Award for Excellence in Teaching 2014-2015 Nominations Open

Pine Technical & Community College and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Award for Excellence in Teaching. This is the ninth year of the awards.

 

The MnSCU Board of Trustees bestows the award to acknowledge and reward exceptional professional accomplishment and to encourage ongoing excellence in teaching. The winners will be selected from faculty members named Outstanding Educators by the presidents of their respective institutions based on nominations by students, faculty peers or staff.

Evaluation criteria include: content expertise and professional growth; teaching strategies and materials; assessment of student learning and performance; and service to students, the profession, the institution, and the system.

Nominations are open until November 24, 2014.  MnSCU has established criteria as to who is eligible to be nominated. For a nomination form, email Joan Bloemendaal-Gruett, Chief Academic Officer at bloemendaal-gruettj@pine.edu.

Nominations may come from students, staff, faculty, alumni, administrators, or community members. 

 

The faculty nominated will complete additional information.  The nomination committee will review this information, using scoring criteria.  Then one faculty member will be selected in December and represent Pine Technical & Community College by submitting a portfolio to be considered for the Educator of the Year: Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Quality Matters recognizes PTCC for its commitment to course quality

 The Quality Matters (QM) Program, a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer-review process that certifies the quality of online courses, has recognized nine courses from six different faculty at Pine Technical & Community College for their commitment to quality assurance by designing courses that meet Quality Matters standards.
 

Quality Matters has developed a widely respected set of standards for the design of effective online courses and a rigorous, faculty peer review process for applying these standards to existing courses. Through this process, reviewers provide instructors and instructional design teams with insights and recommendations that increase learner engagement, retention and satisfaction, and, ultimately, learner achievement. The PTCC faculty and their courses that earned QM certifications include Elayne Beehler, Introduction to Health Care Careers; Phil Darg, United States History Since 1877, Minnesota History and American Government and Politics; Melissa Felland, Children with Challenging Behaviors and Working with Diverse Families and Children; Stacey Foster, College Composition; Gavin House, Introduction to Business; and Chris York, Introduction to Creative Writing.

 

Quality Matters (QM) is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach to continuous improvement in online education and student learning. QM subscribers include community and technical colleges, colleges and universities, K-12 schools and systems, government agencies, corporations, and other education-related organizations. www.qualitymatters.org