College of Health and Human Services

Professional Instructor Teaching Excellence Award Nomination Form

Submit information about your nominee below. Criteria and considerations are below the form. See additional information about the Professional Instructor Teaching Excellence Award.

Your name (required)

Your email address (required)

Your status (required)

WMU Faculty

WMU Employee

WMU Student

WMU Alumni

Other

Nominee name (required)

Nominee department (required)

Nominee category (required)

Classroom Teaching

Creative/Innovative

Interdisciplinary/Collaborative

How long have you known the nominee?

Why should your nominee receive the award? (required)

Include specific details related to the award criteria. If you prefer, you can attach a separate file below.

Additional documentation

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Award criteria

The award is based on evidence of an accumulated record of achievement as an instructor at WMU in relation to teaching excellence in one or more of the following areas:

Classroom teaching
Creative or innovative work as regards teaching, fieldwork or supervision
Teaching that involves interdisciplinary or collaborative activity

Excellence in performance must be described in the nomination. Nominations should address the particular characteristics of excellence—including specific examples that address the criteria—which define exemplary work.

As a guideline, higher learning, which is an end-product of teaching excellence, has been defined by Tom Angelo as, "an active, interactive, self-aware process that results in meaningful, long-lasting changes—knowledge, understanding, skills, behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, opinions or values—that cannot be attributed primarily to maturation."