Working Group on Teaching

The Faculty Senate has had groups working on the general areas of undergraduate teaching and faculty development since 2008. The working groups have had somewhat different, but related, charges, and different members. Listed below are the different working groups and their reports. 

 Membership 2008-2009:   

 James F. Young (Chair) 

 Edward L. Cox 

 Gautami Shah 

 Randy Stevenson 

 
The working group presented its first report to the Senate on February 18, 2009. The Senate Teaching WG Report summarizes the present status of structures that support and reward effective teaching. See the February 18, 2009, minutes of the Senate for details of the discussion.

Membership 2010-2011:

James F. Young (Co-Chair)

Paul Padley (Co-Chair)

David Caprette

Karen Nelson

Carolyn Nichol

Ann Saterbak

Hadly Wickham
 

A subcommittee on the Brown Teaching Awards, chaired by Ann Saterbak, presented its recommendations to the Faculty Senate on  December 8, 2010. Members of the subcommittee included Bridget Gorman, Ed Segner, Mark Kulstad, Geoff Winningham, and Art Gottschalk. The Senate endorsed the report and sent it to President Leebron for action. Please see the meeting minutes for details of the discussion, and the report is linked here.  

The working group's Evaluating Teaching Report, dated April 2011, is linked here.