OATE Outstanding College Supervisor Award

The Awards Committee of OATE would appreciate your nomination of an outstanding college/university supervisor.  OATE would like to recognize the extremely important role of a school-based teacher educator who has significantly contributed to the theoretical/practice knowledge base of pre-service teachers.  We want to recognize the vital support a supervisor provides between the schools and the field experience pre-service teachers.  The winning supervisor will be OATE’s guest for dinner and receive recognition at the spring meeting of OATE/OACTE.  In addition, the winner will receive a plaque and a free membership in OATE for the following academic year.

The nomination must be submitted by a current OATE member(s).  Nominations are limited to one from each institution.  Please make sure that your nomination packets are complete before submitting, since nominees can be disqualified due to incomplete materials.

NOMINATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE OUTSTANDING

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR

I. CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION

a. Has a continuous role (not limited to student teachers) in teacher education field supervision

b. Demonstrated effective modeling, coaching, and conferencing techniques

c. Has been identified by the education students, school personnel, and peers as “Outstanding”

II. NOMINATION PROCEDURES

a. Complete Cover Page

b. Letter of nomination by OATE Member

c. Resume of college/university supervisor

d. One Letter from candidate expressing supervisory experience/philosophy

e. One (1) additional support letter from any of the following:

Director of Field Experience, Dean or Chair, peers, etc.

Education Student(s), Cooperating teachers/Classroom teachers

Building Principal and/or District Administrator, Other

The Awards Committee thanks you for your nomination.  Questions?  Please contact Lindsay Vance at LVance@lourdes.edu.

Please submit all nomination materials to Lindsay Vance at LVance@lourdes.edu.  Please label file name(s) by nominee’s name and category. The deadline is June 16, 2023.