Faculty Association	June 3, 1998 Approval on 06/07/99

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards

The State University System and the University of North Florida are desirous of providing recognition for those faculty who perform meritoriously in undergraduate teaching. To that end, the Legislature has made appropriations for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards to be given in the Spring 1999 in recognition of excellence in teaching achieved during 1997-99 the previous two academic years. The University of North Florida has allocated the available funds for this fiscal year in the following manner:

Seven (7) Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in the amount of $2000 each, to be awarded at the University level.

Eligibility

Period of time to be used in the determination of eligibility: the Fall and Spring semesters of 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Any full-time member of the UNF regular teaching faculty, holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, who has taught, during Fall 1998 or is teaching during Spring 1999 at least two (2) the previous two academic years, at least four (4) undergraduate courses is eligible to be nominated for these awards. Courses taught during the Summer or while the faculty member was in a visiting or adjunct appointment are not eligible for consideration under these guidelines. Visiting and adjunct faculty are not considered regular teaching faculty, and as such, are not eligible. No winner of an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award shall be eligible to win another Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award until the third year following receipt of the last award.

Nomination

Any person within the University community (students, alumni, faculty, staff or administrators) may nominate a faculty member for these awards. Nominations must be in writing and signed by the nominator, sent via E-mail to facassn1@unf.edu, or posted through the WEB site at www.unf.edu/groups/unffa/. Written nominations are to be delivered, preferably by hand, to the Faculty Association Office. The nomination should consist of a simple factual statement ("I wish to nominate__________ for the 1999 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.") and should not consist of an argument on behalf of, or a rationale for, the candidacy of the nominee. The deadline for receipt of all nominations is January XX the last Friday in September. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that his/her nomination is delivered prior to the deadline.

The President of the Faculty Association shall also keep a list of all nominees and send a letter of confirmation of the nomination to each nominee and his/her chair, after the close of nominations.

The President of the Faculty Association shall, in cooperation with the Deans of the respective Colleges, confirm the eligibility of each nominee, no later than the third Friday of October. The President of the Faculty Association shall also keep a list of all nominees declared to be eligible and send a letter of confirmation of the nomination eligibility to each eligible nominee and his/her chair, after the close of nominations. In addition, the President of the Faculty Association shall notify those nominees who were not declared to be eligible.

Nominee Materials

Period of time to be used in the preparation of nominee materials: the Fall and Spring semesters of 1997-98 and 1998-99.

The nominees will be given two weeks from the date of notification to return nine (9) copies of their completed Nominee Materials to the President of the Faculty Association. The Nominee Materials must consist only of the following:

A vita (maximum of five (5) pages) including the consisting of the past two academic years of the nominee's most recent teaching accomplishments and any scholarship and/or service directly related to teaching.

A list of courses taught during the past two (2) academic years, not including courses taught during the Summer. The list is to contain course number, course name, number of credit hours, and enrollment.

A discussion (maximum of three (3) pages) of the nominee's teaching philosophy and his/her most significant teaching accomplishments, during the past two academic years. Significant teaching accomplishments may be documented by citing such things as: the development of new courses and degree programs; other efforts to improve and enhance the curriculum; summary results of evaluations of the nominee's teaching by students and academic colleagues through methods such as survey instruments, questionnaires, and in-class visitations and observations; awards or other formal recognition received for outstanding teaching; grants or financial aid obtained for innovation and experimentation in teaching; and so forth. The nominee may also include a discussion of scholarly accomplishments and/or service activities, during the past two academic years, that directly relate to teaching.

A signed statement by the faculty member attesting to the accuracy of the information included in the packet and a stipulation on the part of the Chair that the material is consistent with the chair's knowledge of the faculty member's performance (see attached form, "Statements of Accuracy").

Nominees are to submit only the required materials listed above and are not to submit SUSSAI or SIR raw data, course syllabi or handouts, teaching evaluations, or other appendices. Standard margins and a font size of no smaller than 11 points are to be used. There shall be no more than a total of ten (10) pages in the packet (5 page vita, 1 page list of courses, 3 page discussion, and 1 page "Statements of Accuracy"). Nominees who submit materials that are not kept strictly within these guidelines or fail to submit all materials by the February XX deadline to the Faculty Association Office, by 5:00 p.m. on the first Friday of November will not be considered further.

The President of the Faculty Association will collect all copies of the completed Nominee Materials and forward the materials to each of the appropriate Colleges for screening. The President of the Faculty Association will also keep a list of all nominees whose materials have been forwarded to the Colleges.

Screening and Naming of Finalists by the Colleges

Each of the Colleges shall elect a College Screening Committee to screen nominees and name finalists for the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Only regular teaching faculty holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, who are not nominees for these awards will be eligible to serve on this Committee. If colleges do not conform to this guideline, their nominees will not be considered further. The College Committee shall screen the nominations received of those who have been declared to be eligible and name up to eight (8) seven finalists for the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards. By the Fall semester's last day of classes, the names of the College Finalists, along with the Nominee Materials of all nominees, shall be returned to the President of the Faculty Association, who will deliver the materials of the College Finalists to the Chairperson of the University Selection Committee. In addition, the President of the Faculty Association shall notify those nominees who were not selected as finalists.

University Selection Committee

The University Selection Committee will be composed of the President of the Faculty Association, the Chairperson of the Faculty Affairs Committee, the President of the Student Government Association, and one representative from each College to be elected by the faculty of the College from the ranks of regular teaching faculty who have received awards in previous years. No person who is a nominee for the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award or who is related to any nominee, may serve on this committee; in such cases, the constituency such a person represents shall elect a substitute representative. The President of the Faculty Association shall convene the University Selection Committee prior to the end of January 1999 for the purposes of electing a chairperson and establishing a schedule for the entire beginning the final selection process.

Selection by the University Selection Committee

The University Selection Committee will make the final choices from among the finalists forwarded from each of the Colleges. The Committee will make its final decisions based only upon the Nominee Materials which accompany the forwarded nominations. The Committee may request clarification regarding a finalist, either verbal or written, if desired. Such information may be provided by the appropriate College Committee representative. There will be no verbal presentations by the finalists nor campaigns on behalf of the finalists. The Committee shall make its decisions solely on the basis of the nominee's merits, and without consideration for other such factors as departmental or college affiliation of present nominees or past award winners. No proxy voting will be allowed.

Once the University Selection Committee has selected the final recipients, it is also responsible for identifying one recipient to represent the University in the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year Award Competition.

It will be the responsibility of the University Selection Committee to notify the nominees finalists of their selection status when the final decisions have been made. The Chairperson of the University Selection Committee will send a letter to the Office of Academic Affairs which will notify them of the eight seven winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards and of the winner selected to compete for the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year Award. Winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards shall be notified and receive their awards as soon as possible. Formal recognition of winners shall occur at the Fall Convocation.

UNF OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

1998-99

STATEMENTS OF ACCURACY

APPLICANT'S STATEMENT

I, _________________________ (applicant's name), hereby attest to the accuracy of the information contained in this application.

Signature _________________________ Date _________________________

CHAIR'S STATEMENT

As the applicant's Department Chair, I _________________________ (Chair's name) stipulate that the material in this application is consistent with my knowledge of the performance of _________________________ (applicant's name).

Signature _________________________ Date _________________________

UNF OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD
CALENDAR FOR SPRING 2000 AWARDS

Period of time under consideration: the Fall and Spring semesters of 1997-98 and 1998-99.

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