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2011 Teaching Excellence Awards

The Teaching Excellence Awards are presented to those instructors who exemplify the best qualities of teachers, both in and out of the classroom.

Previous Recipients

Teaching Excellence Award recipients

Teaching Excellence Award Process and Procedures

Full details are described on the nomination form. Be sure to read the nomination form carefully.

Eligibility & Process

1. Up to (3) awards may be made each year.
2. Full-time, part-time and sessional faculty members are be eligible to receive the Teaching Excellence Award. Nominees must have taught at TRU for five (5) years.
3. Nominations for this award must be signed by at least six nominators. At least four of the nominators must be current or previous students who have received instruction from the nominee. Nominations must include written documentation from each of the nominators outlining specific reasons for the nomination.
4. Nominations must include (organized in the order below):
   1. A completed nomination form;
      
   2. A statement prepared by the nominee (500 words or less) describing their teaching philosophy;
   3. course evaluations from 3 of the 5 past years; and
   4. Sampling supporting documents such as course materials, outlines, and assignments, not to exceed 20 pages.
5. Please forward nominations electronically (PDF format) to Gary Hunt, Centre for Teaching and Learning, by Friday, February 17, 2012 at 4:00 PM.
6. The Selection Committee for the Teaching Excellence Awards will consist of former Master Teacher and Teaching Excellence Award winners, and a member of University Senate.
7. Past recipients of a Teaching Excellence Award are eligible for one additional future award. Previous winners may not be nominated within the last five years of receiving an award.

Criteria

Nominees should be recognized by students and colleagues as excellent teachers, both in and out of the classroom. This award is given to teachers who best display most or all of the following criteria (as established by the former Education Council):

 

 

I. Student Engagement and Motivation

 

• The faculty member is fair, consistent, and realistic in their assessment of student learning while conveying a sense of accomplishment to students;  
•  Is a gifted mentor and role-model who enjoys motivating and challenging all learners;   
• Supports learning beyond the classroom or laboratory, through consultation outside of class, and guide practicum-based or extra-curricular student activity with energy and experience;
•  Motivates students to achieve and maintain standards of excellence and imparts an enthusiasm for learning;
•  Is sensitive, respectful, and responsive to the diversity of students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Pedagogy

• The faculty member clearly cares passionately about the subject matter, the students' learning, and teaching itself as supported by students and peers;
• Employs inspiring, innovative and effective teaching strategies;
• Effectively integrates research into teaching through reference to their own research or the scholarly work of others;
• Demonstrates and conveys through their teaching an exceptional command of teaching and learning theory and practice; 
• Contributes to the advancement of their discipline or program through contribution to the pedagogy of their discipline or through ongoing course and program development;
• Provides evidence of disseminating information about their teaching to the TRU community and elsewhere.

III. Reflective Practice and Scholarly Teaching

• The faculty member provides evidence of skilled scholarly teaching through recognizing that they, as teachers, are learners themselves, and regularly solicit learners and peers for feedback on their teaching practices;
• Brings an inspiring curiosity toward the theory, technique, and practice of their discipline, cultivating creative inquiry and critical thinking on the part of their students.

Evaluation of submissions will be based on balanced evidence from five sources:

• Course evaluation scores and student comments
  
• Evidence of meeting the above three criteria
  
• Nominator's comments
• Teaching philosophy statement
  
• Sample course materials supporting effective teaching practices

As an aid in preparing a statement of teaching philosophy, see this rubric 

Nomination Form

2012 Teaching Excellence Award - Nomination Form