Awards - Distinguished Teaching Award

Eligibility

Any full time, active, regularly appointed associate or full professor who holds a regular non-terminal contract, and who will teach at Simpson or serve on a sabbatical basis in the subsequent year of the award

Criteria

Persons nominated for this award

1)      should be recognized by both students and faculty colleagues as having demonstrated outstanding ability as a classroom teacher,

2)      should have exhibited those qualities of genuine concern for students in terms of personal development,

3)      should be recognized as an intellectual leader on the campus among students and peers and to have contributed to the general enhancement of high academic standards on campus,

4)      should have exhibited support for the basic mission and purposes of the college and demonstrated by attitude and performance basic support for procedures and policies related to the achievement of such general goals and purposes.

The selection procedure for this award will be as follows:

1)      between the dates of January 1 and March 15 of each academic year, a committee of seven persons composed of four seniors of the graduating class and three faculty will be appointed by the president of the college to serve as a nominating committee for this award.

2)      the four senior representatives of differing academic areas will be nominated by the senior representative. The three members of the faculty, one of who must be a member of the faculty personnel committee, will be nominated by the academic dean. Final appointment will be made by the president of the college. The academic dean will serve as the non-voting chair of the committee.

3)      An invitation will be given to all members of the faculty, administration, and members of the student body to submit nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award prior to the date of March 15 of any given year. Only those persons for whom a written recommendation has been given are to be considered by the committee.

4)      From those nominations received, the committee will nominate a slate of no more than three persons and no less than two, to be elected by the graduating members of the senior class. Ballots for this election will be issued from the president’s office no later than April 1, and returned to that office by May 1 of the academic year. Tabulation of the results will be done jointly by the president’s office and the senior class representative.

5)      That person receiving a plurality of the votes cast by the eligible graduating seniors will be declared the recipient of the award. In case of a tie vote, two awards will be made.

6)      The name of the recipient(s) of this award will be held in confidentiality by the president and the senior class representative until commencement exercises when the senior class representative will announce the recipient.

The Distinguished Teaching Award cannot be given to the same faculty person more than once in any five-year period.


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Distinguished Teaching Award Eligibility Any full time, active, regularly appointed associate or full professor who holds a regular non-terminal contract, and who will teach at Simpson or serve on a sabbatical basis in the subsequent year of the award Criteria Persons nominated for this award 1) should be recognized by both students and faculty colleagues as having demonstrated outstanding ability as a classroom teacher, 2) should have exhibited those qualities of genuine concern for students in terms of personal development, 3) should be recognized as an intellectual leader on the campus among students and peers and to have contributed to the general enhancement of high academic standards on campus, 4) should have exhibited support for the basic mission and purposes of the college and demonstrated by attitude and performance basic support for procedures and policies related to the achievement of such general goals and purposes. The selection procedure for this award will be as follows: 1) between the dates of January 1 and March 15 of each academic year, a committee of seven persons composed of four seniors of the graduating class and three faculty will be appointed by the president of the college to serve as a nominating committee for this award. 2) the four senior representatives of differing academic areas will be nominated by the senior representative. The three members of the faculty, one of who must be a member of the faculty personnel committee, will be nominated by the academic dean. Final appointment will be made by the president of the college. The academic dean will serve as the non-voting chair of the committee. 3) An invitation will be given to all members of the faculty, administration, and members of the student body to submit nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award prior to the date of March 15 of any given year. Only those persons for whom a written recommendation has been given are to be considered by the committee. 4) From those nominations received, the committee will nominate a slate of no more than three persons and no less than two, to be elected by the graduating members of the senior class. Ballots for this election will be issued from the president’s office no later than April 1, and returned to that office by May 1 of the academic year. Tabulation of the results will be done jointly by the president’s office and the senior class representative. 5) That person receiving a plurality of the votes cast by the eligible graduating seniors will be declared the recipient of the award. In case of a tie vote, two awards will be made. 6) The name of the recipient(s) of this award will be held in confidentiality by the president and the senior class representative until commencement exercises when the senior class representative will announce the recipient. The Distinguished Teaching Award cannot be given to the same faculty person more than once in any five-year period.
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