2. The selection committee makes the award choices, and forwards those names and materials to the President with a brief summary statement describing each awardee. 3. The President forwards the awardee file for the Board of Trustees Distinguished Faculty Award to the BOT for approval at their spring meeting. Section V. NOTIFICATION OF AWARD A. The President will notify the award winners. B. After the award winners have been notified by the President, letters will go out to the other candidates informing them the status of their nomination. The committee will not give individual feedback on the merit of applications or the selection process. C. The Board of Trustees Award will be awarded at the Board of Trustees spring meeting. Section VI. REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS A. Materials for Distinguished Teaching Award The Distinguished Teaching Award nominee’s notebook should contain the following items, organized in the following order: 1. Letter of nomination bearing the date stamp of the Senate office verifying submission by December 1. 2. Vitae of nominee, verifying that the nominee is a full-time member of the CWU faculty and has a minimum of six (6) years full-time service at CWU. The vitae must bear the date stamp of the Senate office verifying submission of the notebook by February 1. 3. Personal statement by nominee of philosophy, goals, and achievements in the area of teaching. This statement must not exceed 1000 words. 4. Evidence of teaching skills in the area of communication and methodology – exemplified in the clarity of organization and presentation of course materials, and of the challenge to motivation of students – corroborated by: a. letters of recommendation, support or corroboration from colleagues, associates, students or relevant others (20 maximum); b. a portfolio reflecting the full range of the nominee’s teaching assignment, containing summary sheets for student evaluations of instruction for all courses, arranged chronologically, taught during the last five years, including all available written comments; c. representative class syllabi;
d. if a video recording is included in the file, please limit the length to 15 minutes.
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