RCOE Faculty and Staff Awards

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding teaching/supervision among adjunct or instructor/clinical faculty. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all of the following:

1. Teaches a 3/2 or 2/3 academic year load (or less) or clinical supervisor in the college and has done so for at least two consecutive years.
2. Uses innovative and/or creative approaches in teaching/supervision.
3. Fosters effective student learning.
4. Demonstrates that they engage students in leading-edge content research and good practices from the discipline and profession.

Submit ‘Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding teaching at the undergraduate level. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Holds a tenure-track or full-time special faculty appointment position in the college.
2. Uses innovative and/or creative approaches in teaching undergraduate students.
3. Fosters effective student learning.
4. Demonstrates that they stay current with best practices (i.e., evidence-based practices) and implements those practices in their teaching. 

Submit ‘Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding teaching at the graduate level. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Holds a tenure-track or full-time special faculty appointment position in the college.
2. Uses innovative and/or creative approaches in teaching graduate students.
3. Fosters effective student learning.
4. Demonstrates that they stay current with best practices (i.e., evidence-based practices) and implement those practices in their teaching. 

Submit ‘Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award’ Nomination

The Reich College of Education is dedicated to enhancing students’ experiences so that every member of the academic community can participate and excel to the best of their ability. The faculty and staff in the RCOE advocate for students' self-determination and individualized success throughout their education journey. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. The candidate holds a faculty or staff position in the Reich College of Education.
2. The candidate has a record of superior contribution to student success through a positive impact on students, faculty, staff, the College of Education, Appalachian State University, and/or the community.

Submit ‘Outstanding Advocacy for Student Success Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize outstanding contributions by a person who demonstrates outstanding administrative and leadership excellence. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Is a leader in their field or discipline.
2. Demonstrates consistent and sustained leadership within the college.
3. Possesses a record of superior leadership and administrative service to their respective department and the RCOE at large. 

Submit ‘Outstanding Leadership Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding mentoring achievement. Any student, faculty member, or staff member may make nominations. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Is a full-time RCOE faculty member.
2. Shares wisdom and knowledge consistently with students and/or faculty members.
3. Engages in mentoring that is sustained and ongoing over time and populations.

Submit ‘Outstanding Mentoring Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship and creative achievement. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Is a full-time RCOE faculty member and has been for at least three years.
2. Engages in and sustains peer-reviewed scholarship that significantly contributes to the knowledge base in the field on a consistent basis.
3. Follows sound scholarly practices.
4. Uses and sustains scholarship consistently to enhance service and/or student learning.
5. Disseminates results of scholarship consistently in appropriate settings and venues.

Submit ‘Outstanding Scholarship/Creative Achievement Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding service achievement. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Is a full-time RCOE faculty member.
2. Provides outstanding service consistently to appropriate agencies (e.g., schools, agencies, post-secondary institutions, organizations).
3. Makes consistently significant contributions to the department, college, university, and/or profession.
4. Provides significant impact in roles of professional leadership.

Submit ‘Outstanding Service Award’ Nomination

This award is designed to recognize outstanding contributions by a staff member. 

Criteria

The candidate meets all the following:

1. Is a full-time RCOE staff member.
2. Has a record of outstanding service and/or mentorship to their department/unit or the RCOE at large.

Submit ‘Outstanding Staff Award’ Nomination 

This award is designed to recognize and encourage collaboration among faculty, practitioners, students, and/or staff, and, in doing so, to honor the core principle of the RCOE Conceptual Framework: Learning occurs through participation in a community of practice. Any student, faculty member, or staff member may make nominations.

Criteria

The candidates meet all of the following:

1. Engages in collaboration that results in significant contributions to teaching, scholarship/creative achievement, or mentoring/service.
2. Meet other criteria specified under the appropriate area of emphasis in the collaboration: teaching, scholarship/creative achievement, mentoring/service.

Submit ‘Community of Practice Recognition’ Nomination