Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Provost Outstanding Teaching Awards

Call for Nominations 2008 Guidelines

 

Provost’s Outstanding Teachers Awards -Call for Nominations 2008-

Each year, we recognize faculty and graduate students for outstanding teaching. We strongly encourage you to nominate deserving faculty members and graduate teaching assistants for distinguished teaching awards. The award is intended to identify and recognize faculty and graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate special dedication to and demonstrable success in their teaching; and to encourage awareness of the importance of excellence in teaching.

A selection committee will review the nominees, collect additional information and recommend approximately six winners to the Provost. This year the committee will recommend recipients for each of three types of awards:

Click HERE for guidelines.

In late April, the recipients will be honored at a formal ceremony and receive their awards.

Deadline for faculty, staff and students to submit one-page initial nominations to the nominated faculty member’s department chair is 4:00 PM, Friday, February 15, 2008.

For more information, contact Ms. Rita Wilkie, Institutional Staff Officer, Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, 859- 323-6589, rwilkie@email.uky.edu.

 

  • Guidelines (pdf)

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    Tenured Faculty Award

    Purpose:
    To recognize faculty for outstanding teaching performance.

    Eligibility:
    All Regular or Special Title Series tenured faculty

    Nature of the award:
    $5,000

    Number of Awards:
    Two

    (One award will be given for a faculty member employed at UK more than 10 years, and one for 10 years or less.)

    Criteria:
    Evidence of outstanding performance as a teacher, as documented by students and peers

    Must not have received this award in the past 8 years

     

    Non-Tenured Faculty Award

    Purpose:
    To recognize faculty for outstanding teaching performance

    Eligibility:
    All Regular or Special Title Series non-tenured faculty

    Nature of the award:
    $3,500

    Number of Awards:
    Two

    Criteria:

    Evidence of outstanding performance as a teacher, as documented by students and peers.

    Faculty may be presented this award one time.

     

    Teaching Assistants Award

    Purpose:
    To recognize teaching assistants for outstanding performance in the classroom or laboratory

    Eligibility:
    Teaching Assistants with at least two semesters of teaching assistantship experience are eligible to win this award one time.

    Nature of the award:
    $1,000

    Number of Awards:
    A maximum of three

    Criteria:
    Evidence of outstanding performance in the classroom or laboratory, as documented by students and peers

    Recipients may receive this award one time.


    Guidelines for Submitting Nominations for the Provost Teaching Awards


    The process involves the following steps; each described in detail below:

    Step 1: Initial Nomination
    Faculty, staff, and students may initiate the nomination of individuals by sending a 1-page nomination letter to the candidate’s department chair.

    The deadline for submitting the initial nomination letter to the faculty member’s department chair is Friday, February 15, 2008 4:00 PM.

    Step 2: Formal Recommendation
    A department chair or senior faculty member, familiar with the candidate's teaching performance, will prepare a two-page formal recommendation. The formal recommendation will include specific examples of the accomplishments and qualities that make the nominee a model of teaching excellence.

    The chair will submit three (3) copies of the initial nomination letter and the formal recommendation to the Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. The deadline for chairs to submit these materials is 4:00 p.m. Monday, February 25th, 2008.

    If you have any questions, please contact Rita Wilkie, Institutional Staff Officer at rwilkie@email.uky.edu, or phone 323-6589.

    Step 3: Selection of finalists
    The Selection Committee will review all initial nominations and select approximately six finalists in each category.

    Step 4: Submission of Dossiers
    Each finalist and their department chair (or designee) will be asked to prepare a dossier or portfolio containing evidence of the candidate's competence as an aspiring and capable teacher; evidence of influence upon the learning and progress of students (outcomes); and up to five letters of recommendation (excluding the initial letter from the chair) from colleagues, students, or others familiar with the candidate's teaching performance.

    Step 5: Recommendation to Provost
    Upon review of the dossiers, the Selection Committee will recommend the recipients to the Provost.

     

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