The FARPET makes use of a rubric for marking quality on seven or ten items, depending on whether the observed lesson is asynchronous (7) or synchronous (10). The rubric for each item contains five levels with descriptors at the low, middle, and high marks.
Observers mark which descriptor best describes what they observed for each item. If what you observed falls somewhere between two descriptors – a little better than “Low” but not quite “Middle” for example – observers mark the “empty” level between those two descriptors.
Master Key for Learning and Reference
The FARPET manual includes a master key with expanded explanation for each item on the rubric. Observers are expected to consult the key regularly while learning, then have it available for those “hard to score” moments.
Observers can use a printout of the rubric or the form-fillable pdf we provide on our resource page.
“The drive to develop this tool was to alleviate the stress felt by observers and educators surrounding the peer evaluation process by making the process more straightforward and less subjective, so that both observers and educators know what to expect from the process, feel comfortable with the educational concepts and have the rubric to guide both experiences.”
Dr. Stacey Fox-Alvarez, University of Florida
Formative Assessment Rubric for Peer Evaluation of Teaching (FARPET) 