ACADEMY FOR
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

"We teach...but do we help our students learn?"

The University of Illinois College of Medicine's Academy for Excellence in Teaching (AET) was founded in September 1996, with a mission to promote scholarship and distinction among those who teach in the basic and clinical sciences. The Academy for Excellence in Teaching was instrumental in College-wide initiatives to foster faculty portfolios, modifications in the establishment of academic tracks and ranks to include an emphasis in teaching within research tracks as well as in clinical teaching tracks.

Today the Academy's purposes include:

Providing a platform for the continuous recognition of excellence in teaching
Stimulating interest and visibility in teaching
Providing a college-wide network for mutual support
Developing a pool of knowledge, skills, and innovation in teaching/learning, as well as
Providing collaboration and assistance for research projects.

These items reflect, not only the essential purpose of the Academy but are representative of the strategic place AET holds within the University and the College of Medicine.

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