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Teaching Award for Part-Time Associate or Adjunct Instructors

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to honor a member of the part-time associate or adjunct instructor faculty for outstanding teaching in the Luddy School - Indianapolis.

The outstanding teacher demonstrates the superior ability to impart knowledge of chosen topics to students and to stimulate their desire to master these topics. The award recognizes that teaching extends beyond the classroom and includes activities such as mentoring and motivating students either formally or informally.

Each nominee will have had primary classroom responsibility for a course of instruction, having taught once during the previous calendar year. He/She will have made significant contributions to the instructional climate of the School.

The award is a one-time amount of $500, typically paid in the month following the committee decision, or shortly thereafter. This amount is subject to change depending upon University policies and procedures, or upon availability of funding.

Eligibility

Nominees must meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • Has 3 years in service to Luddy-Indy
  • Has not received the part-time associate or adjunct instructor teaching award in the past 3 years
  • Can demonstrate a record of cumulative excellence in the area of teaching over the past 3 years

Procedure

  1. Luddy-Indy students, faculty and staff who can attest to the nominee’s accomplishments may nominate individuals for this award. Self-nominations are also encouraged.
  2. A brief will be prepared for each nominee. This brief will be forwarded to the Awards and Scholarships Committee by the individual making the nomination. A maximum of five pages per nomination brief, 12-point font, may be presented. An additional 2 pages of testimony and/or supporting documentation may be attached to the brief. If more than seven pages are received, the nomination will be rejected. It is up to the individual submitting the nominating brief to ensure that procedures are followed.
  3. Do not submit a copy of the nominee’s CV/resume as part of the application materials.

The nomination brief should include the following:

  1. Name of individual submitting nomination;
  2. Name and title (“associate” or “adjunct” instructor) of nominee;
  3. List of courses taught for the past 3 years, with dates and number of students enrolled in each course.
  4. Nominee’s effectiveness to be judged on the following criteria:
    • Instructional effectiveness (for example, data and feedback from all student evaluations relevant to the nominee’s teaching record over the past 3 years)
    • Course instruction, improvement and innovation
    • Demonstrated ability to bring professional, real-world, industrial expertise into the classroom through teaching and projects.
    • Ability to connect students to career opportunities
    • Ability to motivate students
    • Availability outside of the normal class time
  5. Nominee’s professional activities:
    • Participation in professional societies
    • Mentoring
  6. Honors and awards received by nominee:
    • Academic
    • Professional
  7. A brief narrative describing the ways in which the nominee has demonstrated exemplary and effective teaching and how it has made a significant contribution to the instructional climate of the School.