However, an additional notice of the unsuccessful appeal will be remitted for inclusion in the teacher’s faculty file.

TES Appeal Form

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Is this request in anticipation of a possible punitive or retaliatory evaluation for a poor trainee evaluation?*

Yes

If so, what is the name of the trainee?

What is the rationale or basis for requesting an investigation and appeal request? i.e., what specifically is being challenged? 200 words max.*

Please let us know your thoughts on possible reasons for the low scores. 200 words max.*

Is there any change in the way you will approach teaching and education going forward? 200 words max.*

Notes: A number of scenarios may account for an appeals request being denied, including, but not limited to:

A suspected resident not having actually submitted the challenged evaluation;
A challenged evaluation being deemed - on close examination - to be neither unreasonably negative nor punitive;
A challenged evaluation being deemed to be, in the Committee’s estimation, justifiable based on identified similar issues (as described) from historical trends data analyses.

More information on appeals may be found at http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/teaching-evaluation-scores.

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Drop box for attachments: Please attach any documents that may be helpful for the committee to know (i.e: reprints from POWER, statement/letters of support, etc). Documents must be in PDF version and in the following format, "Last name, First name - document name."

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