iTeach Awards

Overview

Nevada State College’s core values are designed to create an institutional culture that empowers faculty, staff and students to pursue initiatives that impact all (teaching and non-teaching) areas of the institution. The Faculty/Staff Appreciation Awards will be based upon our six "iTeach" core values: innovation, Teaching excellence, assessment, customer service and heritage. For each core value, one award will be given to that faculty or staff member who, over the course of the past 12 months, has demonstrated, to an extraordinary degree, professional commitment and excellence pursuant to that value. Two awards will be given for the core value of Teaching Excellence. Each of the six iTeach awards consists of a monetary stipend and an appropriate memento. In addition to the individual awards, an iTeach team trophy will be presented to the unit (office, department, program, etc.) that best demonstrates their commitment to the College's core values. Units will vie for this trophy on an annual basis. Awards will be presented at the Faculty Appreciation Event.

Eligibility

All regular payroll (full-time or half-time) employees are eligible for the awards. Academic faculty, administrative faculty and classified staff are eligible for the individual awards of innovation, economic development, assessment, customer service and heritage. Only academic faculties are eligible for the Teaching excellence awards. Please note that Deans and Vice Presidents are not eligible to receive individual awards.

Recommending Committee

A committee of the previous year's winners will receive the nominations and recommend awardees to the President.

Nominations

Nominations for the individual iTeach awards should be submitted by email by the designated due date. Nominations should include the nominee's name, the accompanying core value, and rationale supporting the nomination. Please limit individual nominations to 300 words. Individual members of the college community may submit up to six nominations, one nomination for each core value. Individual members of the college community may not, however, nominate one person for multiple awards. For example, Professor Johnson may nominate Rick Smith for the Innovation Award and Peter Davis for the Customer Service Award. He may not, however, nominate Rick Smith for the Innovation Award and the Customer Service Award.

To be considered for the iTeach team trophy, units should submit a one-page statement of qualifications (not to exceed 600 words) to the Committee by the deadline.