Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award Recipient
Dr. Peter Yates

In addition to excellent teaching evaluations in both very small and larger classes, Dr. Yates has implemented best practices from the teaching and learning research by:

• Actively coordinating his course offerings with colleagues and carefully focusing on how his classes fit within the departments curriculum
• Individually tailoring his teaching pedagogy to best suit individual students
• Integrating his teaching with research
• Writing a book on teaching methodology
• Involving students in service learning opportunities, examples include:
  • Performing at a prison in San Luis Obispo
  • “The Mother Lode” a DVD in which he scored, performed, recorded, acted, designed, filmed, and edited the production.

Although he has been at Cal Poly Pomona for 27 years, he continues to find ways to introduce new technology into his classes and employs assessment results to improve his teaching.