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