President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award

Note: The President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award is separate from the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.

About the Awards

The President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award recognizes excellence in graduate student teaching. These recipients are UT Austin’s educational innovators whose commitment and performance not only teach, but inspire graduate student learners. These awards are made possible by contributions from friends of the University who are committed to the quality of our educational programs – a group of people known as the President’s Associates.

Deadline

Nominations are now closed for the President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award.

Number of Nominations

Each college/school may submit up to two (2) nominations. Individuals interested in nomination should contact their dean’s office for information on their internal CSU nomination process.

Nominee Qualifications

The President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Awards recognize excellence in graduate student teaching. Any faculty and postdoctoral fellows engaged in graduate student teaching are eligible. Well-qualified candidates must demonstrate a record of excellence in graduate student teaching, mentoring and engagement with graduate programs’ curricular reform and educational innovation. Eligible nominees must be in good standing with the University.

Nomination Materials Required

Nomination packets should be submitted as a single PDF file using the following naming format: FacultyLastName_FacultyFirstName_College/School_PAGTEA_Year.pdf. Nomination packets for institutional awards will be limited to 10 pages total (not including the cover page) and should include the following:

Cover page and evidence of minimal eligibility requirements met (1 page)

• Nominee’s name, job title, and EID
• College/School and Department (if applicable)
• Nominee email address
• Evidence of minimal eligibility requirements met – for the President’s Associates Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, this means specifically stating which graduate course(s) the nominee is being nominated for and a link to the webpage/resource that lists this course as graduate curriculum course.
• Permission for the award packet to be published on UT Austin award website should the nominee be selected for the award.

Nominee statement with response to award-specific questions (2 pages)

• In response to the questions below, the faculty member must include insights and examples of how they have had broader impacts on the campus and their communities (For example, in their discipline, course content, administrative and/or committee work).
• Award-specific questions include:
  • How have you evolved your pedagogical approach to increase student engagement in graduate curriculum courses? How have you defined success in this endeavor? Please include supporting evidence or examples.
  • What evidence or examples do you have of your contribution to innovation in the graduate curriculum?

Supporting Materials (up to 8 pages)

• Materials included must demonstrate with data and supporting evidence the faculty member’s effectiveness in terms of student learning/development. In this section, nominees should include:
  • Course Instructor Surveys (up to 3 pages)
    • CIS scores from the three most recent academic years of applicable courses. Use pre-formatted CIS scores available through Faculty Profile, under the Courses tab, using the link titled, Download Course Ratings (20229-Current). EID login and college/department-level access required.
    • Nominees may include up to two pages of representative student comments from applicable courses from the three most recent academic years. Access student comments on evaluations using the Explorance Blue platform. EID login and college/department-level access required.
  • Brief/condensed CV that includes the following sections (up to 2 pages):
    • Teaching-related service and research
    •  Advising
    • Teaching awards/honors
  • Two letters of support (up to 3 pages)
    • Letters may be written by any of the following: faculty colleagues (no more than one colleague external to UT), department chair, dean, university administrator or student (no more than one student letter).
  • Optional: Nominees may include up to 10 minutes of multimedia, digital, and other forms of content. Please provide content as an accessible link(s) on a single page.

Award Amount

Two recipients will be announced each year to receive an honorarium of $5,000 via payroll.