1. Name: Teaching Effectiveness Committee
2. Membership:
10 faculty members and 3 student members. Ex-officio member (with vote): The Chair of the Faculty. Ex-officio members (without vote but with all other parliamentary privileges): The Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Dean of one undergraduate professional school, or their appointed representatives. The deans of the undergraduate professional schools shall rotate in membership from year to year in alphabetical order of their schools. The student members and the deans of undergraduate professional schools shall serve one-year terms.
3. Quorum: 6 elected members exclusive of ex-officio.
4. A. Committee Responsibilities:
1. The committee promotes teaching excellence and is concerned with the identification and development of faculty teaching effectiveness.
2. The committee studies and develops methods and procedures for the identification of teaching excellence through programs such as surveys of student and collegial opinion.
3. The committee assists units requesting aid in developing teaching evaluation instruments for personnel decisions and, when requested, assists individual faculty members in improving their teaching effectiveness.
4. The committee recommends policies and procedures in the awarding of the annual Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards.
5. The chair of the committee, along with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, creates an annual ad hoc Teaching Awards Committee to review and evaluate materials submitted by applicants. The Chair of the Teaching Effectiveness Committee serves as chair of the ad hoc committee.
B. To Whom The Committee Reports:
The committee makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate regarding the methods, policies, and procedures to be employed in identifying teaching excellence.
C. How Often The Committee Reports:
The committee reports to the Faculty Senate at least once a year and at other times as necessary.
D. Power Of The Committee To Act Without Faculty Senate Approval:
None
5. Standard Meeting Time:
The committee meeting time is scheduled for the 4th Wednesday of each month.