Instructor record · Social Work · Spring 2023 – Fall 2023

Laura Bond

Social Work · 3 evaluation records across 2 classes

On each class's board

SCWK 77479th of 17 instructors ProvisionalSCWK 88413rd of 23 instructors Provisional

What the overall is made of

91BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Fall 2023

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

26thMore work than 26% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

100100th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9995th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9996th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9584th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9478th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8835th pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9272nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4026th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8851st pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8529th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Class by class

2 classes · 3 sections

How each position is worked outPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

SCWK 7747 Research Methods in Social Work PracticeOvr87Chal—Work—

On this class's board9th of 17 instructors Provisional

2 sections on record · course itself rated 68 out of 100. See the full board for SCWK 7747.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Fall 2023	09	80	70	—
Fall 2023	11	93	67	—

All 13 items for SCWK 7747

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

SCWK 8841 Program EvaluationOvr100Chal36thWork25th

On this class's board3rd of 23 instructors Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 78 out of 100. See the full board for SCWK 8841.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2023	13	100	78	40

All 13 items for SCWK 8841

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

100100th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9987th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9987th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9574th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9468th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8823rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9255th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8520th pctl

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.