Teaching Professor of Distinction (Honorary Title)
Timeline: updated October 2025
This is a standardized timeline, and therefore may not account for holidays and weekends. Please let the chair and business manager know if you will need any additional time because of a holiday or because a deadline falls on the weekend. We are working toward a hard deadline, and need to adhere to this timeline as strictly as possible.
A&S webpage for Nomination of Teaching Professor of Distinction
April 2016 Teaching Professor promotion document includes criteria and examples of possible materials to include in the teaching portfolio as "measures of exemplary performance."
September 1: candidate should notify chair (cc department business manager) of their intent to be nominated for honorary title.
September:ÌýDepartment chair appoints PUEC committee (three faculty members).
September/October: peer evals and classroom interviews, if needed.
Oct 1: candidate should submit to the PUEC (cc department business manager) their list of one to three colleagues (from inside or outside the unit or campus) who would be able to write a letter supporting the candidate’s nomination.Ìý Colleagues should have observed the candidate teaching, and will be asked to review the teaching materials before writing the letter. ÌýList should exclude dept chair, PUEC, and anyone who would have a conflict of interest (graduate advisor, someone you have co-written publications with, etc.).ÌýÌý
October 1: Draft of candidate materials due to PUEC chair:Ìý cv, teaching statement, service statement and teaching materials. Additional teaching materials (syllabi, additional course assignments and materials, etc) should be sent in one pdf.
October15: PUEC chair submits feedback on candidate materials to candidate.
Mid-late October: Letters of support are requested from evaluators (using template). Teaching materials should then be distributed to evaluators. ÌýLetters of support are due January 31.
October 20: candidate should submit to PUEC chair (cc business manager) a final version of cv, teaching statement, service statement and teaching materials. Additional teaching materials (syllabi, additional course assignments and materials, etc) should be sent in one pdf.
January:Ìý PUEC chair emails PUEC letter assignments.Ìý PUEC should submit a draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 1-3 days before the February PUEC meeting/vote.
January 31:Ìý Letters of support due
February:Ìý candidate should be given access to dossier (excluding confidential materials such as external and student letters).
mid-Feb: PUEC should submit a draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 1-3 days before the February PUEC meeting/vote.
mid-late February:Ìý PUEC meets and votes on case. PEUC should submit a final draft of their portion of the PUEC letter to the PUEC chair 2-5 days after this meeting.
March 1:Ìý PUEC chair sends draft of PUEC statement to department chair for review (chair should have at least one week to review). PUEC letter should include PUEC vote.
March 7: PUEC chair sends draft of PUEC statement to candidate to review for accuracy (candidate should have 3 business days to review).
March 10: Final version of PUEC statement due to department business manager.
March 10-20:Ìý Faculty review dossier and vote on case (vote is done by Qualtrics ballot, only faculty equal or higher in rank vote, PUEC members do vote).
March 25:Ìý Draft of Chair’s letter due to candidate to review for accuracy (candidate should have two days to review).
March 30:Ìý Chair’s letter due to business manager.Ìý Chair’s letter should mention a vote that includes the voting faculty and PUEC (e.g. "The department met on 12 September 2015 and voted 7-0-0; this tally includes the votes of the PUEC.")Ìý Chair’s letter should be addressed to the Dean of Division.
March 31:Ìý Electronic dossier due to A&S (business manager sends).Ìý Before classroom interviews, include a cover sheet with the following:Ìý “Faculty member observing class met with students at end of class, after teaching faculty member had been excused.Ìý All students were asked to fill out classroom interview form, and all returned forms are included in dossier."