Submission Requirements

1.0

Table of Contents

2.0

Nomination Brief

2.1

Candidate’s Contact Information

• First Name, Last Name
• Department, School, Faculty
• University, Business Address
• Business and Home Telephone
• Email

2.2

Nominator’s Contact Information

• First Name, Last Name
• Department School, Faculty
• University, Business Address
• Business and Home Telephone
• Email

2.3

Candidate’s Education—Degrees and other relevant learning experience

2.4

Employment History—Administrative and/or teaching-related appointments

2.5

Public Relations/Communications—University contact responsible for publicity

3.0

Letters of Support

3.1

A comprehensive letter from the nominator that addresses the nominee’s special qualifications for the Award as these relate to educational leadership and teaching excellence

3.2

A letter of endorsement from the Vice-President (Academic) or equivalent.

4.0

A Statement of Teaching Philosophy, written by the nominee.

5.0

A Description of Effective Teaching Strategies, written by the nominee.

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Teaching Excellence

6.1

A brief statement of how the nominee’s university recognizes teaching excellence.

6.2

Evidence of nominee’s demonstration of teaching excellence.

6.2.1

A list of all courses taught for the past five years.

6.2.2

A list of teaching awards received.

6.2.3

Normative data from student evaluations of teaching over several years, including a typed list of all student comments from at least two or three classes.

6.2.4

A copy of the instrument used by students to evaluate the nominee’s teaching.

6.2.5

A list of special course development efforts.

6.2.6

Letters from colleagues and students.

6.2.7

An example of course materials.

6.2.8

Other evidence of teaching excellence.

7.0

Educational Leadership Statement

The Educational Leadership Statement is a personal statement of the nominee’s approach to educational leadership, written by the nominee. In the statement, the nominee explains the meaning that educational leadership has in his or her personal context (discipline, institution, or broader community). The Educational Leadership Statement provides the nominee with an opportunity to articulate a rationale for why he or she goes beyond personal teaching practice to influence the enhancement of teaching and learning among their colleagues, institutions and broader communities.

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Evidence for Educational Leadership

To assist the Committee in putting the evidence of educational leadership in context, the nominator should begin with a paragraph that briefly describes the opportunities available to the nominee for engaging in educational leadership in his or her discipline, institution, and broader community.

The nominator should then describe the nominee’s actual contributions to educational leadership. Appropriate examples may include, but are not limited to, the following:  regular workshops on teaching and learning; assistance with the creation of teaching dossiers; services to an educational development centre; support of a teaching and learning committee; grants for teaching and learning projects; or research or publications on teaching and learning.