Faculty Development Opportunities
The Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching
Nomination Form

To facilitate the nomination process, members of the Faculty Development Committee offer the opportunity to submit an electronic nomination. The completion of this form serves as a nomination letter for this year’s candidates for the Ralph A. Ciancio Award for Excellence in Teaching. 

Please respond briefly to the questions in the nomination form, providing information about the nominee's qualifications, to the best of your knowledge.

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Office of the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, x5705.

 

 

 

Your Information
  
 Your Name     
 Your Email     
 Your Department     


Nominee Information
  
 Nominee's Name     
 Nominee's Department     


 What brings you to nominate this faculty member for this special recognition? 
   
 
What sources of information inform your nomination of this candidate?

In answering this question, please speak to the ways in which these sources of information provide evidence that demonstrates the nominee’s excellence in teaching according to the guidelines set forth in the Skidmore Faculty Handbook (“Evaluative Criteria for Continued Service".) Examples may include occasions on which you joined the nominee’s class or lab, occasions on which you heard the nominee speak about teaching and/or undergraduate education, the reading of the nominee's course evaluations and related supporting material, rmentoring about teaching excellence and accomplishment that you may have received from the nominee.
   
 
To provide further elaboration on the basis for your nomination, where appropriate or relevant, please add further comments on the nominee’s exemplary performance in such areas as these: teaching at different levels of the curriculum; developing lectures; facilitating discussion in flexible ways, appropriate to students’ background; stimulating and challenging students to learn and to interact with the substance of course material; interacting with students in the classroom, lab, studio, office, and beyond; mentoring students in their professional development; mentoring other faculty; helping to shape the curriculum.
   
 
 Are there any other comments you would like to offer, which are not captured by the preceding questions? 
   
 
By typing your name in the space provided, the Faculty Development Committee will accept this as a fully-signed document. 
 Your Signature:   




 
 
 

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