Teaching Awards
The University of North Georgia offers three Teaching Awards: the Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Teaching Excellence Awards for Tenure and Non-Tenure Track Faculty.
Distinguished Teaching Award
This award recognizes excellence in teaching by a faculty member over the course of a distinguished career. The awardee demonstrates a well-articulated teaching philosophy that has developed through methodical examination and improvement of teaching and learning. This faculty member has had a sustained and documented impact on student learning both in and out of the classroom. The nominee’s qualifications might include activities designed to advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or to increase global and multicultural understanding. The nominee’s qualifications might include effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, such as active learning, student portfolios, and assessment. The awardee may demonstrate innovations that have influenced the methods and teaching effectiveness of other faculty. Previous winners of the Distinguished Teaching Award must wait five years before reapplying.
The recipient may apply to be the 91ÁÔÆæ nominee for the University System of Georgia Felton Jenkins, Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award.
Teaching Excellence Award for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
This award recognizes tenured or tenure-track faculty who have consistently demonstrated outstanding teaching, which includes all activities in which faculty members engage to facilitate learning by undergraduate, professional, or graduate students. The nominee’s qualifications might include activities designed to advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or global and multicultural understanding. The nominee’s qualifications might include effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, such as active learning, student portfolios, and classroom assessment techniques. His or her commitment to students may also be apparent in enriching academic activities outside of the classroom. Up to three awards may be given annually.
Previous winners of the Teaching Excellence Award for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty must wait three years before reapplying.
Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
This award recognizes non-tenure-track faculty who have consistently demonstrated outstanding teaching, which includes all activities in which faculty members engage to facilitate learning by undergraduate, professional, or graduate students. The nominee’s qualifications might include activities designed to advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and/or global and multicultural understanding. The nominee’s qualifications might include effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning, such as active learning, student portfolios, and classroom assessment techniques. His or her commitment to students may also be apparent in enriching academic activities outside of the classroom. Up to three awards may be given annually.
Previous winners of the Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure-Track must wait three years before reapplying.
2024 Teaching Award Recipients
Distinguished Teaching Award
Phillip Guerty, History
Teaching Excellence Award for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Thomas Greene, History
Esther Morgan-Ellis, Music
Stephanie Rountree, English
Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Dawn Drumtra, Biology
Haley Hodges, English