Framework and guide for teaching excellence launched

The Guide for Developing and Documenting Teaching Excellence has launched and is available for faculty and staff.

The guide is the culmination of three years of work and is a foundational element of the Purdue Road Map for Transformative Undergraduate Education, a pillar of the Transformative Education 2.0 initiative of Purdue's Next Moves.

In 2019, Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, charged the Purdue Teaching Academy with defining teaching excellence and creating a cultural shift to ensure that teaching excellence is understood, supported and valued by the Purdue faculty, instructors and campus community.

“The Teaching Academy is a dedicated and dynamic network of our very best teachers and scholars committed to the continual improvement of teaching and learning at Purdue,” Akridge says. “Through a comprehensive research process and a thorough analysis of current literature on teaching and learning excellence, they have created a framework for teaching excellence that will benefit every instructor at Purdue. Whether you are a first-year Boilermaker instructor or a 30-year veteran in our classrooms, you will gain valuable insight from this unique guide that was developed by your peers.”

The Guide for Developing and Documenting Teaching Excellence will serve as a tool for supporting the implementation of the five elements of the framework: Exemplar, Enthusiast, Educator, Experimenter and Explorer. A goal of the guide is to help instructors recognize their strengths and expand their skills within and across the framework elements.  

“I am deeply grateful to the Teaching Academy, Teaching Excellence Advisory Council and especially Lindsey Payne, Shamila Janakiraman, Rachael Kenney, Zach Weber, Jen Hall, Kris Bross and Kim Illingworth for their scholarly process and persistence. We are all indebted to the many faculty, staff, students and administrators who provided support and input,” Akridge says. 

Learn more about the Framework for Teaching Excellence. Faculty and staff can access a copy of the guide online.