College of Education Policies

Collegiate Teaching Award

Below you will find nomination guidelines and a link to the release of information form to be signed by the nominee.

Please call this award to everyone’s attention and encourage worthy nominations. We feel the award is important in that it is an attempt to encourage superior teaching and recognition by one’s colleagues and students.

We wish to highlight the following:

1. The award is based on the 2004-2007 academic years.  Nominees need to have begun teaching in the College of Education no later than Fall 2004.
2. Collegiate Teaching Award recipients from the last ten years are not eligible for this year’s award.
3. Material for each nominee may not exceed twelve pages total, including the letters from students. Five sets of nomination materials are to be submitted.
4. The deadline for receipt of completed nominations in the Dean’s Office, N459 Lindquist Center, is Friday, April 4, 2008.
   Please submit them to Judy Brewer.

We ask that the nominator take responsibility for coordinating collection of the supporting material and making certain the deadline is met.

NOMINATION GUIDELINES

Please include the following for each nominee. Nominations are welcome from students and colleagues, but should not be made by the nominee.

The nominee shall provide the following information: [2 pages]

1. 1. Brief statement of nominee’s teaching philosophy.
   2. Courses taught during the academic years 2004-2005,
      2005-2006, 2006-2007 (course description, class size, and student level).
   3. Other teaching activities during academic years 2004-2005,
      2005-2006, 2006-2007 (workshops, mentoring, advising, curriculum development, etc.).
   4. Brief description of how the nominee’s scholarly works or creative works enhance the quality of his/her teaching.

The nominee should also sign the cover page (pg. 3 of PDF file) to indicate permission to release the information contained in the application.

2. The nominator shall provide the following information:
   1. A supporting letter by a colleague describing the nominee’s excellence in teaching during the 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007 academic years.
      [2 pages]
   2. Letters written by not more than five current or former students enrolled in the nominee’s classes in the last three years, consisting of supporting paragraphs about the nominee’s strengths and qualities as a teacher.
   3. Using the attached format (pg.4-6 of PDF file), the nominator shall provide a description of the nominee’s activities and accomplishments which demonstrate unusually significant and meritorious achievement in teaching during the academic years: 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007. [3 page maximum]

The material for each nominee may not exceed 12 pages for parts A and B. Nomination materials should be forwarded by the nominator(s) to the Dean’s Office no later than Friday, April 4, 2008 . The Collegiate recipient will be chosen on or before April 25 and their name will be announced at the Faculty Meeting on Monday, May 12.

FORMER RECIPIENTS OF COLLEGIATE TEACHING AWARDS

(Last 10 years)