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An explanation of the nomination procedure for the 2010-2011 President's Award in Teaching Excellence, NUI Galway

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2011 Application Procedure

An explanation of the nomination procedure for the 2010-2011 President's Award in Teaching Excellence, NUI Galway

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President’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2010-11

Nomination Procedure

1. All academic staff at NUI Galway are eligible to be nominated and considered for a
Teaching Excellence Award, either as individuals or teams of staff. Nominations can be put
forward by any two, or more, members of the University (staff, students or alumni).

2. There are two routes to being considered for a Teaching Excellence Award:

(a) nominations may be self-initiated, using a standard nomination form, where the
nomination is seconded by a colleague; or

(b) two (or more) staff, students or alumni may nominate an appropriate candidate (individual
or team), again using a standard form.

A copy of the form is appended to this document.

Nominations should include a short statement (no more than two sides of A4) giving a critical
assessment of the work for which the candidate is being nominated, against the relevant
criteria described below (3).

3. "Teaching Excellence" is a fairly broad concept. For the purposes of this award scheme it
may include, for example:

 A reflective approach to teaching and learning;


 Inspirational, stimulating and imaginative approaches to teaching;
 The use of teaching and learning methods which encourage students to become
independent, critical thinkers fully engaged with the subject matter;
 A high level of awareness of contemporary issues in the teaching of a particular
discipline and higher education in general;
 Appropriate and effective links between research and teaching or support for learning;
 Effective and innovative design and delivery of courses;
 Experience of the use of diverse but appropriate assessment methods;
 Enthusiasm for, and commitment to, collegiality by influencing, stimulating and
encouraging best practice amongst colleagues;
 Empathy and support for a diverse range of students;

4. For the purposes of this award scheme a team is made up of two to ten individuals who
have worked together to achieve a common goal. The team members should work
collaboratively to achieve a common goal that supports student learning, or engage in or
implement a special project or initiative that supports student learning.

5. Nominations should be submitted to bernadette.henchy nuigalway.ie at the Centre for


Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) before Friday, March 4th, 2011. These will
be reviewed by the Teaching Awards Panel (or official sub-group thereof) to identify those
candidates who meet the requirements.

All proposers and nominees will be informed of the decision made by the panel at this stage.
6. If the Teaching Awards Panel decides that a case exists, then the nominee and/or proposer
will be invited to supply supporting materials and a concise Supporting Case Document. This
is a concise statement (of no more than five sides of A4) which justifies the nomination and
explains the supporting evidence which underpins the submission.

The Supporting Case Document should make the case for excellence in three ways.

 It allows the Panel to get a sense of the context in which teaching takes place.

 It offers an opportunity to describe the broad approach to teaching and the qualities
that the nominee brings to the role.

 It is a means of justifying the claim by referring to the supporting evidence and


explaining its significance.

The deadline for the submission of the Supporting Case Document and associated materials
will be communicated to nominees.

7. The materials required to support the case (i.e. at the second stage) should provide some
reasonable means of demonstrating teaching excellence (as described above). Examples of
appropriate materials are:

 A Teaching Portfolio, similar to that described in the CELT Portfolios Project


(www.nuigalway.ie/celt/documents/teachingportfolio.pdf).
 A selection of example teaching materials such as
1. course and lecture notes;
2. handbooks, guides and supporting materials;
3. video, audio, slides or computer based learning resources;
4. examples of types of assessments used in courses and analysis of results.
Where requested, CELT will make access to specified Blackboard courses available
to the Teaching Awards Panel.
 Student feedback with some discussion, reflection and, where appropriate, an outline
of actions taken in response.

This is not meant to be a comprehensive or prescriptive listing, but the selection should
provide sufficient evidence for the case to enable the Teaching Awards Panel to make a
reasonable judgement.

Nominees are advised not to rely on material submitted on cd/dvd or online materials.
Although of course these can be provided as ancillary supporting materials the main case
document should not be in these formats.

8. A standard student feedback questionnaire, solely for the purposes of the President’s
Awards for Teaching Excellence, is required to support the assessment of nominations by the
Teaching Awards Panel. CELT will administer the questionnaire. More information on this
process will be communicated to nominees. This is simply to support comparability and
ensure that the student voice is represented in the case.

9. The initial nomination forms will be available from the CELT website.
10. CELT will offer support/advice for proposers/nominees at both the initial and second
stages of the process.

11. The Teaching Awards Panel is comprised of:

 The President
 The Registrar and Deputy President
 The Director of CELT
 The Director of Quality
 A representative of the Students’ Union
 Two Deans or their representatives
 An external reviewer from another University
 An additional member of Teaching Staff

The Panel has the right to make autonomous decisions based on the information
provided and their discussions, reserving also the right to seek further clarification if
required for particular applications, as well as reserving the right to modify the process
at any stage if required

12. There will be four awards announced this year, each of value € 1,000. This will be in the
form of a Teaching Development Grant and may be used for the purchase of equipment, to
support conference participation, teaching development, or any other relevant purpose.
Award recipients will be required to submit a one page report on how the Teaching
Development Grant is used, to CELT.

13. The awards will be presented at an appropriate Conferring ceremony. 

14. The University will wish to publicise the awards and award holders through various
media and, therefore, award holders should be prepared to appear in such publicity materials.
It would also be expected that award winners would participate in an informal discussion
forum on teaching coordinated by CELT.

15. Successful candidates will not be able to apply for another Teaching Excellence Award
for a period of 5 years.

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