DO YOU KNOW AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR? - Century College

Educator of the Year:

Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching

DO YOU KNOW AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR?

2016-2017 Award Program

Announcement and Guidelines

"This annual event honoring faculty excellence is indeed a highlight of the academic year. There is no doubt in my mind that

the quality of the education our students receive is superior.

It's superior because: ? you ? our faculty ? are focused

on teaching and learning; ? you are focused on students, and

? you are focused on the communities we serve.

You are what makes us distinctive and you make our colleges and

universities great. That's what we celebrate today. "

Chancellor Steven Rosenstone

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2016-2017 PROGRAM OVERVIEW

About the Award ....................................................................................................... 4 What Awards Are There?........................................................................................... 4 Eligibility..................................................................................................................... 5 What Are The Benefits?............................................................................................. 5 How Does the Process Work?.................................................................................... 6 What Should be Included in the Portfolio?.................................................................7 Who Are Members of the Systemwide Review Committee?.....................................7 What's the Timeline?.................................................................................................. 8

2016-2017 GUIDELINES AND FORMS

Changes in 2016-2017 Guidelines.............................................................................10

1. Purpose and Process...............................................................................................11

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Definitions

a. Campus Nominees

b. Board of Trustees Outstanding Educators

c. Board of Trustees Educator of the Year

1.3 Process

1.4 Nomination deadlines

2. Outstanding Educator Allocations, 2016-2017................................................. 12-13

3. College and University Recommendation Guidelines...................................... 14-17

3.1 Eligibility criteria

3.2 L ocal selection of Board of Trustees Outstanding Educators

3.3 Guidelines for Committees

3.4 Guidelines for Outstanding Educators

3.5 G uidelines for Presidents

Recommendation packet

Recommendation packet submission

3.6 College and university award recognition

4. System Review Processes and Procedures...................................................... 18-19

4.1 Initial system review for alignment with guidelines

4.2 Committee composition

4.3 Committee recommendation review process

4.4 C ommittee recommendation to the Vice Chancellor

for Academic and Student Affairs

4.5 Award recognition

4.6 Formal awards ceremony

4.7 Subsequent role of awardees and Board of Trustees Outstanding Educators

5. President's Recommendation Packet

Cover Sheet A: President's............................................................................. 21

Cover Sheet B: Committee............................................................................ 23

Cover Sheet C: Checklist.............................................................................. 25

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2016-2017

P ROGR A M O V ER V IEW

"Choice, highest, extraordinary and excellence are only abstract

words until you see their meaning come to life in the work of the faculty we honor. Because like all those who strive to be the

best, they never stop learning. And they never stop improving.

It's because of the dedicated faculty we honor that

Minnesotans by the hundreds of thousands are drawn to our

colleges and universities to prepare themselves for their

first career, and often their second or third and beyond."

Alexander Cirillo, Chair, Academic and Student Affairs Committee, Board of Trustees

A B O U T T H E AWA R D

The Board of Trustees Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching is an honor bestowed upon Minnesota State faculty to acknowledge and reward exceptional individual professional accomplishment, and to encourage ongoing excellence in teaching. This award is intended to recognize superior teaching at our colleges and universities. The award proclaims, on behalf of the entire system, the Board of Trustees' pride in the dedication and accomplishment of our faculty in providing instruction that prepares Minnesota's college and university students for their professional, scholarly, and civic lives.

W H AT AWA R D S A R E T H E R E ?

Educator of the Year Up to six award recipients are recognized each year by the Board of Trustees with a gold medallion suitable for wearing with academic regalia, and an award of $5,000, as described in Section 4.5 of the Guidelines.

Board of Trustees and 2016 Honorees

First row, from left: Shelli Arneson, Pamela Brunfelt, Ursula Walsh, Jefferson Lee IV, Shirley Piepho, Ellen Lewin, Shannon Peak Fiene and Kristin Doneen

Second Row, from left:: Kristyn VanderWaal, Mark Ahrens, Harold Torrence, Ronald Ward, Maleah Otterson, Jonathan Lofgren, William Breen, Carolyn Zehren, Linda Paquette and Kendra Miller. Third row, from left: Heidi Anderson, Justin Berry, Annie Clement, Ron Anderson, Charles Haus, Steven Rosenstone, Barbara Oertel, Scott Guenthner, Benjamin Kiely, Rahul Kane, Jay Cowles, Eric Mein, Robert Hoffman, Dawn Erlandson, Margaret Anderson, Alex Cirillo, Paul Johnson,

Owen Zimpel, Adam Marcotte, Michael Sieve, Jeffrey Thorstad, Bill Evans, Kelli Hallsten-Erickson, Susan Brashaw, Keith Setley, Philip Krinkie and Kristin Pueringer.

Not Pictured: Alexis Grinde, Eduardo Gutierrez, Jeremy Reisinger, Heidi Schara and Robert Zbikowski

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Outstanding Educator Up to seventy faculty designated by their presidents as Outstanding Educators are nominated each year for the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are recognized with a silver medallion suitable for wearing with academic regalia and a plaque, as described in Section 4.5 of the Guidelines. Presentation of awards to the Educators of the Year and Outstanding Educators will be made at an awards banquet in St. Paul on April 19, 2017. Since 2007, the Board of Trustees has recognized 316 Outstanding Educators and honored 39 faculty as Educators of the Year.

ELIGIBILITY

All faculty who are currently full-time and unlimited, tenured, or tenure-track, and who have at least three years of full-time teaching service at their home institution are eligible for this award.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

Honoring and recognizing teachers who have given distinguished service and who exemplify excellence in their profession brings acclaim to the winners, their institutions, their community, the system, and the state of Minnesota. This award, while recognizing personal achievements, makes them visible and strengthens public support of academic programs and exceptional teaching. All Outstanding Educators and the selected Educators of the Year are recognized at a gala state event and their programs and institutions are given broad exposure, informing the public not only about the fields in which they teach but also about what makes for exceptional teaching in our public colleges and universities. By applauding and honoring the Educators of the Year and the Outstanding Educators from whom they are chosen, institutions have an opportunity to celebrate the core importance of teaching and provide models for faculty and students. Educators of the Year and all Outstanding Educators are usually recognized at campus commencement and at other campus-wide academic celebrations.

"I know that much time and effort went into the organization and production of the event. I am still amazed at the level of detail from the program to the fresh flowers to the videos. The way in which all the details were communicated and provided certainly made me feel at ease through the process. I can say that it was one of the most exciting days of my life. To be honored in such a way is truly overwhelming and surreal."

Shannon Peak Fiene, 2015-2016 Educator of the Year

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