Full-time junior faculty members (tenure track and non-tenure track) are eligible for this award. Junior faculty members are full-time probationary faculty members serving in the following capacities: pre-tenure tenure-track Faculty, and Lecturers in their first six years of service. (Those whose tenure officially begins September 1 of the current year are not eligible.)

As an institution dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, Rowan University will honor one junior faculty who demonstrates innovative and meaningful teaching that promotes student learning.

The criteria for selection include:

• Innovative teaching methodologies, practices or approaches (content delivery, student involvement, pedagogical approaches, etc.)
• Demonstrated understanding of the impact this teaching has on students. That is, provide evidence of impact the innovative teaching has on students

“Innovative teaching” may involve a particular unit, procedure, course design, use of technology, etc.

Applicants are required to submit an application form with a description (no more than 1500 words) of the innovative teaching practice that:

• Discusses context for the teaching methodology and its implementation
• Explains how and why this technique is innovative
• Analyzes its impact on students

Limited supplemental documents (classroom materials, appropriate student comments that support the innovation, scholarly works you've written about this innovation, etc.) may also be included beyond the 1500-word limit.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

For more information or with additional questions, please contact Brent Elder (elderb@rowan.edu) or Joe Higgins (higgins@rowan.edu).