ASC Provost Office announces the Presidential Teacher Award (11-05-07)
Adams State College Provost Michael Mumper is working with a committee of undergraduate students to initiate the Presidential Teacher Award.
The Presidential Teacher Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring. Each year, two winners will be selected by a student committee. The winners will carry the designation of Presidential Teacher for the following academic year.
According to committee member, Ryan Laverdiere, senior sociology major, students can start submitting nominations from Monday, Nov. 5 through Tuesday, Nov. 20.
"Student should write about why they choose the professor based on their advising and teaching," Laverdiere said. "We will announce the winners in the late spring semester."
The Presidential Teacher will receive $1500 to support his or her professional development. Winners will also be given the opportunity to teach a special Presidential Teacher Course during the next academic year. All full-time faculty are eligible for the award.
All students will have the opportunity to nominate a professor, to nominate a teacher students need to send a 100 word essay to Presidental Teacher.
During the spring semester, the selection committee will visit two classes of each finalists to observe their teaching. The committee will also interview each candidate and discuss their teaching philosophy, classroom practices, non-classroom advising and mentoring activities, and the Presidential Teacher course the finalist is proposing. The selection committee will then deliberate and make a final selection of the two winners.
For more information visit the website at Presidential Teacher.
By Linda Relyea
