Entry Qualifications
Submission Materials Required
Resubmissions
Entry Fees & Payment

 (see also: Criteria)

 Entry Qualifications

• Nominations must be post-marked or entered online by Friday, April 16, 2010.
• Each campus may nominate up to three professors; please coordinate this effort with your institution.
• Self-nominations and nominations by students will not be accepted.
• Submission may be made online, by mail or a combination of both.
• Submit only one package of materials. Include entry form if entering entirely by mail. If entering online but mailing attachments, include candidate's tracking number from online entry.
• Do not bind or otherwise embellish entries or attachment.
• You must use a standard type size (10-12 point) on all of your materials.
• Entries MUST be paid for by the nomination deadline of Friday, April 16, 2010. If submitting your entry by mail, payment must be included in the packet. Nominations will not be processed if payment is not included.

Submission Materials Required

• Online entry or 2010 entry form (PDF) 
• One-page curriculum vitae (resume)
  Submit a concise summary of the professor's education, teaching experience, other teaching awards, publications, service and other significant contributions. You may summarize this information using a biographical format. Keep the focus on teaching. Include the names of publications, articles or books; summarize the rest. The judges will review ONLY the first page of a multiple-page vitae; condense the information to one page only.
  
• 2009-2010 academic year teaching log
  List the course titles, levels and a brief description of each course the professor is teaching. Professors are encouraged to give an overall picture of their teaching and pedagogical choices instead of simply providing catalog-type course descriptions. See winning examples.
  
• Candidate's personal statement
  Each candidate must write a personal statement describing a key contribution made as an undergraduate teacher. This statement should give a clear picture of the candidate's work with students and should be one-to-two pages only, typed and double-spaced. Examples of scholarly approaches to teaching and learning, meaning any process taken to investigate, evaluate and improve teaching and learning, can include:
  
  • Innovative techniques developed to assess student learning and to provide feedback
  • A created course or a revised curriculum
  • Examples of effective advising and mentoring techniques
  • Innovative teaching techniques shared with other teachers
  • Steps taken to extend the learning process beyond the classroom
  • Creative ways teaching draws upon one's research or public service
  • Contributions to peer discussions of teaching and learning and/or course design, through publication, presentations, Web sites, etc.
    
• Letters of support
  Attach six letters of support (one- to two-pages each) as follows:
  • Two letters from current or former undergraduate students
  • Two letters from campus colleagues (this includes letter from nominator)
  • Two letters from supporters on campus, in the community or in his or her profession

Letters should discuss the professor's success in and dedication to teaching, plus give specific examples of how the professor fulfills the program's criteria. Letters should be recent and relevant to the criteria. Letters of support may be addressed to the nominator or to the U.S. Professors of the Year Program Selection Committee.

If CASE receives more than six letters, the extras will be removed. Photos, videos, books and other materials also will be excluded.

Resubmissions

CASE stores entry materials from the year before with the exception of those listed below. If you are renominating someone this year, you will only need to submit the following:

• Entry form and payment. Be sure to check the “Resubmission from 2009” box.
• Current curriculum vitae or resume
• Teaching log for 2009-10 academic year

Submitting new supportive letters is optimal.

Entry Fees & Payment

$95—Mail-in, online and resubmission entries

• Payment may be made by credit card (MasterCard, VISA or American Express), check or purchase order.
• Please make checks payable to CASE Professors of the Year Program. CASE's Federal ID No. is 52-1012307.
• Each nomination MUST be accompanied by payment. Nominations will not be processed if payment is not included.

Mail your entry and payment to:

U.S. Professors of the Year Program
CASE
Attn. John Holtz, senior awards program coordinator
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-4701

For more information, contact professorsoftheyear@case.org.