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The Academy of Distinguished Teachers' (ADT)
mission is to recognize and celebrate teaching excellence, to foster
the continued improvement of teaching and learning at the University
of Minnesota, and to strengthen the resources necessary to do so.
In the spirit of
fostering continued improvement of teaching and learning and strengthening
teaching and learning resources, the ADT Web site
is devoted to providing teaching and learning resources as well
as
to reflecting the activities of the membership. To view the ADT
Web site, visit http://www.adt.umn.edu.
Resources found on the ADT Web site include two white papers,
written early in the life of the ADT. These white papers address
two issues: Fostering Communities of Teaching in Departments
and Programs of the University and The Role of Teaching
in Hiring,
Promotion and Tenure at the University of Minnesota. Both
white
papers are available as PDF documents at
http://www.adt.umn.edu/resources/index.html.
The ADT also has a number of members who have volunteered to serve
as resource faculty to other University of Minnesota faculty and
staff. ADT resource faculty are available to talk with others about
a wide range of teaching and learning issues, such as engaging
students in large classes, using case studies, creating grading
rubrics, addressing diversity issues, and using WebVista, to name
a few. A list of resource faculty can be accessed by visiting
http://www.adt.umn.edu/resources/faculty.html.
Beyond the Academy members themselves, the ADT Web site offers
links to a host of teaching and learning resources that address
topics from assessment to graduate students and teaching to peer
collaboration to teaching first-year students. If you are seeking
resources for your teaching and your students' learning or
you would like to learn more about the Academy of Distinguished
Teachers, visit http://www.adt.umn.edu. We are always seeking new
resources to add to the Web site. Feel free to send recommendations
for additional links to adt@umn.edu.
ADT Teaching and Learning Conference – April 2009
Planning will begin later this spring for the April 2009 Academy
of Distinguished Teachers Teaching and Learning conference. Look
for a call for proposals sometime in Fall 2008 – it's
never too early to begin thinking about a presentation! Watch
the Fall 2008 issue of Transform and the ADT Web site
(http://www.adt.umn.edu)
for details beginning in September or October 2008.
– Karen Zentner Bacig
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