University System of Georgia Strategic Plan

Strategic Goal One:
Renew excellence in undergraduate education to meet students’ 21st century educational needs.

Challenge

The USG will value and reward excellence in teaching.

Action

Develop a more intentional approach to recruiting, developing, and rewarding faculty for excellence in teaching.

Activities for Implementation

  1. Develop BOR policies that reward student advising, experiential learning, mentoring, instructional innovation, scholarship of teaching and learning, scholarship of engagement, and collaborative institutional planning to improve student learning
  2. Create Regents’ Distinguished Faculty title in recognition of outstanding undergraduate instruction
  3. Provide System-level professional development opportunities in the area of teaching
  4. Continue providing awards each year for Excellence in Teaching; expand number of awards as funding allows

Baseline Measure & Targets

Baseline Measure January 2008 Target January 2009 Target January 2010 Target January 2011 Target January 2012 Target
Little Systemwide activity specifically focused on providing incentives for excellence in teaching, providing professional development opportunities related to teaching, and/or providing rewards for excellence in teaching.  

  1. Review USG policies related to teaching and revise as needed to focus on incentives and rewards

  2. Develop and conduct at least three additional workshops for professional development for faculty (fall 08)

  3. Offer one departmental award and five individual faculty awards for excellence in teaching

  4. Establish a Regents Distinguished Faculty title in recognition of outstanding teaching

  5. Support and co-sponsor existing annual teaching conferences sponsored by USG institutions – KSU, GSOU, GSC

  6. Continue to offer annual USG Academic Administrator’s Workshop

  1. Recommend policy changes identified through review

  2. Develop and conduct at least six professional development workshops during the year

  3. Offer one departmental award and five individual faculty awards for excellence in teaching

  4. Establish process and criteria for selection of a Regents Distinguished Teaching Faculty award

  5. Identify experts across the system in the scholarship of teaching and learning who can serve as resources

  6. Support and co-sponsor existing annual teaching conferences sponsored by USG institutions – KSU, GSOU, GSC

  7. Continue to offer annual USG Academic Administrator’s Workshop

  1. Implement any new policy changes that are approved

  2. Develop and conduct at least six professional development workshops during the year

  3. Offer one departmental award and five individual faculty awards for excellence in teaching

  4. Select faculty member for Regents Distinguished Teaching Faculty award

  5. Support and co-sponsor existing annual teaching conferences sponsored by USG institutions – KSU, GSOU, GSC

  6. Continue to offer annual USG Academic Administrator’s Workshop

  1. Develop and conduct at least six professional development workshops during the year

  2. Offer one departmental award and five individual faculty awards for excellence in teaching

  3. Select faculty member for Regents Distinguished Teaching Faculty award

  4. Support and co-sponsor existing annual teaching conferences sponsored by USG institutions – KSU, GSOU, GSC

  5. Continue to offer annual USG Academic Administrator’s Workshop

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