The Highest Rank in the Educational Leadership Stream

The Professor of Teaching rank was added to UBC’s Educational Leadership (teaching) stream in 2011. It fulfils the university’s mandate to provide educational leadership, outstanding teaching, and curriculum development. It also offers a forum for recognizing and rewarding those merits.

Professor of Teaching is the highest academic rank for the teaching stream. Instructors and Senior Instructors may be considered for promotion to this rank if they meet the criteria, which include:

…evidence of outstanding achievement in teaching and educational leadership, distinction in the field of teaching and learning, sustained and innovative contributions to curriculum development, course design and other initiatives that advance the University’s ability to excel in its teaching and learning mandate.

Initial appointments at this rank are normally tenured appointments (Art. 3.05 of the Agreement on Condition of Appointment for Faculty).

Condensed from the Professor of Teaching Guidelines