Tips for effective Chancellor Award and Distinguished Rank applications
Guidelines for submitting nominations for Chancellor's Award and Distinguished Rank applications
General tips for all applications
- Organize folder by criteria
- Evidence should be strongly linked to specific criteria
- May want to include both quantitative and qualitative evidence
- Evidence of statewide, regional and national activity should be included as appropriate
- Request and include letters of support that address specific criteria (give examples to support excellence for criteria)
- Include complete vita with appropriate focus on area of award
Teaching award tips
- Include personal teaching philosophy
- Include student evaluations of faculty over time
- Include peer observations and evaluation of teaching
- Include reflection of evaluations on teaching changes
- Evidence can be such things as:
o Syllabi from a variety of courses taught
o Table of courses taught with student numbers and grade distribution
o Student support letters (ask for the letters to address the criteria if possible)
o Office hours schedule
o Evidence of involvement with students outside of class
o Graded assignments with written feedback
o Examples of tests, quizzes, lab reports
o Representative samples of instructional materials
o List of student achievements pre- and post-graduation
- Scholarship/creative activity should be grouped by type and peer and non-peer reviewed
Service award tips
- Include personal service philosophy
- Include letters of support from community and professional organizations
- Ask letter writers to address criteria specific to the award
- Include evidence of accomplishments and achievement of you or the group
- Include examples of minutes as evidence of involvement
- For each organization specify: length of term, years being chair of that organization or other officer, accomplishments of organization while a member, accomplishments while chair
Librarian award tips
- Include personal librarianship philosophy
- Include letters of support from a variety of constituencies
- Include examples of presentations on and off campus
Scholarship and Creative Activities award tips
- Include support letters, internal and external that recognize the contributions nationally and internationally
- Include number of citations of work
- Include reviews of productions or exhibits
- Separate work by type and by peer and non-peer reviewed