Academy of Distinguished Teaching

Activities

• Improve Teaching Methods: Provide pedagogical training and mentorship to faculty at all career stages, focusing on teaching methods, course design, and assessment.
   
• Innovate with Technology: Collaborate with the XCITE Center to incorporate instructional technology and innovative teaching strategies.
   
• Offer Mentorship: Serve as a resource for faculty, providing one-on-one guidance and consultations on teaching methods, course design, and student assessment.
   
• Recognize Excellence: Honor outstanding teaching through campus-wide awards.
   
• Advise Leadership: Offer expert advice to campus administration on teaching policies and initiatives to enhance the overall learning environment.

Roles

• Recognition: Honor faculty excellence in teaching.
   
• Mentorship: Provide one-on-one guidance and consultations for faculty.
   
• Advisory: Offer expert advice to campus administration on teaching policies and initiatives.
   

Governance

• The ADT Executive Council plans activities, advises on teaching matters, manages communications, and oversees the budget.
   
• Faculty from across campus serve on the council to ensure representation from different departments.
   
• Subcommittees handle specific tasks such as selecting awardees, organizing events, and providing faculty consultation.

Membership

• Open to UCR Senate Faculty recognized for significant contributions to teaching.
   
• Members receive the title "Distinguished Teaching Professor" and may use this designation in official contexts.
   

Contact

Annie Stanfield Ditta

Chair
Associate Professor of Teaching in Psychology

 

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  annie.ditta@ucr.edu