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"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."

-John Cotton Dana

The NMSU Teaching Academy offers tools, strategies, and workshops to foster outstanding teaching. The Teaching Academy has received numerous national and international recognitions.

The Academy is member-driven and donor-supported. Each year, more than 200 NMSU educators earn an Academy membership for participating in ten or more hours of workshops. More than 120 faculty and staff donate generously to the Teaching Academy.

The Teaching Academy was established in January 2003 when the former Center for Educational Development (1980–2002) was redesigned and expanded and the current director was hired. In 2006, the former NSF ADVANCE program was institutionalized in the Teaching Academy, expanding support for the initiatives of ADVANCE: scholarly writing, leadership, and mentoring, as well as promotion and tenure.

 

Vision

The Teaching Academy helps NMSU educators develop extraordinary teaching lives embedded in exceptional careers.

Mission

The Teaching Academy provides robust professional development in teaching, scholarly writing, and career enhancement (leadership, mentoring, and promotion and tenure).

Goals

Enriching teaching
Improving learning
Advancing scholarship
Enhancing careers
Building community

Values

Service: As service providers, we advance the agenda of the institution’s leaders, including the provost, deans, department heads, and faculty.
Leadership: As leaders, we set the tone and pace for faculty development.