By Heidi Hennink-Kaminski
Ad Division announces new teaching award
Given the Advertising Division’s long-standing commitment to teaching excellence and student learning, we are pleased to announce the establishment of the Advertising Division’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is intended to encourage and recognize individual excellence in undergraduate teaching over a sustained period of time. Such teaching rises above good teaching; it incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning, and uses innovative methods to increase the effectiveness of learning both inside and outside the classroom. The award includes a $200 cash prize. To be eligible, a nominee must be a member of AEJMC’s Advertising Division with at least three years of teaching experience as a full-time faculty member.
Award Criteria
The Distinguished Teaching Award criteria are grounded in the four areas of emphasis highlighted in the AEJMC Teaching Committee’s Criteria and Goal Statement—curriculum; leadership; course content and teaching methods; and assessment—but expand upon those areas to encompass additional criteria for evidence of exemplary teaching.
Nomination Process
The nomination process is divided into two stages. An eligible teacher can self-nominate or can be nominated by another faculty member in the same school or college who is a member of AEJMC and has at least three years of teaching experience as a full-time faculty member. All nomination materials will be submitted electronically to the chair of the committee.
Stage One: Initial Nomination Materials
(Deadline: Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:59pm)
- A nominating letter (limited to 1,000 words) outlining the ways in which the nominee demonstrates excellence in any or all of the areas of emphasis outlined in the criteria.
- A brief statement from the nominee (limited to three pages) outlining why he or she should be considered for the award. In the instance of self-nomination, the nominee should request a recommendation letter from a colleague.
- A current curriculum vita
- Two letters of support from students (each limited to 500 words):
- one letter from a student currently or previously enrolled in one or more classes which the nominee has taught/is teaching.
- one letter from a student at least 2 years post graduation who had been enrolled in one or more classes taught by the candidate (limited to 500 words)
Nomination materials from Stage One will be reviewed by the selection committee, which will select no more than five nominees for further consideration. Nominators and nominees selected as finalists will be notified no later than February 1, 2012.
Stage Two: Award Finalist Materials
(Deadline: Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 11:59pm).
- Initial nomination materials.
- A “teaching portfolio” not to exceed 20 pages. Teaching portfolios/dossiers can take on a variety of formats and include a wide variety of materials chosen to highlight the candidate’s achievements in the context of the award selection criteria. The only required materials to be included in the portfolio are:
- A reflective statement by the candidate outlining their teaching philosophy, goals, objectives, experiences, not to exceed 1,000 words. This is typically included in a teaching portfolio, and will not count in the 20-page limit
- A list of courses taught in the last three years, and quantitative evaluative data (e.g., student evaluations of teaching and learning experience, grade distributions).
- The remainder of the materials in the portfolio may be chosen to best demonstrate the nominee’s achievement of the award criteria. Those materials may include but are not limited to: course syllabi; class assignments; website links/online; digital media; unsolicited student feedback; assignment rubrics; community/professional endorsements.
Final Selection
The selection of the winner will be made by the Teaching Award Selection Committee, a new standing committee comprised of five division members:
- The editor of the Journal of Advertising Education will be an ex-officio member with all committee responsibilities and voting privileges. Alice Kendrick.
- 2 members appointed by the executive board. These members will serve staggered three-year terms. Since this is the first year of the committee, the executive board appointed George Anghelcev for a two-year term and Joel Geske for a one-year term. Joel Geske will also chair the award this year.
- 1 member elected by the division membership. This member will also serve a three-year term. Carson Wagner was elected and will begin his three-year term this year.
- The recipient of the award will serve a one-year term on the selection committee for the following year’s award. As chair of the Award development committee, Peggy Kreshel will take this position for the first year.
Special thanks to Peggy Kreshel, HalVincent, Keith Quesenberry and Heidi Hennink-Kaminski for finalizing this award.
