The UNC
Policy Manual
400.3.6
Adopted
03/24/94
Amended
09/10/04
Amended
07/01/07
Amended
10/17/08
Amended
06/14/13
Technical
Corrections 02/24/21
Technical
Corrections 09/23/21
Amended 09/12/24
I.
Purpose.
The purpose of this policy is to reaffirm teaching as the primary
responsibility of each of the 17 constituent institutions of the University and
to encourage, identify, recognize, reward, and support excellent teaching
within the University.
II.
Annual
Awards for Teaching Excellence
A. Annual
Allocation. The President will allocate a sum of money each year for the Awards
for Teaching Excellence with approximately one half of the sum to be used each
year for a Systemwide Board of Governors Awards for Excellence in Teaching program
and the remaining sum to be used for allocations to campuses for Institutional Teaching
Awards.
Board of Governors Oversight and
Evaluation. Each year the chair of the Board of Governors will appoint a special
committee, or designate a standing committee, to provide coordination and
oversight for the Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
B. The programs of
awards will be evaluated and revised periodically.
III. Board of Governors Awards
A. Number
of Awards. There shall be a total of 17 Board of Governors Awards for
Excellence in Teaching annually. One recipient shall be nominated from each of
the 17 constituent institutions by the chancellor of that institution.
B. Nature
of Awards and Recognition. Each recipient of a Board of Governors Award for
Excellence in Teaching will receive a citation and a one-time award equal to
1/17 of the total sum allocated for the program. Presentation of the awards
will be made at an appropriate event to be attended by recipients and their guests,
members of the Board of Governors, the president and senior vice presidents of
the University, the chancellors or their designees, and other guests.
C. Eligibility
for Selection. Any full-time faculty member who has taught at the institution
for at least five years is eligible. The recipient must have demonstrated
excellent or exceptional teaching ability over a sustained period. Nominees
must be teaching in the academic year in which they are selected.
No faculty member will be eligible
to receive this award more than once while teaching at any UNC institution.
IV. Institutional Teaching Awards
A. Institutions
to develop procedures. Each institution shall develop procedures for
establishing Institutional Teaching Awards and selecting recipients.
B. Allocation
of sum designated for Institutional Teaching Awards. The sum allocated to the
Institutional Teaching Awards shall be divided into equal shares, with the
following eight institutions allocated 1.5 shares each: Elizabeth City State
University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Central University, University
of North Carolina Asheville, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University
of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University, and North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, and the other nine constituent
institutions being allocated one share each.
V. Regulations for Implementing the Awards
for Teaching Excellence. The President will issue regulations for the nomination
and selection of Board of Governors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and the
allocation of funds for Institutional Teaching Awards and such other faculty
awards as the Board may from time-to-time award.
VI. Other Matters
A.
Effective
Date. The requirements of this policy shall be effective on the date of
adoption of this policy by the Board of Governors.
B.
Relation to
State Laws. The foregoing policies as adopted by the Board of Governors are
meant to supplement, and do not purport to supplant or modify, those statutory
enactments which may govern the activities of public officials.
C.
Regulations
and Guidelines. These policies shall be implemented and applied in accordance
with such regulations and guidelines as may be adopted from time to time by the
president.