Dear COEHD Faculty,

The U. T. System is seeking nominations for the 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards. Per Steve Leslie, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, “The awards will recognize faculty who deliver the highest quality of undergraduate instruction, demonstrate their commitment to teaching, and have a history and promising future of sustained excellence with undergraduate teaching.” Tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track award recipients will receive $25,000 each.

The University of Texas at San Antonio will submit a cadre of tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track/adjunct nominees for consideration of the award. Therefore, each college will submit a maximum of the following numbers of nominees:

Tenured Nominees	Tenure-Track Nominees *	Non-Tenure Track/Adjunct *
2	1	1

* Nominees must have at least three years teaching experience at the university level.

The nomination of strong candidates who may already have received teaching awards or teaching award nominations is encouraged.

Below you will find the COEHD timeline for the submission/review process. As you can see, the timeframe is very tight and the awards are quite large. Therefore, it is important that we adhere to the timeline.

The nomination process will be conducted in two phases:

Phase I:

1) Nomination packets should be submitted to Liliana Gutierrez (liliana.gutierrez@utsa.edu) in the COEHD-Office of the Dean no later than Monday, October 17, 2016.

All nomination packets must contain the following materials for Phase I review:

1. A completed application form (6 pages maximum) (attached),

2. A CV that emphasizes teaching accomplishments (maximum: 15 pages) and

3. Written statement delineating their philosophy of teaching (maximum: 3 pages, 12 pt. font).

2) Each college will identify their nominees and email their names to Dr. Nancy Martin by Wednesday, October 26, 2016. All notified nominees will submit their materials for Phase I review via email to Dr. Nancy Martin no later than 8:00am on Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

Phase II: The UTSA ROTA Selection Committee will determine the University’s cohort of nominees who will develop a full e-portfolio that will be submitted for consideration at the U.T. System level. Additional detailed information including UT System selection criteria and e-portfolio requirements are available at http://www.utsystem.edu/offices/academic-affairs/regents-outstanding-teaching-awards

If the need for further information should arise, please consult the Faculty Awards web site at www.utsa.edu/facultyawards (click on Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards) or contact Dr. Nancy Martin (nancy.martin@utsa.edu; X 5191).

Note that the call for nominations for the Presidential Awards and the Howe Teaching Awards will be sent in a separate email.

Again, if you are interested in applying for the Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Awards, complete nomination packets should be submitted to Liliana Gutierrez (liliana.gutierrez@utsa.edu) in the COEHD-Office of the Dean, by Monday, October 17, 2016.

Liliana Gutierrez, M.Ed.

Administrative Services Officer

COEHD- Office of the Dean

The University of Texas at San Antonio

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(210) 458-5200

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