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NYU Distinguished Teaching Award Nominations Due November 11, 2011

As a reminder, nominations for the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award are due November 11, 2011.  Nominations may be submitted by students, faculty, and alumni.  Please note that only full-time faculty members with one of the following titles are eligible to receive the award:

 * Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor
 * Clinical Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Assistant Professor
 * Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Assistant Professor
 * Master Teacher, Teacher

Please note that past winners of the award may not be nominated again. For a list of past award recipients, go to the following link:  

http://www.nyu.edu/academics/awards-and-highlights/faculty-awards-andaccomplishments.html

As you may know, the award was established to recognize full-time faculty who have contributed significantly to the intellectual life of the University through their teaching.  Recipients of the award will have demonstrated their excellence as educators over a sustained period of time.   You may use the following criteria as a guide:   

 

* A record of outstanding teaching effectiveness both within and outside the classroom

 * The ability to inspire, promote, and sustain the intellectual
   development of students

 * A pedagogical approach that is innovative (new approaches using
   current or new models of teaching), intellectually rigorous,
   creative, and engaging

 * Demonstrated scholarly/professional contributions and their
   integration into the classroom that foster critical thinking and
   challenge students to independent inquiry

 * Advising/mentoring of undergraduate or graduate students or
   doctoral and clinical supervision-interactions outside of the
   classroom and the quality of such interactions

 * Contribution to developing or enhancing curricula in the field

 * Length of service

 * Internal school awards/honors received

Please forward your nominations by Friday, November 11th at: steinhardt.dta11-12@nyu.edu