Alabi, JaenaWeare, William H., Jr.2014-08-262014-08-262014Alabi, J., & Weare, W. H., Jr. (2014). Criticism is not a four-letter word: Best practices for constructive feedback in the peer review of teaching. Proceedings of the Fortieth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/4915In recent years, peer review of teaching (PROT) has become an increasingly important tool for evaluating library instruction. Most PROT programs consist of three components: a pre-observation meeting, the observation of teaching, and a post-observation session. The post-observation feedback session can be especially challenging—for both the observer and the observed. Drawing upon literature addressing the peer review of teaching, the authors recommend a set of best practices for providing constructive criticism to fellow instruction librarians.en-USpeer review of teachingfeedbackpeer coachinglibrary instructioncriticismPeer reviewLibrary orientationTeaching -- EvaluationPreprint