Student Evaluation of Faculty at College of Nursing Salwa Hassanein 1,2+ , Amany Abdrbo 1,2+ and Elham Al Ateeq 2 1 College of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt 2 College of Nursing – Al Ahsa, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, KSA Abstract. The greatest way to improve nursing education is to evaluate the efficiency of teaching in nursing education programs. Objective: We undertook this research to assess students’ evaluation as one component in the evaluation of faculty teaching effectiveness as well as to assess the reliability and validity of the evaluation instrument. Methods: The current study used a descriptive design with a convenient sample of 20 students from Steam I (graduate entry from high school, four years nursing program) and 32 students from Stream II (graduate entry from college of science, three years Nursing Accelerated Program) in the new Nursing College which was established at 2008/2009 to fill a faculty evaluation sheet adapted from Wong & Fitzsimmons [1]. Data was collected in the academic year of 2009/2010. The pilot study was done to assess the feasibility and the effectiveness of the instrument in different cultures and populations. Results: The study's results revealed that students evaluated the faculty effectiveness of teaching for 13 faculty members. Students rated faculty personal attributes, learner facilitation and quality of feedback (Mean of 4.34 ±1, 4.25 ±1, and 4.29 ± 1.05 respectively). Reliability statistics; Cronbach’s Alpha; were (.93, .97, and .95) respectively for each category. Factor analysis indicated that each subscale items loaded in one factor with more than .70 exceeded the recommended criterion. Correlation analysis indicated that the three subscales are significantly correlated (correlation ranged from .86-.92, p =.01). Conclusion: Teaching and learning are contextual by nature, with different methods of teaching showing advantage for different outcomes and different students. Given the variety of student characteristics, student faculty evaluation objectives, teaching methods, and institutional contexts must be considered when developing the evaluation process. Keywords: Students’ Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Effectiveness of Teaching, Nursing Program 1. Introduction Evaluation of faculty is widely used as a basis for administrative decisions and recently is recommended for faculty development in higher education. Students are the best indicator on numerous faculty behaviors associated with effective teaching and student learning. It is an important element in the evaluation of faculty to assess the instructional skills of the teaching faculty, and the academic quality of the course. The reliability and validity of student evaluations have yet to be conclusively proven, but remain an important part of our academic world. Student evaluations can be a valuable method to transform teaching strategies and course design in nursing education. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess student evaluation as one component in the evaluation of faculty teaching effectiveness, as well as to assess the reliability of the student evaluation instrument. 2. Literature Review Since the 1970's, there has been a consensus on the purpose of student’s evaluations at colleges and universities. Rifkin [2] confirmed that the primary purpose is formative; that is, facilitating faculty growth, + Salwa Hassanein Tel.: +966-3-531429281 E-mail address: salwa.hassanein@yahoo.com + Amany Abdrbo Tel.: +966-3-564533704 E-mail address: aamanyahmed@hotmail.com 117 2012 International Conference on Management and Education Innovation IPEDR vol.37 (2012) © (2012) IACSIT Press, Singapore