ITL Teaching Fellow Awards/Application

The Advisory Board of the Institute for Teaching and Learning is soliciting nominations from senior faculty and academic administrators for the 2010-2011 University of Connecticut Teaching Fellows. The nominees for this award are limited to tenured full-time faculty.

It is intended that up to two such Fellows will be honored and each awarded a stipend of $2,000. The funds are to be used at the recipients' discretion with the single restriction that they be used in support of their instructional programs. The Fellows will be presented at an, as yet unannounced ITL occasion, and their medallions will be awarded during the 2010 undergraduate commencement activities. Teaching Fellows engage in a number of teaching and learning activities including participation in workshops developed by the Institute for Teaching and Learning, allowing teaching assistants to visit their classrooms, and serving as mentors for faculty in their discipline or cognate areas.

Nomination Information

The nomination form will be available for electronic submission. Please go to the ITL Home page, For Faculty (under grey ribbon bar), Awards.

The structured nomination form captures the essence of the faculty member’s scholarship with respect to teaching and is formed to allow the essentials of the nomination to be gathered in a minimum of space.

It is suggested that the nominator prepare a cover sheet outlining the case in broad terms while adding particulars in the format of the nomination form. Some of the sections ask for the candidate's details and it is expected that the candidate will provide those to the nominator.

For further information, please contact Denise Irmscher at the Institute for Teaching and Learning, CUE Building, Room 331A (860-486-2272).