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.