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Sarah Ellen Benroth Award for Outstanding Teaching

Policies and procedures for determining the Sarah Ellen Benroth Award Recipient for Outstanding Teaching

The Faculty Senate President will be responsible for properly implementing the following policies and procedures:

  1. The award is open to all full-time faculty meeting the following criteria: The nominee must be employed at least consecutive two years, hold faculty rank, have taught an average of 9 hours per fall/spring semester OR be designated as professional staff working in the Learning Center who have class/course teaching responsibilities of an average of 9 hours per fall/spring semester, as part of his/her contract.
  2. Nominees for the award are determined by secret ballot from all full-time divisional faculty teaching an average of 9 hours per fall/spring semester based upon the previous two years.
    1. Each division is allowed one nominee per every ten full-time faculty members (or major fraction thereof). If ties occur at the division level, a second vote with a ballot reflecting those individuals involved in the tie will be completed. The Faculty Senate President, or his/her designee, will provide the ballot to those faculty eligible to vote. A faculty member may nominate only his/her divisional colleagues and may nominate himself/herself.
    2. The Award recipient cannot be re-nominated the next three academic years. After a three-year interval, a former Award winner is eligible again.
  3. Final screening of nominees and selection of a recipient is done by a committee, hereafter referred to as “The Selection Committee,” consisting of Faculty Senate representatives.
  4. The selection committee will use established, specific criteria in the selection of finalists and the recipient of the award.
  5. The sole purpose of the Selection Committee is to determine the finalists and the recipient of the Sarah Ellen Benroth Award for Outstanding Teaching.
  6. The Selection Committee will have 6 members and be structured as follows:
    1. The Vice President of the Faculty Senate will act as chairperson and will coordinate the activities of the Selection Committee. If this officer is a nominee for the award, other officers in order of succession will substitute. If all Faculty Senate officers are nominees, then Faculty Senators will be assigned to the Selection Committee by the Faculty Senate President. (1 committee member)
    2. Additional Faculty will be appointed to the Selection committee by the Vice President of the Faculty Senate. Any full time faculty employed more than 2 years is eligible to be on the selection committee. One representative from each division will be appointed. Requests will be made for volunteers at division meetings, during convocation, and/or via email. From those volunteering, appointment may be based on one or a combination of selection methods including but not limited to years of experience at RSCC, random selection, or first come first served. (4 committee members total)
    3. The Support Staff council will provide one member. (1 committee member)
  7. Each nominee may submit, by the first Monday after Spring break, a portfolio including:
    1. Teaching Narrative and artifacts
      1. Faculty evaluation
        1. (may include MBOs, IEPDs, annual professional development goals) from the previous 3 calendar years.
        2. faculty evaluation summary sheet including student evaluation scores for the previous 3 calendar years.
        3. A narrative describing his/her teaching activities with supporting artifacts for the previous 3 calendar years.
    2. Two documents describing non-teaching activities. Choose only 2 of the following: institutional service, community service, or professional development
      1. Non-teaching activity- two categories selected from above
        1. include supporting artifacts from the previous 3 calendar years only for the two areas chosen.
        2. A narrative describing the two areas chosen with supporting artifacts for the previous 3 calendar years
    3. Particularly significant achievements or other contributions, long-term, repeated, or other meritorious accomplishments, completed/earned while employed by RSCC, may be included. This information will be limited to one double-spaced page and will be considered with above category to which it is applicable. This is in addition to any supporting artifacts for that category.
  8. Instructions for organization of portfolio:
    1. Each document for A and B above should follow these guidelines: two-page narrative, double-spaced pages, one-inch margins on all sides, 12 point font size.
    2. Documentation for C is an optional, one-page narrative, double-spaced pages, one-inch margins on all sides, 12 point font size.
    3. Nominees should place their materials in a hard copy or digital portfolio and label the content areas as listed above.
    4. Beginning academic year 2021-2022, submissions MUST BE digital.
      Late submissions will not be accepted nor will portfolios that do not adhere to the above instructions. Portfolios are due by 4:30 on the first Monday after Spring break, to FS Vice President.
  9. The Selection Committee will determine three finalists from the list of division nominees.
  10. From the three finalists, a recipient will be chosen for the Award. This recipient will receive an appropriate plaque and monetary gift. In the event that two, or all three of the finalists, should be of equal merit and The Selection Committee should be unable to agree upon a recipient for the Award, The Selection Committee will have the authority to employ a random selection process in order to determine the recipient.
  11. The two other finalists will be given “Excellence in Teaching” awards with their names and the year of recognition properly inscribed.
  12. “Certificates of Merit” suitable for framing will be awarded to the remaining nominees in recognition of their division nomination for the award.
  13. All nominees will be recognized at fall convocation and will be presented with the appropriate awards.
  14. Receiving the Award will be noted as a significant achievement in the personnel file of the recipient.

12/2020 revisions - voted and approved by Faculty Senate on 12/4/2020

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