Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Provost Outstanding Teaching Awards

Call for Nominations 2010 Guidelines

 

Provost’s Outstanding Teachers Awards -Call for Nominations 2010-

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 outstanding 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 nine winners to the Provost. This year the committee will recommend recipients for each of three types of awards:

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

Deadline for submitting the initial nomination letter to the faculty member’s department chair is 4 pm Friday, January 15, 2010 .

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.

 

 

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: nominees 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.

 

Lecturer Award

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

Eligibility:
Lecturers with at least two semesters of teaching experience

Nature of the award:
$2,000

Number of Awards:
Two

Criteria:
Evidence of outstanding performance in the classroom or laboratory, as documented by students and peers. Recipients may receive 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
Deadline for submitting the initial nomination letter to the faculty member’s January 15, 2010 .

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


The chair will submit an electronic package that contains 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 pm Friday February 5th 2010.


Email all materials to rwilkie@email.uky.edu.

 

Step 3: Selection of finalists
The Selection Committee will review all initial nominations and select approximately six finalists in each category (tenured faculty, untenured faculty, lecturers and teaching assistants). Associate Provost for faculty Affairs notifies finalists on or before February 19th, 2010 to request dossier.

Step 4: Submission of Dossiers
Each finalist and their department chair (or designee) will be asked to prepare an electronic version of the nominee’s dossier 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 (including 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.

 

Step 6: Award Recipients are notified by the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Upon review of the dossiers, the Selection Committee will recommend the recipients to the Provost.

 

April 23, 2010: Ceremony @ reception for award recipients 1:00 - 3:30 pm Lexmark Room, Main Building.

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