Education Day 2021 Innovation in Education Awards

Innovation in Education Award Guidelines

Read the accompanying guidelines carefully, then submit/edit your nomination.

Abstracts must be submitted no later than Friday, June 11, 2021.

USU and its academic health system partners have many, many highly accomplished educators. The Faculty Senate Education Committee will look beyond the basic qualities of a good educator, to recognize those teachers who have a great impact on the education of our students through the use of innovative materials and/or methods. Abstract submissions may be designated for either a Pre-clinical or Clinical teaching category.

The winners whose abstract is found to be the most innovative by the Education Day planning committee in each category will make a 20 minute presentation of their Innovative Teaching Method Abstract to all Education Day participants.

Please Note: These are not lifetime achievement awards for outstanding teaching; instead, these awards are meant to honor USU and their academic health system educators for their development of innovative teaching method(s) or their innovative use of existing teaching method(s).

Requirements and Procedures

1. Any USU faculty member in our academic health system may submit a brief abstract of approximately 500 words (1000 words maximum) for consideration as an Innovation in Education Award. Members of the Senate Education Committee are eligible to submit an abstract but will then be recused from the selection process.

2. We recommend that you use plain text on the submission form.

3. To be considered for an opportunity to compete for an Innovation in Education Award, your abstract must be submitted no later than Friday, June 11, 2021.

4. As you write your abstract , please keep in mind that the selection committee will be evaluating your abstract with these criteria in mind:

• What is the General Quality of this project?

• What is the Impact on Student Learning for this project?

• What is the Impact on the Educational Program for this project?

• What is the Level of Innovation of this project?

Download more detailed criteria in PDF format.

5. This year the aforementioned criteria for evaluation, the Faculty Senate Education committee will narrow the submission pool to single finalist both a Pre-clinical and Clinical category. The winners will make a 20 minute presentation of their abstract at Education Day 2021. The winners will receive an educational grant award.

Submit/Edit Your Nomination