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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Course Name and Number: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Evaluation Question 

   

   

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

   

   

 

 

 Response Rate [ex. 95%] 

 

 

 Mean Score for this Course for this Question 

 

 

 College Mean score for this Question 

 

 

 College Standard Deviation for this Question 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 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)