Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards

Six Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards recognize and support excellent teaching at East Carolina University. The recipients of these awards will be recognized at a variety of functions and each will receive a $1,000 award. Please see below for details of eligibility and selection procedures for this award.

Faculty are nominated for these awards by their college in Academic Affairs and by their school in Health Sciences. Faculty members should consult their school or college for these nomination procedures.

East Carolina University Selection Procedures

Eligibility for Selection

Nominees must:

• be a full-time faculty member at East Carolina University;
• have taught at East Carolina University for three or more years;
• be teaching in the academic year in which they are selected;
• not have won the award within the last four years;
• have demonstrated excellent or exceptional teaching ability.

Selection Procedures and Guidelines

Faculty members are nominated by the colleges in Academic Affairs and the schools in Health Sciences. The colleges and schools established their own selection procedures for choosing their nominees. Deans will submit the names of their college or school nominees to the appropriate Vice Chancellor by 5 p.m. on September 15.

The maximum number of nominations is distributed among the colleges in Academic Affairs and the schools in Health Sciences according to their relative number of faculty:

School or College		Maximum Nominations
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Brody School of Medicine		5 each
College of Fine Arts and Communication		3
Colleges of Business, Education, Health and Human Performance, Human Ecology and School of Nursing		2 each
School of Allied Health Sciences and College of Technology and Computer Science		1 each

Nominated faculty must have their portfolios in the Office for Faculty Excellence office, 2303 Old Cafeteria Building, no later than 5 p.m. on November 3, 2009.

The portfolio materials, not to exceed 50 pages, must include:

• an itemized list of all materials in the portfolio;
  
  
• a brief written statement (not to exceed three pages, double-spaced) which articulates the nominee’s teaching philosophy and methods used to achieve his or her educational goals;
  
  
• copies of syllabi and other relevant course materials;
  
  
• a summary of Student Opinion of Instruction Survey (SOIS) student ratings (Unit teaching evaluations may be substituted for courses where SOIS is not administered.). Nominees will be provided a format for the summary of SIS student ratings;
  
  
• a letter of support from three-five former students (each not to exceed two pages, double-spaced);
  
  
• peer evaluations, if available, or other approved evaluation methods listed in Methods for Assessing Teaching Effectiveness, Faculty Senate Resolution #91-28.

In March, the selection committee will send forward to the Chancellor names of recipients for six Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards and supporting documentation for each.