{"id":1637,"date":"2016-05-11T15:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/?page_id=1637"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:05:00","slug":"university-teaching-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/provost\/university-teaching-council\/","title":{"rendered":"University Teaching Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Teaching Council Year-End Report 2018-2019<\/a><\/h3>\n

Function:
\n<\/u>The mission of the UTC is to celebrate teaching and to elevate the profile of instruction both on and off campus. The UTC will 1) advocate for instructional excellence and 2) assist the Provost in the development of mechanisms to achieve and maintain excellence.<\/p>\n

The UTC will review issues associated with teaching, summarize relevant information, and make recommendations to the Provost for action. Examples of topics that the UTC may consider include: exploration of funding mechanisms to promote teaching, review of modalities to recognize teaching, review of resources to elevate the profile of teaching, review of curricular requirements, review of teaching evaluation instruments and uses of evaluation data. The UTC may develop short-term and long-term plans for issues affecting teaching.<\/p>\n

Membership<\/u>:
\n<\/u>The UTC shall be composed of at least four (4) faculty members and four (4) ex officio<\/em> members. The Faculty Senate shall be represented by one (1) member. The Provost shall appoint all other faculty members. Appointed faculty may be of any rank, but shall have exceptional interest in teaching. Appointed individuals need not be limited to those having received awards (e.g., Distinguished Maine Professor, Presidential Teaching Award, college teaching awards).<\/p>\n

Faculty members serve terms of four (4) years. Each year, one faculty member will rotate off the Council. At its formation, membership of the Council shall be constituted to enable this rotation. Ex officio<\/em> members shall be the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies & Senior Associate Dean, the Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment, and the Executive Director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Ex officio<\/em> members may appoint designees when appropriate.<\/p>\n

Current membership<\/u>:<\/p>\n

Gabriel Paquette, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, ex officio, co-convener<\/p>\n

Peter Schilling, Executive Director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning, ex officio, co-convener<\/p>\n

Deb Allen, Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment, ex officio<\/p>\n

Scott Delcourt, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Senior Associate Dean, ex officio<\/p>\n

Melissa Ladenheim, Associate Dean, Honors College<\/p>\n

Stephanie Burnett, Associate Professor of Horticulture<\/p>\n

MacKenzie Stetzer, Associate Professor of Physics<\/p>\n

Lindsay Decker, Science Reference Librarian<\/p>\n

Stefano Tijerina, Lecturer in Management, Maine Business School<\/p>\n

Alex Friess, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n

Christopher Clark, Science Reference Librarian<\/p>\n

Liliana Herakova, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism<\/p>\n

Buffie McCue-Quinn, Lecturer in Management and Marketing<\/p>\n

Jade Hichborn, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs, council staff<\/p>\n

Reports to<\/u>: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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