School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Albert and Gladys Hall Coates
Teaching Excellence Award for 2008-10
The Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Term Professorship for Teaching Excellence (established in 1998) honors a member of the School of Government faculty for excellence in teaching. The recipient of the award is selected biennially by the School's dean on recommendation of the teaching development committee. The award carries a stipend of $5,000 per year plus expenses during the two-year term.
Previous recipients of the award are Robert P. Joyce (1998–2000), Steve Allred (2000–2002), Gregory S. Allison (2002–04), Frayda Bluestein (2004-06), and Jessica Smith (2006-08).
All teachers who hold full-time faculty positions in the School of Government are eligible for the award, except the dean and associate deans; holders of permanent chairs (David Ammons, Jim Drennan, Robert Joyce, David Lawrence, Janet Mason, Robert Phay, and David Owens); and the five most recent recipients of the teaching excellence award (listed above).
Nominations will be evaluated by the teaching development committee on the basis of a teaching portfolio submitted by each nominee; peer observation of the nominee’s teaching; the nominee’s effective use of teaching methods and materials; student evaluations of the nominee’s teaching; recommendations by faculty, students, clients, and others; the nominee’s development of new, revised, or expanded courses, classes, or programs; the nominee’s contributions to the educational mission of the School of Government; and other factors.
School of Government faculty and staff, MPA students, MPA alumni, and state and local government officials and employees who have attended School of Government schools or courses are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the teaching excellence award.
To nominate a faculty member for the teaching excellence award, please complete the nomination form (available below), or write a brief statement describing why you believe the nominee is an outstanding teacher, and send it to Cheryl Howell, School of Government, Campus Box 3330, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3330; 919.966.4437 (phone); 919.962.2706 (fax); or howell@sog.unc.edu.
The deadline for nominations is November 16, 2007.
