The Provost’s Teaching Awards are at the core of the University of Miami’s commitment to supporting and recognizing exemplary teaching. Complementing the Faculty Senate Teaching Award, which honors a distinguished record of teaching, the Provost’s Teaching Awards recognize outstanding faculty teaching within an academic year.
This year's teaching award categories recognize faculty who have (1) provided outstanding mentoring to students, (2) collaborated across departments to provide innovative teaching experiences, (3) demonstrated commitment to student learning outside of the traditional classroom, (4) employed discussion-based teaching methods that enrich the learning experience and prepare students for addressing complex challenges or, (5) resolved a pedagogical challenge using an innovative approach.
There will be one award for each category. All full-time faculty are eligible for these awards, which will come with a celebration and each individual award comes with $1,000 for purchases supporting the awardees’ work. The collaborative teaching award includes $3,000 which the team can use to support research, equipment, professional development, or the further development of their course. For more information, please visit here.
Luis Glaser Mentorship Award
The Luis Glaser Mentorship Award will recognize a member of the faculty who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to mentoring students. Exceptional mentoring can include offering advice, feedback, guidance, or coaching; providing professional opportunities for mentees; or assisting in the development of life skills.
Collaborative Teaching Award
The Collaborative Teaching Award will recognize a team of faculty from different departments who are collaborating to provide unique courses and learning experiences that transcend individual disciplines. Such experiences provide students with multiple perspectives and ways of thinking that can lead to deep understanding, creative problem-solving, and innovation.
Excellence in Experiential Teaching Award
The Excellence in Experiential Teaching Award will recognize a member of the faculty who demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the student learning process, integrating excellent teaching with opportunities for experiential learning through curricular and co-curricular activities and actively promoting and guiding learning outside of the classroom. Nominees should excel at developing students’ “practical intelligence.”
Discussion-Based Learning Award
The Discussion-Based Learning Award will recognize a member of the faculty who has created engaging educational experiences that leverage dialogue and discussion-based techniques, such as the Harkness Method, Flipped Learning, and Problem-Based Learning. These methods enrich the learning experience and prepare students to address complex problems through dialogue and collaboration.
Innovation in Teaching Award
The Innovation in Teaching Award will recognize a member of the faculty who has overcome a difficult course-related problem with a novel and enduring approach (novel meaning that it is new to the University of Miami or new to a discipline). The innovation may be made through technology or involve adopting a new teaching format, a novel engagement with content, the creation of new learning activities, or engagement with external entities. There should be evidence that the innovation made a demonstrable difference in learning outcomes.
