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MCC Daily Tribune

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching: Call for Nominations; Deadline is October 19

The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching is a recognition of, and tribute to, the expertise, dedication and commitment of these individuals. Award recipients personify professional excellence and serve as role models for the SUNY community. 

MCC may nominate up to 4 deserving adjunct faculty members for this prestigious award.

Nominations should be sent to Kristin Lowe at klowe5@monroecc.edu by Wednesday, October 19.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The primary criterion is skill in teaching.

Teaching Techniques and Representative Materials: There must be positive evidence that the candidate performs superbly in educational environments. The nominee must maintain instructional policies that adapt readily to student needs, interests and problems. Mastery of teaching techniques must be demonstrated and substantiated.

Candidate’s evaluations of students’ work must be strongly supported by evidence. When available, student evaluations (in the form of student questionnaires administered and compiled by persons other than the nominee) may provide a clear idea of the nominee’s effectiveness in teaching.  Additional consideration, as appropriate, may be given to:

  • Outstanding support for the intellectual growth of individual students;
  • Demonstrated use of relevant contemporary data from their discipline(s) in their teaching. Evidence may be scholarly and/or widely recognized experience in the field;
  • Number of students per course; and
  • Different teaching techniques employed.

Additional Eligible Criteria Specific to This Award: 

  • Nominees must be Adjunct faculty as generally defined by the specific SUNY institution. Individuals serving in a full-time professional or academic position at a SUNY institution are not eligible for this award;
  • Nominees must have taught, over the proceeding five years, a total of courses equivalent to one-half of a three-year full-time teaching load in the appropriate department;
  • Nominees may also serve in adjunct roles at other educational institutions; and
  • Nominees must be employed by the nominating campus at the time of the nomination. Retirees serving as Adjunct faculty are not eligible for nomination.

Nominations should be sent to Kristin Lowe at klowe5@monroecc.edu by Wednesday, October 19.

Kristin Lowe
Human Resources
09/20/2022