About the Academy of Distinguished Teachers
(Implemented December 8, 1994)

    The Academy of Distinguished Teachers was established in 1994 to recognize
outstanding teachers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Members of the
Academy have been recognized and rewarded as educational teachers and
professors. They also share in some of the responsibility for enhancing effective
teaching processes with colleagues across the campus and the state.

The UNL Academy of Distinguished Teachers has the following goals:

1. To recognize a sustaining group of skilled faculty who are advocates of
teaching excellence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2. To exemplify the skills, talents and characteristics of good teachers.
3. To help at UNL, both as individuals and as a community of teacher
scholars to model effective teaching that will improve learning for
students at all levels.

    Membership in this honorific academy was chartered with ten active
faculty members in 1994. Up to two members may be selected for the Academy
each year. Criteria for membership in the Academy reflect the goals of the
Academy. All Teaching Academy members are recognized by an appropriate
plaque awarded at the UNL Honors Convocation. They receive a permanent
stipend added to their base salary.

    Academy members engage in activities to support improvement of student
learning at UNL. Such activities include speaking about teaching and pedagogy at
department, college, campus, state, regional and national meetings; participating
in peer review and observation centered on teaching and learning; outreach
activities that bring to general audiences both teaching issues and content
associated with academic disciplines; and serving the Office of the Senior Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs in an advisory capacity on matters related to
teaching and learning.