To: Department Chairs and Division Deans

Memorandum

To: Department Chairs and Division Deans

From: Sinclair Faculty Recognition Committee

Date: March 1, 2017

Re: Nomination for 2017 Teaching Excellence Award for New Faculty

Sinclair Faculty Recognition Committee

This committee has been formed to oversee faculty teaching awards at Sinclair Community College. The committee is comprised of SOCHE award recipients from the previous two years and each will serve for two years. This committee will be reviewing the faculty nominations to select the Teaching Excellence Award winners each year.

SOCHE Teaching Excellence Award

Southwestern Ohio Consortium of Higher Education is a consortium dedicated to advancing higher education through active collaboration, resource and knowledge sharing, and effective professional development programs. Each year, SOCHE recognizes up to six faculty for teaching excellence from each member institution. Institutions develop their own processes for selecting award winners.

Sinclair Community College SOCHE Award Eligibility

All tenured or tenure-track faculty, who have completed at least one full year and have not started their fifth year in their faculty position (must be in second, third or fourth year of teaching) are eligible to be nominated by their department chair or the division dean, as applicable. Faculty members are encouraged to recommend colleagues to the chair or dean for this award. Up to one faculty member will be selected from each division.

Nomination Deadline

Nominations must be submitted to the Center for Teaching and Learning in 7L02 no later than 12:00 PM on Friday, April 21, 2017.

Nomination Process

Nominations must be submitted in a labeled file folder, and include the information listed in the nomination form (copy attached). The materials may be clipped together, but not stapled or otherwise fastened together. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.

Interviews

Nominees may be invited to be interviewed at the discretion of the Faculty Recognition Committee.
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SOCHENISOD SOCHE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
NOMINATION FORM

*The Faculty Recognition Committee may deem it necessary to interview you, your department chairperson or another individual. If this occurs, you will be contacted prior to the interview.

Nomination Checklist

Please check to affirm that you have complied with the SOCHE procedure.

Completed SOCHE Award Nomination, printed on white 8 1/2- x 11-inch paper and a 11 point font.

A statement of your teaching philosophy

A description of how you have demonstrated excellence in teaching (i.e. accomplishments and awards)

A bulleted list of conferences/workshops attended and/or facilitated in the past year

A one-page letter from your department chair or division dean answering the question, “How has this faculty member demonstrated EXCELLENCE in teaching?”

Summaries of student surveys from two sections of courses you have taught over the past year

Nomination is submitted in a folder (no notebooks, binders or staples)

The SOCHE Nomination information is in the following order:

·  Statement of Teaching Philosophy

·  Teaching accomplishments

·  Conferences/workshops

·  Support letter

·  Student surveys (ONLY two summaries)

I have reviewed my SOCHE Teaching Excellence Award Nomination materials and completed the above checklist. I understand that the SOCHE nomination must be submitted to the Faculty Recognition Committee through the Center for Teaching and Learning, Room 7L02, by 12:00 PM on April 21, 2017. No late nominations are accepted.

Nominee Signature Date

Department Chair Signature Date

Division Dean Signature Date

NISOD SOCHE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
NOMINATION FORM

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Name / Department
Current Rank / Date Hired
Office Phone / Email

1. Statement of your teaching philosophy:

NISOD SOCHE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
NOMINATION FORM

2. How have you demonstrated excellence in teaching (you may include faculty recognitions, teaching awards, and the number of years you have been awarded merit):

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NISOD SOCHE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
NOMINATION FORM

3. Conferences and/or workshops attended and/or facilitated in the past year:

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4. Please attach recommendation letter and student survey summaries

CRITERIA FOR SOCHE AWARDS

Sinclair Community College

Successful nominations for a SOCHE award will be evaluated upon these criteria related to a nominee’s history of teaching service at Sinclair:

A.  Instructional Approaches

1.  Applies a teaching philosophy that results in student success

2.  Encourages student-centered learning

3.  Encourages cooperation among students to promote learning

4.  FPRs demonstrate teaching and learning accomplishments

5.  Appropriately integrates technology into teaching and learning

B.  General Education

1.  Includes the college’s general education outcomes in curriculum

2.  Encourages student critical thinking skills

C.  Professional Development Related to Teaching

1.  Models commitment to life-long learning

2.  Attends teaching conferences or workshops

3.  Facilitates teaching conferences or workshops, or produces comparable professional writing on teaching and learning

D.  Assessment and Evaluation

1.  Fairly measures student learning through multiple evaluation tools

2.  Uses assessment tools to improve instruction and student learning

3.  Provides sufficient periodic student feedback to improve learning skills

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