CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: GA/TA Award for Educational Practice and the GA/TA Award for Educational Leadership By: jra Thu, Feb 12Both the GA/TA Award for Educational Practice and the GA/TA Award for Educational Leadership aim to…- recognize and honour exemplary GAs and TAs who contribute to a positive, learning-centred environment at the University; - inspire GAs and TAs to recognize their potential for excellence in educational practice and leadership, and motivate them to transform that potential into reality; and - publicize examples of excellence in GA/TA educational practice and leadership that can inform the practices of all teachers, while contributing to student and faculty pride in teaching and learning at the University of Windsor. The GA/TA Award for Educational Practice and the GA/TA Award for Educational Leadership will each be given to as many as three individuals per year, depending on the quantity and quality of nominations. Winners will be announced in the Daily News and on the CTL website, and letters will be sent to each winner’s department head and faculty dean. They will be recognized at the annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence, alongside award-winning faculty members, and will receive a framed certificate as well as free registration at the next Windsor/Oakland teaching and learning conference (or a similar conference), and a copy of a teaching-related book. ELIGIBILITY - The GA/TA must be currently employed at the U of Windsor, or employed within 12 months of the call for nominations. - The GA/TA may still be nominated if he or she has previously won another teaching award (for example, at the department level). NOMINATION PROCESS - A GA/TA who meets the eligibility criteria may be nominated by a past or present student of the GA/TA, or by a colleague, faculty member, or staff member. GA/TAs may not nominate themselves. - Completed nomination forms must be signed by the nominee, the nominator(s), and a relevant faculty supervisor, department head or faculty dean, and must be received by the CTL by 5:00 on the day nominations close, with seven copies of their accompanying dossiers (for more information on teaching dossiers, visit www.uwindsor.ca/ctl). Photocopies of award dossiers may be made at no cost at the CTL, by appointment. - Late nominations will not be accepted. Nomination forms may be downloaded from www.uwindsor.ca/ctl. The deadline for nominations is March 17, 2009. Questions and comments may be directed to Michael Potter, pottermk@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000, ext. 4831.
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