Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award
Sponsored by: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Date nominations due: February 5
Eligibility
Graduate instructors or teaching assistants who are currently teaching
Nominations
A department, a class, or a set of students in the nominee's class may make a nomination. All nominations must be sent (or delivered) to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 105 Hill Hall.
Nomination Criteria
Requirements:
-nomination letter (limited to two pages). The best letters of nomination tend to include specific detail that supports generalizations made about teaching excellence.
-letter of recommendation (in addition to the nomination letter) from a department, class or set of students in a current or previous class taught by the nominee.
-available student evaluation from the nominee’s classes.ncludes, but is not limited to, excellence of class instruction, intellectual stimulation of students, and concern for students’ welfare.
Additional helpful information for nominees includes the following:
-a list of courses taught.
-evidence of multiple strategies for good classroom teaching.
-assessment plans that demonstrate student learning.
-any papers on teaching techniques.
-any presentations relative to teaching methods.
-statement of nominee's teaching philosophy.
-videotape of teaching.
-any other evidence of distinguished teaching.
Completed nomination packets may contain no more than 10 pages.
Recipients for the Past Five Years
2008 Ryan Bubalo – English
2009 Laura A. Williams – Management