Teaching Excellence Action Committee (TEACh)
AY 18-19 Membership; Updated September 2018
Membership
| Name | Position | Department | Term# | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart, Marilyn | Chair | Center for Faculty Excellence | ||
| Silvestri, Ken | Member | Center for Faculty Excellence | ||
| Babcock, Mike | Member | Letters and Science | ||
| Sowell, Bok | Member | Agriculture | ||
| Campbell, Kyndra | Member | Gallatin College | ||
| Smith, Colin | Member | UIT | ||
| Rosso, Brent | Member | Jake Jabs School of Business and Entrepreneurship | ||
| Schell, William | Member | Engineering | ||
| Luft, Steve | Member | Graduate Students | ||
| Damberger, Kathy | Member | Nursing | ||
| Adams, Dean | Member | Arts & Architecture | ||
| Vaterlaus, J. Mitchell | Member | Education, Health & Human Development | ||
| Regan, Matthew | Member | Library | ||
| Vacant | Member | Undergraduate Students | ||
| Carjuzaa, Jioanna | Ex Officio | Education & Multicultural Perspectives |
Charge
Improve faculty teaching by allocating funds for faculty development projects; support assessment and outcomes on campus by sponsoring teaching improvement activities; support attendance at instructional development workshops which provide the potential to impact teaching methods on campus.
Examples of Previously Funded Teaching Innovation Grants:
- Supporting Teachers Through Accessible Citizen Science Literacy Teaching Resources
- Enhanced Laboratory Learning in Tectonics & Structural Geology
- Preparing the Virtual Classroom for Distance Delivery: Medical-Veterinary Entomology Clinics for Undergraduates
- Preliminary Planning and Funding Research for the Implementation of Writing-intensive Courses Across the Undergraduate Curriculum at Montana State University
- Beekeeping in the ENTO 204 Laboratory: Establishing Demonstration Colonies
Meetings
Biweekly
Membership
Voting Members: One faculty member from each academic college; one representative from the Libraries; one undergraduate student representative; and one graduate student representative.
Nonvoting Ex Officio Members: One faculty representing Multicultural Perspectives; two representatives from the
Center for Faculty Excellence.
Length of Term
Three years, renewable, staggered
Appointed By
College deans
Chair
Current: Marilyn Lockhart
Title: Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence
Appointed by: Provost
Advisory To
Provost and Associate Provost
Reports Due
As requested