The Quantifying Teaching Effort and Effectiveness (QTEE) Working Group was established at the 2019 RTA Biennial meeting as there was a recognized need to capture and quantify teaching efforts in academic settings. This calculator was intended to capture efforts at the member institutions across a wide range of formats, including didactic lectures, clinical teaching, integration of active learning, small group teaching, mentoring, exam grading, and more. In addition, a component was desired that is independent of student evaluations that reflects the quality of teaching.
Many iterations of the calculator were pursued and tested by the QTEE Working Group, and an Excel spreadsheet-based calculator was developed that captured three primary areas of teaching: 1) instruction, 2) advising/mentoring, and 3) evidence of effort toward improvement of quality of teaching.
A QTEE workshop was incorporated into the 2023 RTA Biennial meeting that sought out feedback from meeting attendees on ease of use, accuracy of the calculator, and applicability to their teaching. Feedback from attendees contributed to further edits and finalization of the calculator format.
Efforts in 2024 were focused on validating the instrument through the development of a questionnaire to be distributed to RTA membership following IRB approval.
At the 2025 RTA Biennial meeting, initiation of the process of validation for said finalized tool took place and remains underway. The intent is to publish the calculator along with the results of the questionnaire in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, along with providing access to the calculator on the RTA website for download and modification to adapt to institutional needs.
Quantifying Teaching Effort Initiative Fellows
| 5 & 432 & QTEE | Local Representative | Fernando Amitrano | University of Arizona |
| 38 & 433 & QTEE | Local Representative | Jonathan Cox | Western University |
| 46 & 434 & QTEE | Local Representative | Maria Fahie | Western University |
| 48 & 435 & QTEE | Local Representative | Erik Fausk | University of California-Davis |
| 69 & 436 & QTEE | Local Representative | Rachel Halsey | Washington State University |
| 71 & 437 & QTEE | Local Representative | Diana Hassel | Colorado State University |
| 117 & 438 & QTEE | Local Representative | John Michael | Colorado State University |
| 122 & 439 & QTEE | Local Representative | Vishal Murthy | University of California-Davis |
| 131 & 440 & QTEE | Local Representative | Matthew Peck | Washington State University |
Quantifying Teaching Effort and Effectiveness Committee Members:
Co-Chairs: Julie Dechant (UCD), Diana Hassel (CSU)
Members and Contributors:
- Maria Fahie
- Lane Johnson – Emeritus
- Erik Fausak
- Thomas Merino
- Erica Suchman
- Po-Yen Chou
- Jillian Haines
- Chrissy Eckstrand
- Teresa Morishita
- William Vernau
- Ana Alcarez
- Laura Waitt-Walker