The Committee on Teaching (COT) is a standing committee of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate. According to the Bylaws of the Berkeley Division (45. COMMITTEE ON TEACHING (CC. 10.89, Am. 3.92, Am. 4.29.04), the duties of the COT are as follows:
1. Stimulate and aid all departments to strengthen their efforts to foster, recognize, and reward good teaching;
2. Nominate members of the Faculty for approval by the Divisional Council to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards and other awards as appropriate. Upon request from the Chancellor or members of the Chancellor’s cabinet,
solicit and submit nominations of faculty members as potential recipients of external awards for teaching.
3. Initiate, receive, and fund proposals for instructional improvement and development.
4. Undertake special activities to improve teaching and learning on campus.
5. Study all problems concerning improvement of teaching on the campus and its recognition through promotion and tenure and, from time to time, make pertinent recommendations to the Berkeley Division.
Committee Roster for the 2009-2010 Academic Year
Kevis Goodman, English
Ole Hald, Math
H. Mack Horton, East Asian Languages
Claire Kramsch, German
David Patterson, EECS
Andrew Stewart, History of Art
Jill Stoner, Achitecture (Chair)
Stephen Welter, ESPM
Each year, the COT prepares a report on its activities.