4.15 Committee on Teaching and Learning

(1) Membership
The Committee shall consist of:

(a) Four faculty members, no more than two of whom may be from the School of Business and Technology or from any single electoral division within the College of Arts and Sciences.
(b) One elected teaching member of the academic staff.
(c) One non-teaching member of the academic staff, who has regular contact with students in some capacity, appointed by the Academic Staff Committee;
(d) Two students;
(e) The faculty representative to the Office of Professional & Instructional Development, ex officio, non-voting;
(f) The administrative representative to the Office of Professional & Instructional Development, ex officio;
(g) The director of the Teaching Center, ex officio, non-voting if not a faculty member.

(2) Purpose
The Committee exists to stimulate and support teaching excellence at UW-Parkside.

(3) General Functions
The Committee shall:

(a) Provide advice, encouragement, and support for faculty and staff seeking external funding for teaching development activities;
(b) Seek institutional and noninstitutional funds for the support of teaching development at UW-Parkside and advise the administration on the allocation of such funds;
(c) Advise the administration and Faculty Senate on all questions affecting the climate for teaching excellence at UW-Parkside.

(4) Review of Sabbatical and Teaching Improvement Proposals
The Committee shall advise the administration on faculty sabbaticals and faculty development proposals requiring on-campus screening.

(5) Teaching Excellence Awards
Annual teaching excellence awards shall be administered by special committees consisting of four students appointed by the PSGA and four members appointed by the Committee on Teaching. The members appointed by the Committee on Teaching shall be members of the faculty or academic staff who are former teaching award winners.