Outstanding Teaching Awards
Outstanding teaching awards have been selected for over a decade, and by reading the list of previous recipients, you’ll see that this year' s award winners join an elite and prestigious group. Outstanding teaching awards are based on three criteria:
Classroom/Laboratory Teaching
Recipients must demonstrate clarity of presentations and assignments, variability of instructional materials and teaching methodology, enthusiasm for their subject matter and teaching in general, and a task-oriented teaching style that provides a variety of opportunities for students to learn. The subject matter must also be viewed by students as relevant, meaningful and organized as well as taught in a manner that shows them how to apply the course content an overall context.
Teaching Outside the Classroom
These nominees have all demonstrated superior advising and counseling as well as tutoring and assisting students outside of class so they understand concepts not taught in their own courses.
Other Teaching–Related Activities
Professors must contribute to activity in teaching publications and/or presentations, be a continual learner of the teaching/learning process and environment, and participate in teaching improvement workshops, seminars or conferences.
The nominees are evaluated by their teaching portfolio or record of activities, including their teaching philosophy; a summary of their peer evaluations; two years worth of student evaluations, both numerical and written; and letters of support from students, colleagues and administrators.