The Graduate Teaching Award was established by the UM Center for Teaching Excellence, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Provost to honor outstanding teaching by a graduate teaching assistant. Winners receive $500.
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:
- Please use the link below to submit a nomination form
- Nomination letter (limited to two pages). The best letters of nomination tend to include a specific detail that supports the 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:
- 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.
Submit nomination using Submittable:
Questions:
Nathan Lindsay
Office of the Provost
University Hall 126
The selection committee will consist of a subset of members from the Graduate Council. The selection committee will make a recommendation for the award to the Provost.