Innovative Teaching AwardsKendall Center
The John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning and the Provost’s Office would like to recognize faculty who are engaged in innovative teaching (e.g., new uses of instructional technology, new ways to engage students in the learning process, new approaches to student collaboration, or new methods for improving student learning outcomes) and to encourage the dissemination of effective practices by sharing promising innovations with faculty more broadly. Therefore, we offer 2 Innovative Teaching Awards -- one that recognizes innovations at the Course or Curricular level ($1000 prize) and a second that recognizes innovative Assignments ($500 prize).
Criteria
The criteria for the Innovative Teaching Award include:
· Rationale for the development and use of the innovative teaching methods.
· Clearly articulated description of innovative teaching methods.
· Evidence that innovative teaching methods were effective.
Call for Nominations
Faculty members are encouraged to self-nominate, but nominations may also be submitted by colleagues and students. Completed nominations should be submitted online. The nomination should include the nominee’s name, department, and a narrative that clearly addresses the criteria above as well as the contact information for the nominator if difference from the nominee.
Deadline
Nominations must be received by 5 pm on Friday, January 12, 2024.
Contact
For more information or questions, please contact Pamela Conners, Kendall Center Director.
2023-2024 Recipients
Innovations at the Course or Currcular level
Lauren Hecht and Hayley Russell
Title: Peer Mentor, Academic Leader, and Teacher (Peer MALT)
Innovative Assignments
David Obermiller
Title: The history of environmental justice, with an emphasis on taking an intersectional and counter narrative approach of how and why these injustices occur through the lens of race, class, and gender.
Past Award Recipients:
2022-23 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2021-22 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2020-21 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2019-20 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2018-19 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2017-18 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients
2015-16 Innovative Teaching Award Recipients