2011 application procedure

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Presidents Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2010-11

Nomination Procedure

1. All academic staff at NUI Galway are eligible to be nominated and considered for a

Teaching Excellence Award, either as individuals or teams of staff. Nominations can be putforward by any two, or more, members of the University (staff, students or alumni).

2. There are two routes to being considered for a Teaching Excellence Award:

(a) nominations may be self-initiated, using a standard nomination form, where the

nomination is seconded by a colleague; or

(b) two (or more) staff, students or alumni may nominate an appropriate candidate (individual

or team), again using a standard form.

A copy of the form is appended to this document.

Nominations should include a short statement (no more than two sides of A4) giving a critical

assessment of the work for which the candidate is being nominated, against the relevantcriteria described below (3).

3. "Teaching Excellence" is a fairly broad concept. For the purposes of this award scheme it

may include, for example:

y A reflective approach to teaching and learning;y Inspirational, stimulating and imaginative approaches to teaching;y The use of teaching and learning methods which encourage students to become

independent, critical thinkers fully engaged with the subject matter;

y A high level of awareness of contemporary issues in the teaching of a particulardiscipline and higher education in general;

y Appropriate and effective links between research and teaching or support for learning;y Effective and innovative design and delivery of courses;y Experience of the use of diverse but appropriate assessment methods;y Enthusiasm for, and commitment to, collegiality by influencing, stimulating and

encouraging best practice amongst colleagues;

y Empathy and support for a diverse range of students;4. For the purposes of this award scheme a team is made up of two to ten individuals whohave worked together to achieve a common goal. The team members should work

collaboratively to achieve a common goal that supports student learning, or engage in orimplement a special project or initiative that supports studentlearning.

5.Nominations should be submitted to bernadette.henchy nuigalway.ie at the Centre for

Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)before Friday, March 4th

, 2011. These will

be reviewed by the Teaching Awards Panel (or official sub-group thereof) to identify those

candidates who meet the requirements.

All proposers and nominees will be informed of the decision made by the panel at this stage.


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6. Ift Teachi Awards Panel decides that a case exists, then the nominee and/or proposerwill be invited to suppl supporting materials and a concise Supporting Case Document. This

is a concise statement (of no more than five sides of A4) whichjustifies the nomination andexplains the supporting evidence which underpins the submission.

The Supporting Case Document should make the case for excellence in three ways.

y It allows the Panelto get a sense ofthe contextin which teaching takes place.y It offers an opportunity to describe the broad approach to teaching and the qualities

thatthe nominee brings to the role.

y Itis a means ofjustifying the claim by referring to the supporting evidence andexplaining its significance.

The deadline forthe submission ofthe Supporting Case Document and associated materials

will be communicated to nominees.

7. The materials required to supportthe case (i.e. atthe second stage) should provide some

reasonable means of demonstrating teaching excellence (as described above). Examples of

appropriate materials are:

y A Teaching Portfolio, similarto that described in the CELT Portfolios Project(www.nuigalway.ie/celt/documents/teachingportfolio.pdf).

y A selection of example teaching materials such as1. course and lecture notes;2. handbooks, guides and supporting materials;3. video, audio, slides or computer based learning resources;4. examples oftypes of assessments used in courses and analysis of results.

Where requested, CELT will make access to specified Blackboard courses available

to the Teaching Awards Panel.

yStudent feedback with some discussion, reflection and, where appropriate, an outlineof actions taken in response.

This is not meantto be a comprehensive or prescriptive listing, butthe selection should

provide sufficient evidence forthe case to enable the Teaching Awards Panelto make a

reasonablejudgement.

Nominees are advised notto rely on material submitted on cd/dvd or online materials.

Although of course these can be provided as ancillary supporting materials the main case

document should not be in these formats.

8. A standard student feedback questionnaire, solely forthe purposes ofthe Presidents

Awards for Teaching Excellence, is required to supportthe assessment of nominations by theTeaching Awards Panel. CELT will administerthe questionnaire. More information on this

process will be communicated to nominees. This is simply to support comparability and

ensure thatthe student voice is represented in the case.

9. The initial nomination forms will be available from the CELT website.

10. CELT will offer support/advice for proposers/nominees at both the initial and second

stages ofthe process.


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11. The Teaching Awards Panelis comprised of:

y The Presidenty The Registrar and Deputy Presidenty The Director of CELTy The Director of Qualityy A representative ofthe Students Uniony Two Deans ortheir representativesy An external reviewer from another Universityy An additional member of Teaching Staff

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12. There will be four awards announced this year, each of value 1,000. This will be in the

form of a Teaching Development Grant and may be used forthe purchase of equipment, to

support conference participation, teaching development, or any other relevant purpose.

Award recipients will be required to submit a one page report on how the Teaching

Development Grantis used, to CELT.

13. The awards will be presented at an appropriate Conferring ceremony.

1 . The University will wish to publicise the awards and award holders through various

media and, therefore, award holders should be prepared to appearin such publicity materials.

It would also be expected that award winners would participate in an informal discussion

forum on teaching coordinated by CELT.

15. Successful candidates will not be able to apply for another Teaching Excellence Award

for a period of 5 years.

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