# Teaching (Non-Tenure-Track)

The Arkansas State University Faculty Award for Teaching (Non-Tenure-Track) is presented each spring to a non-tenure-track faculty member who has evidenced significant and meritorious achievement in teaching.

## Criteria

- Unusual effort devoted to ensuring the quality of students’ classroom learning experience.
- Possession of high scholarly standards for both the rigor and currency of course content and for the level of student performance with respect to these standards.
- Available measure of a faculty member’s direct impact on and involvement with students.

## Submission Process

Applicants must submit a complete teaching portfolio for the award year, January 1 – December 31, 2025. Applicants are also encouraged to submit the previous year’s portfolio and supporting documents (January 1 – December 31, 2024). Information should be presented under the following headings:

- A list of courses taught during the spring, summer, and fall 2025 semesters.
- A copy of the syllabus for all courses taught (mark newly developed courses).
- A summary of student evaluations for each course taught. Please report the student evaluations using the format below.

<table id="bkmrk-course-name-and-numb"><thead><tr><th colspan="6"><span class="h3">Course Name and Number:</span>

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Evaluation Question

1\.

2\.

3\.

</td><td>Number of Responses with the Given Rating (5,4,3,2,1) \[ex. 5 (20) 4 (5) 3 (6) 2 (0) 1 (0)\]

</td><td>Response Rate \[ex. 95%\]

</td><td>Mean Score for this Course for this Question

</td><td>College Mean score for this Question

</td><td>College Standard Deviation for this Question

</td></tr></tbody></table>

- No more than 12 written student statements from course evaluation forms.
- Descriptions of innovative teaching methodology.
- Evidence of professional growth as a teacher through formal and/or informal professional development activities.
- Other supporting documents in the Appendix
- Copy of instructor comments on students’ works.
- Written statements of support from former students (optional)
- Other items considered relevant in addressing the criteria for the award (optional)