2023-2024 Faculty聽Nominations are Closed
The Best Should Teach Initiative聽strives to acknowledge excellence in teaching and academic leadership. The initiative is managed by the Center for Teaching & Learning聽in coordination with the School of Education, and the College of Arts and Sciences聽at the University of Colorado Boulder. Lindley and Marguerite Stiles established the initiative in 1996 to promulgate the message that 鈥淭he Best Should Teach.鈥�
A Best Should Teach sculpture designed by John Haertling, which represents the flame of enlightenment, is installed at the School of Education on the University of Colorado Boulder campus as a visual reminder of the initiative and of the importance of teaching.
The Best Should Teach Initiative celebrates excellence in teaching at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. It supports the preparation of college and university faculty, as well as public school teachers, in their disciplinary fields. Best Should Teach Gold and Silver Awards are presented at the event each year.聽The Best Should Teach聽event and awards are co-funded by the Ira and Ineva Baldwin Fund in the 抖阴旅行射 Foundation and Brian Good's private Best Should Teach Fund, with additional support from the Center for Teaching & Learning, the School of Education, and the College of Arts and Sciences.