Eligibility

All candidates for this award must be nominated.

The Distinguished Faculty Awards respect the diversity of roles and responsibilities undertaken by faculty at Mount Royal and the unique contexts and settings in which faculty are situated. Candidates are reviewed on the overall quality of their applications in relation to the award criteria. The awards are available in two categories:

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award

All full-time tenured faculty on the TS or TSS work pattern with at least five years of full-time service with Mount Royal are eligible for the Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award.

Previous recipients of a Distinguished Faculty Award in the previous full-time credit award category are not eligible to receive another Distinguished Faculty Award.

A faculty member can apply for and be granted more than one award in an academic year. A faculty member may only be granted one Faculty Excellence Award in each category in a lifetime.

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award

All senior lecturers with permanency, lab instructors with permanency, and contract faculty who have taught at Mount Royal in a credit area for at least eight semesters (consecutive or nonconsecutive) are eligible for the Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award.

Previous recipients of a Distinguished Faculty Award in the previous contract faculty credit award category are not eligible to receive another Distinguished Faculty Award.

A faculty member can apply for and be granted more than one award in an academic year. A faculty member may only be granted one Faculty Excellence Award in each category in a lifetime.

Criteria

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award

Nominees for the Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award are assessed on the following criteria:

• Excellence in scholarly teaching
• Leadership in service
• Significant accomplishments in scholarship

Excellence in scholarly teaching

• Teaches in alignment with principles of effective practice in undergraduate education
• Holds high expectations for student learning
• Aligns intended outcomes, teaching practices and assessment methods
• Innovates and experiments in teaching with a view to enhancing student learning
• Engages in reflective practice
• Commits to continuous improvement in teaching
• Engages in teaching informed by scholarship
• Supports/mentors colleagues relative to teaching
• Influences or has an impact on teaching beyond the academic unit
  
  

Leadership in service

• Demonstrates substantial participation and contribution in service
• Contributes to the support or advancement of organizational goals and priorities (internal or external)
• Demonstrates leadership in service, beyond membership and participation
• Provides evidence of influence and/or impact and making a positive difference
  
  

Significant accomplishments in scholarship

• Sustains scholarly activity
• Holds a pattern of consistent dissemination of research outcomes in peer-reviewed fora/venues
• Has an impact on scholarly work in one's field
• Demonstrates the integration of scholarship and teaching
• Mentors/supports colleagues relative to scholarship
  
  

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award

Nominees for the Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award are assessed on the following criteria:

Excellence in scholarly teaching

• Teaches in alignment with principles of effective practice in undergraduate education
• Holds high expectations for student learning
• Aligns intended outcomes, teaching practices and assessment methods
• Innovates and experiments in teaching with a view to enhancing student learning
• Engages in reflective practice
• Commits to continuous improvement in teaching
• Engages in teaching informed by scholarship

Nomination

Eligibility to nominate

Nominations can be submitted by any student, employee or alumni of Mount Royal University, excluding any members of a Faculty Excellence Awards adjudication committee in the current adjudication year.

Self-nominations are not accepted.

Requirements

• All nominations must be seconded by a full-time or contract faculty member who is not a member of a Faculty Excellence Awards adjudication committee.
• Nominations should be accompanied by a statement that includes the reasons for the nomination (maximum 500 words). Specific reference should be made, where possible, to the nominee's qualifications relative to the criteria.
• Nominations should be submitted to the Office of the Provost and must be completed using the nomination form provided on this webpage during the nomination period.
• An mtroyal.ca email address is required to complete a nomination form. Anonymous emails or testimonials will not be accepted.

Application

Application process

1. All candidates for this award must be nominated.
2. The selection committee receives and reviews all nominations to confirm eligibility.
3. Eligible nominees are invited to apply for the award. They are supplied with detailed application instructions.
4. Applicants have approximately three to four weeks to submit their applications.
5. The selection committee reviews the applications and selects the award recipients.
6. All applicants receive a decision letter from the selection committee.
7. Award recipients are expected to be announced by mid-April.

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching, Service and Scholarship Award

Detailed instructions, an application form (via Google Forms) and a dossier template (via Google Docs) will be provided to nominees who are invited to apply. All application materials must be submitted in PDF format.

The application package includes:

Dossier document (maximum 20 pages):

• Introduction (cover letter)
• Statements outlining excellence in scholarly teaching
  • Teaching philosophy
  • Innovative teaching methods
  • Reflective practice
  • Integration of scholarship in teaching
  • Mentoring and impact
• Statements outlining leadership in service
  • Service activities
  • Leadership contributions
  • Influence and impact
• Statements outlining significant accomplishments in scholarship
  • Scholarly productivity
  • Impact in your field
  • Mentoring in scholarship
• Summary of three (3) to five (5) SPoT evaluations from the past three years
  
  

Additional documents:

• Current Curriculum Vitae (any CV format is accepted – an MRU CV is not required)
• Up to three (3) signed letters of support
• Up to five (5) other supporting documents, if necessary (e.g., course outlines, chair and peer evaluations etc.)
  
  

Excellence in Scholarly Teaching Award

Detailed instructions, an application form (via Google Forms) and a dossier template (via Google Docs) will be provided to nominees who are invited to apply. All application materials must be submitted in PDF format.

The application package includes:

Dossier document (maximum 15 pages):

• Introduction (cover letter)
• Statements outlining excellence in scholarly teaching
  • Teaching philosophy
  • Innovative teaching methods
  • Examples of peer recognition
  • Examples of student impact
    
• Summary of three SPoT evaluations from the past three years
  
  

Additional documents:

• Current Curriculum Vitae (any CV format is accepted – an MRU CV is not required)
• Up to three (3) signed letters of support
• Up to five (5) other supporting documents, if necessary (e.g., course outlines, chair and peer evaluations etc.)