The Innovation Award is unique to the College of Education and Professional Studies and is intended to recognize outstanding and creative work of all kinds. All full-time employees in the College of Education & Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater are eligible to apply. The recipient will be recognized with an inscribed plaque at the COEPS Fall Forum. Application Instructions for the COEPS Innovation Award The Innovation Award is unique to the College of Education and Professional Studies and is intended to recognize outstanding and creative work of all kinds. All full-time employees in the College of Education & Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater are eligible to apply. The recipient will be recognized with presentation of an inscribed plaque at the COEPS Fall Forum. Application Deadline: 4 p.m., May 1 (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B4iAqdqAagpTnM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your application for the award.</a> Submission of Application Materials: <ol> <li>A statement of application. Use the guidelines below to help with creation of statement.</li> <li>A description and any additional supporting information (documents, web links, publications, reports, photos, etc.) that may assist the COEPS Faculty & Staff Awards Committee during their review.</li> <li>Optional: letters of support from individuals who have knowledge of your innovation (you may wish to also share the guidelines below with letter writers).</li> </ol> Guidelines for Writing About Innovation: <ul> <li>Description of the innovation (e.g., device, method, research, idea, product, etc.).</li> <li>Statement addressing the question: Why is the device, method, research, idea, product, etc., considered to be innovative?</li> <li>Description of the process for development of the innovation.</li> <li>Statement regarding the benefits and impact (short-term and long-term) of the innovation on educational outcomes, programs, students, organization(s) and/or faculty, etc.</li> <li>Relationship to university and college strategic initiatives and mission(s) (if applicable).</li> <li>Other reasons the innovation is thought to be outstanding.</li> </ul> Faculty and instructional academic staff who are full time employees at UW-Whitewater with at least two years of consecutive teaching experience within the College of Education and Professional Studies (COEPS) are eligible to apply for this recognition upon being nominated by a student and notified by the Associate Dean of COEPS. Application Instructions for the COEPS McClellan Award Students are invited to nominate faculty/academic staff instructors for the award in both fall and spring semesters. Upon receipt of these nominations, the Associate Dean contacts eligible faculty/instructional academic staff members to invite them to apply for the award following the guidelines detailed here. Persons previously selected for this award are eligible for consideration again when two years have lapsed since their award conferral. Members of the Faculty & Staff Awards Committee review the applications and select a recipient. In the case of a tie, more than one individual may be selected to share the award. Application Deadline: 4 p.m., May 1 (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cOwo1ZGw3lvY5Cu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your application materials.</a> Please do not submit this application unless the Office of the Associate Dean informs you that you have been nominated by a student for this award. Submission of Application Materials: <ol> <li>Short narrative (1-2 pages) describing philosophy of teaching and providing a rationale for why the applicant is worthy of the award.</li> <li>Current curriculum vita.</li> <li>List of courses taught by the nominee over the past two years, along with a summary of student evaluations for each course.</li> <li>Up to three letters of support (from students and/or colleagues).</li> <li>(optional) additional evidence such as media or campus, student or professional organization awards or recognitions of teaching, non-credit academic activities involving students (advising organizations, conducting student research, etc.), examples of exemplary lessons or materials.</li> </ol> Applications will be evaluated according to the benchmarks listed below. Applicants are encouraged to share the teaching award benchmarks with anyone providing a letter of support. Teaching Award Benchmarks: <ul> <li>Demonstrates innovative approaches to teaching that stimulate thought and discussion, facilitate the construction of meaning, foster reflection, and models sensitivity to the needs and experiences of the learner.</li> <li>Exhibits mastery of the process of teaching, based upon instructional practices derived from current professional literature.</li> <li>Gives evidence of sound knowledge of pedagogy.</li> <li>Presents, integrates and/or applies current instructional technology and models its classroom application.</li> <li>Engages students in higher-order thinking skills and problem solving.</li> <li>Demonstrates proficiency and versatility in teaching within external teaching situations, e.g. extension or outreach course(s), in-service workshop(s), and/or undergraduate/graduate field experience settings.</li> </ul> This application is aligned with the university-wide process to recognize outstanding academic advisors. Application Instructions for the COEPS Outstanding Advising Award Award requirements: COEPS full-time faculty and academic staff with at least two years of academic advising experience at UW-Whitewater are eligible to apply for this recognition upon being nominated by a student and notified by the Associate Dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies. Students are invited to nominate faculty/academic staff members for the Outstanding Advising Award in both fall and spring semesters. Upon receipt of these nominations, the Associate Dean contacts eligible faculty/academic staff members to invite them to apply for the award following the guidelines detailed here. Persons previously selected for this award are eligible for consideration again when two years have lapsed since their award conferral. Alignment with the University Advising Award: This application is aligned with the university-wide process to recognize outstanding faculty & instructional academic staff who are academic advisors. The highest rated faculty / instructional academic staff applicant for this award will be forwarded to the University Academic Advising Award as the COEPS nominee for the university-level award. In advance of the submission date for the University Academic Advising Award, the COEPS nominee will need to review/update their application materials and collect letters of recommendation in order to meet application requirements. Application Deadline: 4 p.m., May 1 (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eeAmc6PsCqG5eM6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your application materials.</a> Please do not submit this application unless the Office of the Associate Dean informs you that you have been nominated by a student for this award. Submission of Application Materials: <ol> <li>Personal narrative on advising activities and evidence of excellence in advising (no more than 2 pages).</li> <li>Statement of advising philosophy (no more than 1 page).</li> <li>Advising summary including resume or vita limited to advising related activities and current position (see criteria).</li> <li>Letter of support from current or former advisee or alumni (indication of advising success).</li> <li>Optional: Additional letters of support from current/former advisees. Applications will be evaluated according to the criteria listed below. Applicants are encouraged to share the criteria with anyone providing a letter of support.</li> </ol> Criteria for Evaluation: The criteria for this award include a commitment to advising and student success as well as demonstrated excellence in advising which may be addressed in the narrative and/or advising summary. Participation in individual advising (which may include): <ul> <li>Annual number of advisees (identify if part of load, required each term by department, and if advising holds are utilized)</li> <li>Availability to advisees</li> <li>Frequency/methods of contact with advisees</li> <li>Appropriate referral activity</li> <li>Use and dissemination of appropriate information sources</li> <li>Supportive attitude toward advisees</li> <li>Participation in and support of advising interventions</li> <li>Monitoring of student progress toward academic and career goals</li> <li>Mastery/understanding of: <ul> <li>Institutional regulations, policies, and procedures</li> <li>Academic record interpretation</li> <li>Curriculum</li> <li>Credit transfer issues</li> </ul> </li> <li>Programmatic advising (course planning and scheduling, time to degree planning, graduate degree audit)</li> <li>Developmental advising (discipline related planning, career advising, post graduate preparation)</li> </ul> Participation in group advising activities/events (which may include): <ul> <li>Organization/participation in department/unit group advising or convocations</li> <li>Participation in advising activities beyond departmental advising responsibilities such as serving as a University Master Advisor, College Master Advisor at Warhawks SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration) sessions/Transfer sessions, as a student organization advisor, etc.</li> <li>Development/maintenance of advising support materials (advising check sheets, advising informational handouts, digital information)</li> </ul> Participation in Professional Development Opportunities (which may include): <ul> <li>Participation in advising professional development activities and programs</li> <li>Participation in professional advising organizations</li> <li>Advising related honors or awards</li> </ul> Participation in Advising Assessment (which may include): <ul> <li>Development or implementation of assessment strategies</li> <li>Perception by colleagues and advisees of nominee's advising skills</li> <li>Advisee evaluations (if available)</li> </ul> This application is aligned with the university-wide process to recognize outstanding research. Application Instructions for the COEPS Outstanding Research Award Award requirements: Faculty and instructional academic staff with at least two years of full-time experience at UW-Whitewater are eligible to apply for this recognition. Persons previously selected for this award are eligible for consideration again when two years have lapsed since their award conferral. The recipient will be recognized with an inscribed award plaque at the COEPS Fall Forum. Alignment with the University Advising Award: The name of the person selected by the COEPS Faculty and Staff committee as the college award recipient will also be forwarded to the University Faculty/Staff Research Award committee for consideration for the following academic year (keeping in mind that previous recipients of the University Research Award may not be nominated a second time). In advance of the submission date for the University Faculty/Staff Research Award, the COEPS nominee will need to review/update their application materials and collect letters of recommendation in order to meet application requirements. Application Deadline: 4 p.m., May 1 (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5aoNAWF2PwjH2Jg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your application materials for this award.</a> Submission of Application Materials: <ol> <li>Statement of application indicating interest in the award and rationale for why the applicant’s work is worthy of recognition (1-page limit).</li> <li>The nominee's resume of research activities. The resume should be organized according to the outline below. Items within each category should be listed in reverse chronological order (i.e., most recent work listed first). Activities in progress or results not yet accepted for presentation or publication should not be included. <ol type="a"> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Bibliography of professional publications (attach photocopies of title pages of publications, and show evidence if publications were refereed).</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Dates, places, and descriptions of professional exhibits and performances (attach evidence if exhibits or performances were juried).</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Author(s), titles, meetings, and dates of papers presented at professional meetings.</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Principal investigator(s), project titles, funding sources, amounts funded, and project periods for grants received.</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Other evidence or previous recognition of research including fellowships, honors, and awards (provide the year of each).</li> </ol> </li> </ol> This application is aligned with the university-wide process to recognize outstanding service. Application Instructions for the COEPS Outstanding Service Award Award Requirements: Full-time faculty members in the College of Education & Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater are encouraged to apply. The recipient will also be recognized with an inscribed award plaque at the COEPS Fall Forum. The name of the person selected by the COEPS Faculty & Staff Awards committee as the college award recipient will also be forwarded to the University Faculty Service Awards Committee for consideration for the following academic year. Alignment with the University Advising Award: The name of the person selected by the COEPS Faculty & Staff Awards committee as the college award recipient will also be forwarded to the University Faculty Service Awards Committee for consideration for the following academic year. Please note that anyone may be nominated (by others or by themselves) for the university faculty service award. The college will put forward a nominee, but others may also do so. In advance of the submission date for the University Faculty Service Award, the COEPS nominee will need to review/update their application materials and collect a letter of nomination in order to meet application requirements. Application Deadline: 4 p.m., May 1 (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQi9eTHgwO2PBjw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your application materials for this award.</a> Submission of Application Materials <ol> <li>A narrative of no longer than three typed pages describing the significance of the candidate's service activities.</li> <li>A listing of titles and dates of service activities. Contributions identified by an applicant must have been made while a member of the faculty at UW-Whitewater.</li> </ol> "Service" is defined as contributions to the University, as well as professional and public service activities. <ul> <li>Contributions to the University include contributions to the governance, administration, and operation of the institution.</li> <li>Professional and public service activities include activities in the faculty member's discipline, art, profession, or society, provided that the faculty member provides such service as a practitioner of his/her discipline, art, or profession, or as a representative of the University or University system.</li> <li>Consult the Standard Classification of Performance Data for a list of Service Activities.</li> <li>Teaching and research activities are excluded from consideration for this award.</li> </ul> This award is an opportunity to recognize your colleagues who go above and beyond in their service to students, and is unique among our awards in that it is by nomination only and the recipient(s) will be revealed at the COEPS Fall Forum. Application Instructions for the COEPS Outstanding Student Support Award Nomination Deadline: 4 p.m., May (or the nearest business day if May 1 falls on a weekend) <a href="https://uwwhitewater.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4OQoMv1cMDRm5YW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Please use this Qualtrics form to submit your nomination(s) and supporting materials.</a> Requirements: All full-time employees in the College of Education & Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater are eligible to receive this recognition. The recipient(s) of this award will be recognized in the fall at a combined recognition ceremony honoring recipients for teaching, research, service, student support, innovation and advising. All persons nominated, with a complete nomination packet, will be recognized. There is no application or review by the Faculty and Staff Awards Committee. Instructions for nominating a colleague: <ol> <li>Statement of nomination and nomination letters should include: <ol type="a" style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">description, including specific examples, of how this person has had a positive impact on students.</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">an estimate of the breadth of impact this person has had on students (i.e., how many students has their positive support affected?).</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">a statement regarding the benefits and impact (short-term and long-term) of the nominee’s actions related to student support on educational outcomes, programs, students, organization(s) and/or faculty, etc.</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">a statement of the relationship of the nominee’s work/actions related to student support and university and college strategic initiatives and mission(s) (if applicable).</li> <li style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">Attach any additional supporting information (documents, web links, publications, reports, photos, etc.).</li> </ol> </li> <li>Solicit and attach additional letters of support for your nomination (optional).</li> </ol>