Brief Summary of Teaching Awards

Brief Summary of Teaching Awards for Psychologists at East Carolina University

Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

This is the BIG one.
Nominees must be tenured, have taught here at least seven years, and not have won this award previously.
Faculty colleagues, students, administrators, alumni, or the faculty member emself may nominate.
Nomination letters are due in the Faculty Senate office by the 15^th of September.
The portfolio, including a video, is due in the Faculty Senate office by the 1^st of November.
Copies of the portfolios of previous winners can be viewed in the Center for Faculty Excellence (2303 Old Cafeteria Building).
More Details Here.

Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards

Nominees must be full time, have taught here for at least three years, and not won this award in the last four years.
Chairs should receive an email in August about the deadline for submission of nominations.
Once nominated by the department, the candidate submits to the College a portfolio of not more than 20 pages length. This deadline may be very early in September. For 2007 the deadline is the 7^th of September.
Procedures for selection of nominees from the Department of Psychology are detailed here.
A selection committee at the College level reviews the submitted portfolios and chooses five nominees.
The Dean of Arts and Sciences submits five nominees for this award by not later than the 15^th of September.
These nominees then prepare a more substantial portfolio which is due in the Faculty Senate office by the 1^st of November.
For the 2006-2007 academic year, Marieke Van Willigen was in charge of the teaching awards nominations. She kindly provided me with the College document on their selection procedures.
Copies of the portfolios of previous winners can be viewed in the Center for Faculty Excellence (2303 Old Cafeteria Building).
More Details Here.

Scholar-Teacher Award

Faculty who wish to be considered for this award submit the necessary materials to the College of Arts and Sciences by the 27^th of November.
The College of Arts and Sciences selects up to three winners.
The emphasis is on integrating research into classroom teaching and mentoring.
More Details Here.

University Alumni Awards for Outstanding Teaching

Nominees must have taught here for at least three years and not won this award in the last four years.
Each faculty unit may nominate one faculty member per ten members in the unit.
Selection criteria must be based on the "Seven Characteristics of Effective Teaching" in Faculty Senate Resolution 91-29. The SOIS is not mentioned in those criteria.
Units should allow consideration of any eligible faculty member who requests consideration for nomination.
Procedures for selection of nominees from the Department of Psychology are detailed here.
Nomination letters from unit code administrators are due in the Faculty Senate office by the 15^th of September.
Teaching portfolios are due in the Faculty Senate office by the 1^st of November.
Finalists will be asked to provide a video tape of a class session.
Copies of the portfolios of previous winners can be viewed in the Center for Faculty Excellence (2303 Old Cafeteria Building).
More Details Here.

Max Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service Through Continuing Education

This is to honor those who teach courses offered through Continuing Education, online or face-to-face.
Each faculty unit may nominate one faculty member per ten members in the unit.
Selection criteria must be based on the "Seven Characteristics of Effective Teaching" in Faculty Senate Resolution 91-29. The SOIS is not mentioned in those criteria.
Units should allow consideration of any eligible faculty member who requests consideration for nomination.
Nomination letters from unit code administrators are due in the Faculty Senate office by the 15^th of September.
Nominees provide a portfolio of evaluative materials to the Ad Hoc Teaching Awards Committee
Finalists will be asked to provide a CD that demonstrates and summarizes their distance education classes.
More Details Here.

Hazel F. Stapleton Memorial Excellence In Teaching Award

Those eligible for nomination will include all permanently tenured, probationary appointment, and fixed-term faculty in Psychology at ECU who have taught at least 4 courses per academic year (excluding summer school) for the previous two academic years. Persons who have won this award are not eligible to win it again until at least three years have passed.
Nominees are selected by the Psychology Faculty Development and Awards Committee, on the basis of Student Opinion of Instruction Survey (SOIS) ratings. Nominations may also be made by any faculty member in the Department of Psychology.
Nominated faculty are invited to prepare a teaching portfolio which will be read by faculty in the Department of Psychology.
At their regular faculty meeting in March, the faculty in the Department of Psychology select the recipient of the award.
More Details Here.