Teaching Awards 2007-2008
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ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Purpose:
To recognize faculty members for outstanding teaching performance over an extended period of time.
Eligibility:
Tenured faculty status with a minimum of 5 years of service at ISU prior to current academic year and 10 years of classroom experience in higher education. Recipients must be ISU employees at the time of the Fall Convocation.
Nature of the awards:
$1500 one-time stipend.
Number of awards:
Varies
Criteria:
Documented evidence, including student and peer evaluations, of outstanding classroom teaching performance, supplemented by evidence of instructional contributions outside the classroom.
Special note:
Two awardees who show special distinction in undergraduate teaching will be designated as Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teachers.
J. H. Ellis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
Purpose:
To recognize outstanding performance in teaching undergraduate introductory classes (defined as entry-level courses in the discipline).
Eligibility:
Tenured faculty with a minimum of 5 years of service at ISU prior to current academic year, who regularly teach an entry-level course. Recipients must be ISU employees at the time of the Fall Convocation.
Nature of the award:
$1500 one-time stipend.
Number of awards:
One.
Criteria:
Documented evidence of the ability to offer high-quality instruction in introductory courses, the ability to excite interest and involve students without compromising scholarship, and the ability to enhance student performance in future courses in the discipline.
ISU Award for Early Achievement in Teaching
Purpose:
To recognize faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding teaching performance unusually early in their professional careers.
Eligibility:
Tenured or tenure-track faculty who received their Ph.D. (or other appropriate terminal degree) since January, 2002, and have completed a minimum of two academic years of appointment as an ISU faculty member. Recipients must be ISU employees at the time of the Fall Convocation.
Nature of the award:
$1500 one-time stipend.
Number of awards:
Varies
Criteria:
Evidence of outstanding performance as a teacher, as documented by students and peers.
Guidelines for Submitting Nominations for University Teaching Awards
The following guidelines are intended to apply to all university teaching awards. They are derived from experience in reviewing nominations in previous years, and are intended to help departments and colleges make their nominations as strong as possible. A faculty member may not be considered for two university level teaching awards in the same year. Faculty who have received a university teaching award in the past five years are not eligible.
- Nomination Cover Page: Complete faculty university award nomination cover page (DOC) (PDF)
- Nomination Statement: (3 pages) Discuss why the nominee is deserving of the award. Indicate the range of teaching responsibilities which have been performed, describe the aspects of the teaching performance which distinguish the nominee, and provide specific evidence of meritorious performance.
- Vita: (4 pages) An abbreviated vita which is current and includes all information related to the teaching award.
- Statement by the Nominee: (2 pages) Include a statement of teaching philosophy prepared by the nominee.
- Letters: (6 letters maximum) This section should be prefaced with a list of the names and positions of the letter writers and an indication of their relevance to the nomination. Letters should come from current and former students, as well as colleagues. When possible, comments from colleagues should reflect team teaching experiences, observations, or other first hand knowledge of the teaching performance.
- Student Evaluation Data: Student evaluation information should be displayed in summary form, including an appropriate range of courses or offerings and reflecting especially the most recent years. Student evaluations should be displayed in the context of college or department norms with a clear explanation of the characteristics being evaluated and the rating scale being used.
- Optional Appendix: Any additional documentation of pedagogical innovation or scholarship, classroom performance, vita information, letters or testimonials may be added as an appendix. Nominees are not served well in the evaluation process by the submission of a large body of undigested material.
Nominations originate in departments and are reviewed by the college before submission to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
College deadlines are: Agriculture and Life Sciences November 20, 2007 College Guidelines Business January 28, 2008 Design February 1, 2008 Engineering February 6, 2008 Human Sciences January 9, 2008 Liberal Arts and Sciences January 16, 2008 College Guidelines Veterinary Medicine January 30, 2008 Submit ten (10) copies of the complete nomination packet to:
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
1550 Beardshear Hall
Attn: Ruth Birchno later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 25, 2008
Recipients and their department chair and dean are notified in mid-April. Only nominators receive notice of unsuccessful nominations.
