PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING BY A GRADUATE STUDENT
The President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student will be awarded to outstanding graduate student teachers. Six awards of $500 each will be presented at a ceremony held in May for recipients and their families. Awardees will be expected to participate in an orientation session or colloquium presented to new Teaching Assistants in the following Fall semester.
Each department/program with TAs or GAs involved in teaching may nominate two candidates. Nominations must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director of Department Chair.
The award is open to all full-time graduate students (masters and doctoral) TAs or GAs required to teach. They must have completed at least one academic year of teaching. (Present semester can be included).
Each nomination should include:
1. Positive evidence that the candidate has performed superbly in the classroom.
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The President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student will be awarded to outstanding graduate student teachers. Six awards of $500 each will be presented at a ceremony held in May for recipients and their families. Awardees will be expected to participate in an orientation session or colloquium presented to new Teaching Assistants in the following Fall semester.
Each department/program with TAs or GAs involved in teaching may nominate two candidates. Nominations must be made by the student's Graduate Program Director of Department Chair.
The award is open to all full-time graduate students (masters and doctoral) TAs or GAs required to teach. They must have completed at least one academic year of teaching. (Present semester can be included).
Each nomination should include:
1. Positive evidence that the candidate has performed superbly in the classroom.
- letter of recommendation by the departmental chairperson
- minimum of two letters of recommendation from faculty members who have supervised or worked with the nominee in teaching a course
- quantitative summary from course evaluations by students
- no more than five letters from students attesting to the effectiveness of the candidate's teaching and concern for intellectual growth.
2. Indications of the candidate's generosity with personal time, accessibility to students and demonstration of a continual concern with the intellectual growth of individual students.
3. The candidate must set high standards for students encouraging academic excellence.
4. The candidate must exhibit innovative means of developing and modifying the course, where applicable.
2009 RECIPIENTS::
James Ambury, Philosophy
Mark Jonas, Ecology and Evolution
Jennifer Rodden, Psychology
Sue Riela, Psychology
Frances Bottenberg, Philosophy
Gary Maynard, Sociology
