Presidential Teacher Award recipient selection is based on excellence inside and outside the classroom, as acknowledged by peers and students, including: innovative teaching efforts, curriculum development, mentoring students and fellow faculty members, and scholarship.
Evidence of these qualities can be found in:
1) Teaching practices and innovations
2) Influences on curriculum
3) Mentoring and advising students in matters of both career and curriculum
4) Mentoring faculty in regards to instruction, and
5) Scholarship with respect to teaching.
The Presidential Teacher Award Selection Committee evaluates applicants. The committee, selected by the executive vice president and provost and approved by the president, is composed of six Group I, tenured, full-time faculty (three of whom have been recipients of the award), one undergraduate student, and one graduate student. Students and faculty from the College of Osteopathic Medicine may serve.
Faculty on the committee serve three-year rotating terms. Students serve one-year terms.
The committee can select up to four faculty for awards annually. However, the committee may choose not to give any awards if no applicants meet the award standards.
Each award recipient will hold the title of Presidential Teacher for three years and will receive $5,000 annually during that time ($15,000 total). Awardees are ineligible for another Presidential Teacher Award during their terms.
Nominations
All Group I, tenured, full-time faculty at any Ohio University campus can be nominated for this award.
All faculty, alumni, and students of Ohio University can nominate.
Announcements requesting nominations will be sent out campus-wide during fall quarter 2008.
Application and Selection Process
All faculty who receive nominations will be notified in writing in late October.
Nominees who wish to be considered for the award must submit a teaching portfolio. Portfolios should be submitted electronically, in Microsoft Word or PDF format, to Anita Leach at leacha@ohio.edu. Portfolios must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2009.
The committee can select up to eight finalists based on the merit of their portfolios. Once selected, the committee interviews each finalist, interviews his/her department chair, school director, or division coordinator, and observes the finalist in a classroom setting. The committee will then make a determination as to which, if any, will receive the award.
Winners will be notified in writing by the end of May and will be recognized during the June undergraduate commencement.
If you have questions, please contact Marty Tuck or Anita Leach by e-mail or by phone at 740-593-9877.
