Teaching and Learning Center

Master Teacher Award

Del Mar College awards one faculty member each year as a Master Teacher. Full-time faculty are nominated for his/her dedication to the teaching profession and for outstanding academic, scientific and scholarly achievement. He/she will be entered into a competition in which the Faculty POD grant committee will select one faculty member to attend the Teaching Professor Conference May 21-23, 2010 in Cambridge, MA.  

The 7th Annual Teaching Professor Conference is an event that will inform and inspire college teachers. The event brings teachers together to learn from each other and exchange teaching innovations and solutions to teaching problems. The pre-conference programs, concurrent workshops, and plenary sessions tackle many classroom challenges.  

This letter of nomination from a College staff member for a Del Mar College faculty member must be delivered to the Director of the TLC by

Friday, February 26, 2010, 12:00 p.m.

ELIGIBILITY

Full-time Del Mar College teaching faculty members.

SELECTION PROCESS

Once faculty members are notified of their nominations, the TLC Director will work with the nominees to supply a nomination packet including:

• the original letter of nomination
• current curriculum vitae
• narrative explanation of why he/she/you are a great teacher, what you hope to gain from the conference, and how you will share this with your colleagues
• letter of support from a DMC student or colleague

This nomination packet must be submitted to the Director of the TLC by:

Friday, March 26, 2010, at 12:00 p.m.

The POD Faculty Grant Committee will review all nomination packets and recommend an awardee to represent Del Mar College. The Vice President of Instruction will notify the successful nominee.

The successful nominee will be required to complete travel forms and make arrangements for travel to the conference paid in full by the Faculty Grant account.