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Faculty Teacher and Adjunct of the Year Programs

Awards for both programs will be based on designations by colleges with voting for an overall University awardee by separate panels of faculty experts.  

January 31: Deans shall determine college Teachers and Adjuncts of the Year and report this designation to the Assistant Provost for Academic Excellence and Assessment. Deans are encouraged to invite nominations from departments as appropriate and may decide to set a pre-deadline for these nominations. For adjunct faculty, we invite full-time faculty colleagues to submit nominations.  

February 7: A committee will be constituted in the first week of February to select winners for the University-wide Teacher and Adjunct of the Year awards.

February 28: The committee will submit the University-wide winners for the Teacher and Adjunct of the Year awards. 

April 22: Annual Faculty Excellence Award Reception

Requirements
As per past practice, each college and school may award one full-time Teacher of the Year, with three from Arts and Sciences and nominate one Adjunct of the Year (all colleges). For eligibility for consideration for the University-wide honor, the Deans' Office should provide the following nominating material in addition to the material listed in "General Eligibility".

  • Highlights of teaching assignments;
  • Examples of teaching innovations and engagement in student learning outcomes assessment;
  • Examples of teaching evaluations and analysis thereof.  Teaching evaluation documentation is mandatory for the nomination package.  Available comparison information should also be provided.  The nominator should note if (and why) there is no available documentation on student evaluations, and is free to provide a framework if there is a belief that the scores do not fully capture the candidate’s teaching excellence;
  • Justification for nomination.
  • Nominators should arrange for between two and four student letters from students taught by the nominee. At least one letter should be from a current student, and letters should represent at least two different courses. Students should also be encouraged to highlight innovations in the teaching approach of their nominee.

Aside from evaluations and student letters, any artifacts of teaching innovations, syllabi, teaching evaluations and the like should be limited to five pages and should be included as a single attachment (Word or PDF) with the nomination.