Kimble First-Year Teaching Award

The Kimble First-Year Teaching Award, named in honor of professor emeritus Dan Kimble, is jointly sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Division of Graduate Studies, and the Division of Undergraduate Education and Student Success, and administered by the Teaching Engagement Program. The award recognizes outstanding teaching by graduate student instructors who have demonstrated a commitment to inclusive, engaged, and research-led practice. The annual prizes typically are awarded to one first-time lab or discussion section leader and to one first-time sole instructor.

Eligibility

All UO Graduate Employees who are teaching for the first time at a post-secondary institution, either as first-time section or lab leaders or first-time sole instructors or co-instructors, during the 2023-24 academic year are eligible to apply.

Award
$500
Scopes
Division of Graduate Studies
Deadline
06/30/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. To be eligible for this opportunity you must attend a TEP teacher training (Leading Discussion Sections or Leading Labs or Teaching as a Sole Instructor) or at least two TEP workshops or a department-based or other comparable UO teacher training for instruction in higher education. Do you meet this requirement?
  2. If you are eligible but did not attend training through TEP, please submit a description of the teacher training you attended, including the number of hours and curriculum for the training.
  3. Submit results of the Midway Student Experience Survey (MSES) and the End-of-term Student Experience Survey (ESES) for one course (or section or lab) taught during the 2022-23 academic year.
  4. Submit a short reflective commentary no longer than one page on how you used the MSES to make any adjustments in teaching practice
  5. Submit a statement of teaching philosophy (2 pages max.)