Overview of the Regulations Governing the Selection and Awarding of Outstanding Instructors
1) Introduction
The purpose of these regulations is to encourage full-time faculty members with outstanding teaching performance and to recognize their efforts and contributions in teaching. The awards shall be divided into two categories: Distinguished Teaching Award and Outstanding Teaching Award. Recipients shall be presented with a certificate of achievement as well as monetary awards and shall be commended publicly. The monetary awards shall be calculated as a set number of points multiplied by the monetary equivalent of each point, with 100 points awarded for a Distinguished Teaching Award and 20 points for an Outstanding Teaching Award. The monetary equivalent of each point shall be approved by NTU President each year.
2) Eligibility
Current full-time (including jointly appointed) and project-appointed instructors having served for over 2 years at NTU who are not in any of the situations set forth in Article 6 herein may be candidates. However, A Distinguished Teaching Award shall be granted for a period of five years. Recipients shall not be recommended again for another five years. In addition, those who have received the Distinguished Teaching Award three times or more, and who have received the aforementioned award twice during their tenure as a professor shall be deemed a lifetime Distinguished Instructor and shall no longer be recommended for the award.
3) Quotas
In principle, Distinguished Teaching Awards will be presented to 1% of the University’s full-time and project-appointed faculty members, and Outstanding Teaching Awards will be awarded to 9% of the University’s full-time and project-appointed faculty members. NTU shall determine the proportion of the awards allocated to each college based on their number of full-time and project-appointed faculty members.
To encourage NTU faculty members to participate in general core courses and liberal education courses (“general common courses”), courses that are provided to students in other colleges (“service-based courses”), and courses conducted in English, additional awards will be allocated in proportion to the number of full-time and project-appointed instructors in the courses mentioned above (or the number of chief instructors for co-taught courses) as listed below:
1. Distinguished Teaching Awards will be presented to 0.5% of the instructors offering said courses in principle.
2. Outstanding Teaching Awards shall be presented to 4.5% of the instructors offering said courses in principle.
4) Selection Process
The selection is based on Student Survey, the results of the end-of-semester Course Survey from the two most recent semesters prior to selection, and the instructor’s cumulative teaching achievements and related materials. Candidates are first reviewed by departments, graduate institutes, or degree programs, followed by secondary review by colleges and the Center for General Education, before final nomination to the University.
Regulation / NTU Regulations Governing the Selection and Awarding of Outstanding Instructors
Department / Curriculum Division, Office of Academic Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-2388 #304
Website / https://www.aca.ntu.edu.tw/w/acaEN/CDServices_23101916045448268
Overview of the Regulations Governing the Selection and Awarding of Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Members
1) Introduction
The purpose of these regulations is to encourage part-time faculty members with outstanding teaching performance and to recognize their efforts and contributions in teaching. The awards shall be divided into two categories: the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award. Recipients will be presented with a certificate of achievement and a plaque and shall be commended publicly.
2) Eligibility
Current part-time faculty members at NTU who have offered courses for three or more semesters over the past 3 years and who do not meet the criteria for exclusion from being recommended as outstanding teaching faculty members, as specified in Article 5, may be eligible as candidates for outstanding teaching faculty members.
However, as the Distinguished Teaching Award is granted once every five years, and recipients are not eligible to be recommended again within five years from the academic year they received the award.
In addition, those who have received the Distinguished Teaching Award three times or more, including two times during their tenure as adjunct professors, shall be recognized as lifetime recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award and will no longer be eligible for a recommendation.
3) Quotas
In principle, Distinguished Teaching Awards shall be presented to 0.5% of the University’s eligible part-time faculty members, and Outstanding Teaching Awards shall be presented to 4.5% of eligible part-time faculty members.
4) Selection Process
The selection is based on end-of-semester Course Survey from the past three years, as well as the instructor’s cumulative teaching achievements and related materials. Candidates are first reviewed by departments, graduate institutes, or degree programs, followed by secondary review by colleges and the Center for General Education, before final nomination to the University.
Regulation / NTU Regulations Governing the Selection and Awarding of Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Member
Department / Curriculum Division, Office of Academic Affairs
Contact / (02) 3366-2388 #304
Website / https://www.aca.ntu.edu.tw/w/acaEN/CDServices_23101916045448268