Recipients of the Provost's Award for Outstanding Engaged Teaching are recognized for implementing innovative and effective teaching that demonstrates community collaboration, institutional impact and deeply engaged, high-quality learning. Service-learning courses will include at least one module in the course requirements that requires students to work in the community to address community identified needs.
Award winners receive a one-time award of $2,000 and a framed certificate.
Nominations are due to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost by November 1, 2024, through the Faculty Awards and Honors Packets Dropbox.
Criteria that will be considered are the degree to which there is evidence of:
Additionally, there should be evidence that students address community identified needs in a service-learning project.
Initiation
The Senior Vice President and Provost will solicit recommendations for the award by September 15 and announce appropriate schedules for processing the nominations. Furthermore, the solicitations will be posted on the appropriate campus website, for access by nominators and faculty on all campuses.
Recommendations
Any current member of the University of Oklahoma faculty or staff may nominate one or more Norman faculty for the Outstanding Engaged Teaching Award. Currently enrolled students may also nominate candidates.
Nominations should be forwarded to the respective dean for review and endorsement prior to final submission. An optional letter from the dean can be included but is not required.
Supporting Documentation
Nomination packets must include the following:
About the Nominator's Statement of Support
Please explain why you believe the nominee is an outstanding community engaged teacher. Provide a brief description of how the faculty member uses best practices to facilitate community-engaged teaching. What impact has the faculty member had on the department, community, and/or students? How does the faculty member actively and effectively engage with community to address community-identified needs? For this award, please include a description of the service-learning projects students have completed.
Submission
All materials listed above should be submitted as a single combined PDF from the appropriate Dean's Office to the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost via the Faculty Awards and Honors Packets Dropbox.
Review
Nominations will be reviewed by the Provost's Faculty Awards Committee. The Committee shall consider only the formal nominations. The Committee may seek additional data about the nominees from supplemental sources, as appropriate.
Selection
The Provost's Faculty Awards Committee will forward its recommendation to the Provost no later than February 1.
The Senior Vice President and Provost will review the nomination materials and recommendation of the committee and will make the final selection.
The final selection will be announced at the Norman Campus annual Faculty Awards and Honors ceremony.
Award winners receive a one-time award of $2,000 and a framed certificate.
This award is hosted by the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost. For questions about this award, please contact the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost (facultyawards@ou.edu).
