1. Nomination letter (1,000 words max).
2. List of courses taught, the number of students in each, and CET/SET scores and response rates for the past five full academic years (fall 2020-spring 2025). Courses Taught Template
   
3. Statement of nominee’s philosophy of teaching, explicitly outlining teaching goals, teaching strategies, and methods of bringing one's current research, scholarship, or creative activity into the teaching process. Statement should not exceed 1,500 words.  The nominee may wish to include some of the following information in the statement:

1. Innovative techniques developed to assess student learning and provide feedback.
2. A description of a created course or a revised curriculum.
3. Concrete examples of effective mentoring techniques.
4. Innovative teaching techniques shared with other teachers.
5. Description of efforts to teach effectively in different modalities (in person/online synchronous/online asynchronous).
6. Steps taken to extend the learning process beyond the classroom.
7. Creative ways teaching draws upon one’s research or public service.
8. Contributions to peer discussions of teaching and learning and/or class design through publications, presentations, web-based resources, etc.
9. Evidence of impact at the regional, state, or national level.

 The following materials may be submitted to support the nomination, but are not required: 

1. Peer evaluation report through the Peer Evaluation of Teaching (PET) Program run by the Faculty Senate Committee for Effective Teaching and coordinated through CAFE.
2. Up to three letters of support from colleagues, former students, or others able to offer insight into nominee’s effective teaching.  These letters must have been written within the last two years and may, with the writer’s permission, may be repurposed from a previous nomination packet for the campus Faculty Teaching Award.
3. Course syllabi from two different courses taught in the past five years