FCTL Teaching Awards
Both full-time and per-course faculty will be recognized for their outstanding achievements.
Full-time Faculty Teaching Awards
Submission deadline: January 31, 2018
The FCTL Faculty Teaching Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty. Because effective teaching can be accomplished through many different approaches, the FCTL Advisory Council wants to recognize faculty contributions in areas that are important to the mission and long-term goals at Missouri State University.
Awards will be made in the following areas:
Accessibility
Accessible learning provides all students with equitable access and opportunity for student success regardless of disabilities. This award recognizes faculty who have taken a proactive approach toward accessible teaching practices, course design, and ensuring all instructional materials are accessible.
Diversity
Students come to the university with many different experiences, different ways of seeing the world, and different expectations. This award recognizes faculty who focus on culturally responsive teaching and faculty who demonstrate a scholarly approach integrating diversity into the classroom.
High impact learning
High impact learning practices demand considerable time and effort, involve learning outside of the classroom, encourage collaboration and meaningful interactions with faculty and other students, and provide frequent and substantive feedback. This award recognizes faculty who have adopted teaching strategies that focus on the student’s ability to reflect critically on their own assumptions, beliefs, and basic worldviews.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty members with at least one year of teaching experience at MSU.
Application criteria:
- Letter of interest from the faculty member that provides a philosophy of teaching encompassing one of the focus areas: accessibility, diversity, or high impact learning.
- Letter of support from their department head.
- Up to three supporting artifacts that provide evidence of their accomplishments in their chosen focus area.
- Faculty should choose supporting artifacts that characterize their teaching and are suitable to their particular discipline or learning context.
- Student evaluation feedback may be used in situations where students speak directly to teaching effectiveness.
- Innovative or meaningful assignments and assessments that provide evidence of student learning may be included or described. Please respect student privacy when providing evidence of such outcomes.
Contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning if you have any questions about the application criteria or the selection process.
Recipients will receive their FCTL Faculty Teaching Award at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception.
The FCTL Advisory Council will invite recipients of this award to preside over a panel discussion at the annual Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
Per-Course Faculty Teaching Award
Nomination deadline: January 31, 2018
The FCTL Per-Course Faculty Award recognizes the commitment and contributions of part-time faculty members in helping students at Missouri State achieve academic success. This may done by bringing experiences from their field of work into the classroom, through innovative teaching, mentoring or advising students, or other ways of helping students to be successful academically and professionally.
Application criteria:
Letters of nomination from department head, program coordinator, or faculty member.
Per-Course Faculty Award recipients will be recognized at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception.
The FCTL Advisory Council will invite recipients of this award to preside over a per-course panel discussion at the annual Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
Online Course Development Boot Camp — Future Offerings
Note: Enrollment for the January Boot Camp is full!
But . . . faculty still have other opportunities for assistance with developing an online course.
- Self-paced support. Contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning to schedule an appointment with one of our instructional designers. You can work with them in a self-paced model around your schedule and in most cases complete your course by the end of the semester.
- Future Boot Camp offerings. The FCTL will be offering two more Online Course Development Boot Camps this year.
- May 21–25, 2018
- Aug 6–10, 2018
Online Course Development Boot Camps are an immersive-style workshop, which will provide faculty with hands-on training and work time to develop an online course. At the end of the boot camp, you will have developed a significant portion of your course and earn a badge which applies toward an online course certification.
Contact the FCTL to register for one of the upcoming boot camps.
Upcoming MSU Faculty Write Program Retreats
Location: Meyer Library, 204 (except where noted)
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Faculty Write Program focuses on promoting faculty productivity and camaraderie through writing-based experiences such as interdisciplinary writing retreat held about twice a month, workshops, and 15-day writing challenges. Writing retreats include a light lunch, opportunities to develop a strong network of peer support and accountability, and voluntary feedback sessions. Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers facilitates the sessions.
Fall Retreat Dates:
- Friday, December 1
- Monday–Tuesday, December 18–19
Please register through My Learning Connection.
Diversity Mini-Workshops
Diversity Fellow, Adena Young-Jones, will lead sessions on various diversity topics. Opportunities for immediate application(s) will be discussed in an interactive forum.
Location for all sessions: Meyer Library, 204
Diversity Mini-Workshop Session 4
Critical perspectives: The university and social justice
Building on previous workshop discussions, contemplate your call to action for implementing socially just practices at the university. This session will prompt critical conversations regarding steps for progress.
Thursday, December 7, 3:30–5:00 p.m.
Friday, December 8, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Please register through My Learning Connection. For more information, contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at 836-3059.
Support for Online Course Development
The FCTL has instructional designers that are available to work with you throughout the course development process. They can assist you in using technology and creating an online or blended course that is of the same high standards as your traditional lecture-based course. For more information, email the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning or call (417) 836-3059.
For more information on any of these events and opportunities, please email the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.