The Kimble First-Year Teaching Award, named in honor of professor emeritus Dan Kimble, is jointly sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, and the Division of Undergraduate Studies, and administered by the Teaching Effectiveness Program(link is external) (TEP). This award is designed to recognize outstanding teaching performances by graduate employees (GE) leading a discussion section or lab in the first year of teaching, or as the sole instructor for a course in the first year of teaching, while maintaining a strong academic record.

The award acknowledges a GEs investment in professional development. Recipients of this award must demonstrate their commitment to excellence in undergraduate education through participation in UO faculty development services, teacher trainings, and workshops and classes which are open and available to all instructors free of charge. Full day teacher trainings, offered by the Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP), satisfy this requirement for first time teachers. These trainings provide basic teaching skills and provides an opportunity to practice teaching and receive feedback. Other comparable UO teacher training sessions may qualify. If you did not attend training through TEP, please submit a description of the teacher training you attended, including the number of hours and curriculum for the training.

All UO GEs who meet the criteria described above, and who are teaching during the current academic year are eligible to apply for this award. 

Application

To be completed by the student:

• Conduct and submit a midterm student feedback survey during week 4 or 5; one way to do this is through Canvas, or you can save and scan a paper survey

• Submit a copy of the end-of-term ratings summary evaluation for ONE course/section taught during the 2016-17 academic year. Please include both the numerical results from your end-of-term evaluations and any student comments

• Attend the Teaching Effectiveness Program teacher trainings and report all teaching development activities

• Submit a one- or two-page statement of teaching philosophy. More information about teaching statements can be downloaded here(link is external)

• Criteria used to assess teaching philosophy statements can be found here(link is external)

Applications will be reviewed during the summer and decisions made by mid June. Please send only the materials requested. Additional materials will not be considered. For more information, please visit the Kimble page here: http://tep.uoregon.edu/services/kimble/kimble.html(link is external)

To apply for this award, please click here:

Awards and Fellowships Application

Deadline to apply: Friday, June 30, 2017

Note for Graduate Students with Financial Aid:
Receiving this award may reduce your financial aid award. Please contact the Financial Aid Office prior to applying for this (and any other type of) support.

For more information, please contact: Cortney McIntyre at cortneym@uoregon.edu