The mission of TEP is to advance excellence in the art and science of teaching. TEP committee members working with the Academic Affairs Office and the Chancellor's Office provide or coordinate elements in the program including the fall Convocation, publications, small group activities and major outside speakers. Traditionally this event has been scheduled as an all-day gathering on Thursday before fall classes begin. The program varies but usually the morning is a large group session followed by a luncheon and small group sessions in the afternoon with a focus on teaching. Adjunct faculty and extended campuses are invited to attend.
Back issues are available in single copies or bound collections.
Mini-Bibliographies , are prepared by the Publications Coordinator in cooperation with the Consortium Library to highlight information on teaching. Two to four mini-bibliographies are issued each year. Items may be circled to indicate the faculty request and returned to the TEP Publications Office in the Consortium Library for complimentary copies of the articles. Heart of Excellence is a series of occasional articles on teaching written by UAA faculty or by request of the TEP committee. One or two articles are published each year.