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• Award recipients will be honored at a campus celebration, date and format to be determined by the institute committee.
• Names and nomination packets of the award winners will be posted on the CTL Faculty Award website.
• Names of winners will be added to the Teaching Awards wall located in the Clough Undergraduate Commons.

Eligibility Criteria

Current full-time faculty members of any rank are eligible for nomination.

Nomination Materials

The nomination packet is limited to 15 pages, including any appendices (1” margins, minimum 12-point font for each section below). Incorporating every kind of evidence will be impossible. Instead, each nominee will want to select only the strongest and most relevant evidence. Each packet must include the following information:

• Table of Contents
  • A list of all portfolio components. NOTE: The TOC does not count toward the maximum of 15 pages.
• Nomination Letter (1-2 pages).
  • A letter from the School Chair endorsing the nominee and highlighting the value of their SoTL work. Note: Does not count toward the 15-page limit.
• Teaching Philosophy Narrative (1-2 pages)
  • A statement that explains how the nominee’s teaching philosophy connects to their SoTL inquiry—describing how goals, theories, and methods shape and are shaped by their approach to teaching.
• SoTL Narrative and Impact (3+ pages)
  • This section is the heart of the portfolio. It should provide a reflective summary of the nominee’s SoTL work. This narrative should:
  • Describe primary research questions or themes explored
  • Summarize methods and findings across key SoTL projects
  • Reflect on how this scholarship has informed and improved teaching practices
  • Highlight evidence of impact on student learning or the broader teaching and learning community
• Annotated Biblography of SoTL Scholarship (1-2 pages)
  • A curated, annotated bibliography of the nominee’s peer-reviewed SoTL publications or presentations. Each entry should briefly summarize:
    • The research problem or question
    • Methodology
    • Key results or insights
• SoTL Leadership and Engagement (1-2 pages)
  • A description of how the nominee supports or promotes SoTL beyond their own research. This may include activities such as:
    • Mentoring others engaging in SoTL
    • Leading SoTL-related workshops or learning communities
    • Contributing to SoTL journals, conferences, or initiatives
• Condensed curriculum vitae (2-3 pages)
  • A focused CV highlighting the nominee’s SoTL-related activities, such as publications, presentations, collaborative projects, and service roles.

All documents must be combined into a SINGLE PDF file and uploaded to Georgia Tech’s awards portal.

Packets that exceed 15 pages or do not meet the formatting requirement will not be accepted.

• Review Process and Selection Criteria

  The Center for Teaching and Learning establishes a committee consisting of previous Georgia Tech educational award winners to review the nomination packets and select the winner of this award. Each nominee’s submission is reviewed in the context of departmental and institutional standards. Evaluation/endorsement of the nominee’s exemplary performance is provided by the nomination letter and by colleagues qualified to comment on the nominee’s scholarship.

  The award committee will look for persuasive evidence that nominee has:

  • Systematic SoTL Inquiry:
    Engages in the systematic investigation of questions related to student learning and the conditions that support it, grounded in prior scholarship and relevant theories.
  • Impact on Teaching Practice:
    Demonstrates how SoTL research has informed and improved the nominee’s own teaching practices.
  • Public and Peer-Reviewed Scholarship:
    Produces scholarly work that has been reviewed by peers and shared through respected journals, conferences, or other academic forums within the discipline or SoTL community.
  • Contributions to Knowledge:
    Advances teaching and learning by contributing new insights, methodologies, or questions to the SoTL field.
  • Philosophical Alignment:
    Clearly articulates a teaching philosophy that informs and is informed by the nominee’s scholarly inquiry.
  • Dissemination and Documentation
    Includes a well-organized annotated bibliography that summarizes SoTL projects, questions, methodologies, and findings.
  • Leadership and Engagement in the SoTL Community:
    Supports and promotes SoTL beyond their own scholarship through mentoring, leading workshops or learning communities, reviewing for journals or conferences, or similar roles.

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