TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD NOMINATION FORM (APPENDIX A: TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD PROCEDURE)Any current full-time or part-time teacher in any discipline area, from any department (Regular Day or Continuing Education) who has demonstrated excellence in teaching over several years can be nominated.

1. Please complete and submit this form to the 2019-2020 Teaching Excellence Award Committee,c/o Academic Dean’s Office (F220) or academicdean@vaniercollege.qc.ca, by April 9, 2020.

NOMINEE INFORMATION Name

Department

Faculty The nominee is your □teacher □colleague □other

If the nominee is/was your teacher, when did you take their class?

NOMINATOR INFORMATION To be completed by an individual nominator or a representative of a nominating group Name

Telephone Number

Email

Are you submitting this nomination as a team? □yes □no

Please provide the names and signatures of all the nominators below.

I hereby nominate the above-mentioned teacher for recognition.

SIGNATURE: X_________________________________________

OTHER NOMINATORS:

(Name) (Signature)

(Name) (Signature)

(Name) (Signature)

(Name) (Signature)

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A LETTER JUSTIFYING THE NOMINATION (2 TO 3 PAGES) WHICH INCLUDES A SUMMARY INPOINT FORM HIGHLIGHTING MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING EXCELLENCEORCOMPLETE THE FILLABLE FORM ON THE NEXT PAGE AND PRINT A COPY TO SUBMIT WITH THEDOSSIERThe judgment criteria on page 5 could be used to justify your nomination.

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM STUDENTS (MANDATORY; 2 OR MORE STUDENT NOMINATIONS)

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS MAY INCLUDE:

LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE NOMINEE’S FACULTY DEAN

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM COLLEAGUES AND/OR CURRENT ADMINISTRATORS

TEACHING MATERIAL

EXAMPLES OF EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLEGE

THE CANDIDATE’S C.V.

PLEASE CONSIDER PUTTING IN A NOMINATION FORM AS A TEAM.

ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN PREPARING A NOMINATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE FROM: Ourania Zafiri, TASC, ROOM E-304, EXT. 8211, zafirio@vaniercollege.qc.ca

YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO CONSULT THE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR OF THE NOMINEE.

2. In addition to the nomination form, the following documents must be submitted to the Committee, c/o Academic Dean’s Office (F220) in a sealed envelope, by April 24, 2020

Students

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VANIER COLLEGE TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD

This fillable form may be used in place of a letter

1. What qualities does your teacher or colleague possess that inspired you to nominate them for theVanier College Teaching Excellence Award?

2. What are some of the exemplary teaching practices that combine excellence and innovation tomaximize students’ learning of the subject matter?(For examples, refer to Criteria A on page 5)

3. What is the impact of the nominee’s teaching practices on the students and, consequently, on theCollege?(For examples, refer to Criteria B on page 5)

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4. What kind of creativity is used to meet the challenges of available physical and financial resources orstudent variety?(For examples, refer to Criteria C on page 5)

5. Can you describe the effective use of the environment to help the learning process?(For examples, refer to Criteria D on page 5)

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