Excellence in Teaching

Three academic years of full-time service during the last five years
Recipients of an excellence award may not be nominated for another excellence award within a five-year interval.
Recipients may not be re-nominated for an award in the same category.
Full-time teaching tenure or non-tenure track faculty

Superb classroom performance
Flexible instructional policy that adapts readily to student needs, interests, problems
Mastery of teaching techniques
Scholarship in own field/keeps abreast and uses relevant contemporary data in teaching
Evidence of publications, grants, presentations at conferences, artistic productions, etc.
Student services - generous with personal time, easily accessible outside of class, demonstrates continual concern for students’ intellectual growth (e.g., office hours, conferences, special meetings, student advisement).
Sets high standards for students and helps them attain academic excellence. Higher than average quantity and quality of work expected of students.
Active work with individual students to help them improve performance.