Distinguished Teaching Award
The College of Charleston Distinguished Teaching Award is made to one individual during the spring semester. The Distinguished Teaching Award honors those roster faculty members who have been designated by their colleagues as typifying high standards and commitment to teaching excellence throughout their careers. The recipient is recommended to the Provost by an ad hoc committee appointed by the Provost and consisting of five recent recipients of the award and the Student Government Association President. The award is a framed certificate and a cash award.
No faculty member may receive this award more than once. Faculty members who receive this award are not eligible for consideration for the William V. Moore Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award for the first three (3) academic years after receipt of this award.
- Established: 1977
- Number of recipients annually: one
- Commitee Chair: Deborah Bidwell (bidwelld@cofc.edu)
- Award: $1500 and a framed certificate
Nominations
The Distinguished Teaching Award honors those roster faculty members who are outstanding among the College of Charleston’s excellent teachers. Nominators must be faculty member(s) and nomination letters should describe how the individual nominee is outstanding among other excellent teachers, providing specific examples and documentation whenever possible. Nominations should be seconded by at least one additional faculty member, who may co-author the primary nomination letter or write a separate letter of support. Letters of support should be collected and submitted with the original nomination (up to 1500 words each); up to three letters of support may be submitted. The committee will request additional materials directly from the nominee, to include a narrative (up to 1500 words), list of unique courses taught at the College of Charleston, numerical Course-Instructor Evaluation reports for the past five years, and up to five small sample course materials.
All letters of nomination must also include:
- the name, title and department of the person being proposed for the award;
- the name, address and phone number of the nominator; and
- the name of the award.
Deadline: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Nomination Link: Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination Form
Questions about the award or criteria? Contact our Faculty Affairs Coordinator, Estee Gabay (gabayel@cofc.edu) or the committee chair. Technical difficulties with the nomination form? Email faculty-awards-group@cofc.edu.