QM helpful recommendation

1. The QM Helpful
Recommendation Equation
By Kristin Butson

2. Standard
•Read the Eight Specific Standards

3. + Annotation
•The annotations
give more detailed
information about
the standards.
•Refer to the
annotations to
ensure proper
interpretation

4. + Course Evidence
•Look for specific evidence from the course,
including:
•Location
•Quotes
•Details
•Cite specific examples from the course

5. + Characteristics
•The recommendations should be:
•Constructive
•Specific
•Measurable
•Sensitive
•Balanced

6. Constructive
•Clearly identify in what ways the course
does not meet the standard.
•Offer possible solutions

7. Specific
•Include explicit information on where the
course does not meet the standard
•Give an explicit example on how the
course could be improved.

8. Measurable
•Describe how the course can be
improved in observable terms
•Begin the recommendation with an
action verb

9. Sensitive
•Stay positive. Avoid negative language

10. Balanced
•Point out strengths as well as weaknesses

11. = Helpful Recommendation
•Helpful – Useful
•Recommendation – A suggestion about
what should be done
The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary (2010)