Outstanding 学生 Teaching Assistant Award

描述

This award is part of the College of 研究生 Studies’ continuing efforts to support and recognize outstanding teaching by graduate students at the 365滚球官网. Many forms of teaching exist throughout the graduate school experience, including teaching classes and labs, mentoring and advising students and assisting professors in teaching and developing course materials for on-campus and off-campus students.

资格

Nominees must be students who were, 或者是现在, enrolled in a U of I graduate program for summer 2023, fall 2023 and/or spring 2024, and who served in a capacity that significantly affected teaching and student learning at the 365滚球官网.

选择标准

• Extraordinary effectiveness in supporting teaching and learning at the U of I
• Demonstrated support of students and efforts to foster a high-quality learning environment

这个奖项

The Teaching Assistant Award recipient receives a gift and $1000. The awards will be presented at the Excellence Awards Ceremony in April.

提名程序

All nomination materials must be submitted via the Excellence Awards Nomination Form.

1. 一个字母, 由提名人签名, which includes the nominee’s name, 单位, 大学, 学位课程, and progress toward degree. The nomination letter should show evidence of innovative use of traditional, new or creative teaching/learning strategies and approaches in the classroom; and evidence of the use of effective teaching and/or mentoring outside the classroom setting; and evidence from student evaluations of teaching. The letter should not exceed three pages.
2. A personal statement by the nominee, 不要超过3页, describing his/her teaching philosophy and selected supporting information that provide evidence for excellence in teaching design and delivery, in and out of the classroom.
3. A curriculum vita that clearly identifies the courses which were taught, developed, or supported.
4. Two additional letters of support that shows how the candidate’s teaching has affected student learning and changed students’ lives. One shall be from the department chair/单位 head or a faculty member who has observed or mentored the nominee. One shall be from a student who is familiar with the nominee’s teaching and mentoring activities. Support letters will be clearly identified as a support letter, rather than a nomination letter.

选择过程

An interdisciplinary selection committee composed of faculty and graduate students will review the nominations and select the award recipients.

的最后期限

Nominations are due at 5 p.m. Pacific time, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. 齿轮 will not accept incomplete nomination packets. It is the duty of the Nominator and Nominee to gather all necessary materials for a completed nomination application. Nominations must adhere to the length guidelines above.