Graduate Assistant Teaching Award

This $1000 award and trophy was inaugurated in 2006 to honor a graduate teaching assistant for exemplary instruction. The award is funded by the Graduate School and presented through the Office of the Provost.

Who is eligible: Graduate teaching assistants.

Who may nominate:A department, class or student in the nominee's class. Documentation may be compiled by the nominee, or the nominator, and forwarded.

Nomination requirements:
-nomination form found at http://www.umt.edu/urelations/awards/gata.htm

-nomination letter (limited to two pages); [The best letters of nomination include specific detail that supports generalizations made about teaching excellence.]
-letter of recommendation (in addition to the nomination letter) from a department, class or student in a current or previous class taught by the nominee;
-available student evaluation results from the nominee's classes.

Additional helpful information for nominees include the following, if appropriate:
-a list of courses taught.
-evidence of multiple strategies for good classroom teaching.
-assessment plans that demonstrate student learning.
-any papers on teaching techniques,
-any presentations relative to teaching methods.
-statement of nominee's teaching philosophy
-any other evidence of distinguished teaching.

Send nominations and documentation to:
Center for Teaching Excellence
Provost's Office, University Hall
The selection committee will consist of a subset of the advisory board of the Center for Teaching Excellence and the University Graduate Council, to be chosen by the director of the center and the graduate dean. The selection committee will make a recommendation for the award to the provost.

Deadline for 2007 Award

The deadline for the 2007 award is Febraury 23, 2007.

Please see http://www.umt.edu/urelations/awards/gata.htm.

Questions? Email jlott@mso.umt.edu.

First winner of the award

• 2006--Walker Hunter, Department of English; Graduate Student in Creative Writing