Presidential Award for Excellence in Collaboration to Improve Teaching

Now in its fourth year, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Collaboration to Improve Teaching is presented annually to pairs or groups of full-time and/or part-time Bridgewater State College faculty and librarians. One such award is presented each year. The group will receive a plaque and an award of $10,000 to be divided among the award winners. Winners will be announced at the Awards for Academic Excellence Ceremony in the Spring.

This award recognizes innovation in the development of teaching programs at either the undergraduate or graduate levels with well-documented need and/or impact. Examples include, but are not limited to, collaborative teaching, faculty/librarian collaboration, program-specific faculty development, curriculum development or revision, improvement in the quality of teaching through assessment or other means, and new-program initiatives.

This award is self nominated. Nominations should include:

• a list of the nominees
• a 2-3 page statement describing the innovation
• supporting materials such as course syllabi, catalogue information, or governance proposals, and
• evidence that supports the need and/or impact of the innovation.

The review committee will consist of three faculty who are previous award winners (or, as needed, department chairs), drawn from different schools; two deans drawn from the school deans and the graduate dean on a rotating basis; the Library Director; and an Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 5, 2010. Nomination materials should be submitted in hard copy to the Academic Affairs office, 104 Boyden. The timeline for the selection process is given below.

Nominations and supporting materials are due.	February 5, 2010
Committee selects award winners.	By February 26, 2010
Award winners are notified.	By early April, 2010
Award winners are announced at the Awards for Academic Excellence Ceremony.	April 22, 2010

 

Last Modified: October 6, 2009