Faculty OER Promotion Toolkit

Faculty responsible for assigning textbooks hold a unique power to reduce educational costs for students. Whether you have authored an original OER, peer-reviewed an OER, or campaigned for the inclusion of OER in your university’s strategic plan, you have contributed to advancing equitable education. Whatever open educational practices (OEP) you have engaged in as an author, supporter, or advocate, we recognize that you are carrying a heavy pack. Let us lighten your load with the “Faculty OER Promotion Toolkit.” Designed for busy faculty members, this toolkit offers resources to promote your OER creations and guidance for self-advocacy during the reappointment, promotion, and tenure (RPT) process. 

• Promote Your OER offers guidance with real-world examples and easy-to-use templates for marketing and promotional tools such as:
  • Faculty Testimonials
  • Textbook Stickers
  • Slide Decks
  • Tabletop Displays or Flyers
  • Bookmarks or Magnets
• Gain Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure provides useful frameworks for self-advocacy in presenting your OEP within the RTP process. With samples from successful teaching and non-teaching faculty, this resource guides you through each element of your dossier:
  • RTP Dossier
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Candidate Statements
  • Supporting Documentation

We hope this toolkit serves as a trail map for your journey, and we welcome your feedback and examples. Please use our feedback form [Website] to share your thoughts, or contribute your own examples through our submission form [Website] for future editions of Growing Your OER Program. Remember, only you can prevent costly textbooks, but you are not alone. Share this toolkit with supporting librarians, OER program managers, RPT mentors, and institutional administrators to help them better understand how they can support your OEP.