Associate Dean for Research, Technology & External Affairs

COE Outstanding Teaching Award for the University's Honors Day

Purpose and Description

The College of Education will select outstanding teachers to be recognized at the University's Honors Day. The presentation of the award will be made at a special College of Education function.

Guidelines and Criteria

Eligibility

All full-time tenured and tenure track faculty are eligible.

An awardee is ineligible for renomination for three years.

No faculty member serving on the Faculty Senate Awards Committee is eligible for nomination during his or her term of service on this committee.

Nominations

With the approval of the candidate, nominations may be made by any group of ten or more full-time students, any group of five or more alumni, by student petition from a student honorary or professional group recognized by the College of Education, or by a group of any three faculty members.

Eleven copies of the nomination package, including documentation, are due in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs (G-10 Aderhold Hall) by January 17 each year. Should this date fall on a weekend or holiday, nominations should be submitted the next working day.

Method of Selection

The Faculty Senate Awards Committee will be the review and selection body and will forward its decisions to the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs.

In all phases of the selection process, the nominee will be judged on the basis of the criteria stated below.

When possible, the Awards Committee will make every effort to select an awardee(s) in each of the three faculty ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor).

Criteria for Selection

The classroom teaching competence of the nominee is clearly outstanding.

The candidate has a well-defined teaching philosophy and approach to education.

The candidate has superior teaching evaluations from students, peers, or alumni.

The candidate has made a positive impact on students.

Guidelines for Preparing Nominations

The total nomination package cannot exceed eight pages, excluding the letters of evaluation from alumni or peers. Nominations not complying with the specified length, format, or application date will not be accepted.

A one-page vita. This vita should include information relative to the following:
- Publications related to teaching (with several examples)
- Presentations related to teaching (with several examples)
- Previous honors/recognition for excellence in teaching
A one-page letter of nomination. This letter is to be written by the nominators and should define the nominee's qualifications for the award. Clear indication of the source of the nomination should be given, including the signatures of each nominator.
The body of the nomination. Limited to no more than three pages. The points listed below must be included. Other points may also be included at the discretion of the nominators.
- Rationale for considering the nominee to be an outstanding teacher.
- Nominee's personal statement regarding teaching. This should include a reflective self-evaluation of the nominee's strengths and growth possibilities relative to the teaching process.
- Student evaluation of the nominee's teaching with an emphasis on the three years preceding the nomination. The evaluations may be either of a qualitative or quantitative nature and may be developed at the discretion of the nominators.
- Summary of former or present accomplishments, if applicable.