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Dear Colleagues,

 

Please see information below about the 2014 OBTS New Educator Award (NEA) nomination process and criteria for selection. Nominations are officially open for the 2014 New Educator Award. Please carefully consider the criteria for this special award and nominate someone you know who fits the "letter and spirit" of what the NEA is all about!

 

Purpose of the Award: The purpose of the OBTS New Educator Award is to recognize a person who has shown early promise to make a difference in the field of management education.  They are the new voices who promise to bring new ways of thinking about and practicing management education.

 

Criteria for Selection: To be eligible, nominees are to be at an early stage of their teaching careers. This includes a recent Ph.D. (within the past 5 years) who takes a full time, tenure track position following completion of their degree, or a Ph.D. who spends several years in a non-academic position, has very limited or no adjunct teaching experience during that time, and then (within the past 5 years) takes a full time, tenure track position. The New Educator Award recognizes an early-career person who is an exceptional classroom instructor and educational innovator and who has shown cutting-edge promise and creativity in his or her teaching, conference presentations, or publishing in the area of management education. Nominees need not be current OBTS members but should demonstrate Society involvement in some way (e.g., past conference attendee or presenter, published author in the Journal of Management Education, committee volunteer, etc.)

 

Requirements: Official nomination of individual by oneself or others is required.  Once formally nominated, the initial application is to document commitment and contributions to teaching and learning.  Materials must be submitted electronically and should include:

 

1. a personal statement of teaching philosophy (2-5 pages);

2. an up-to-date CV;

3. several course syllabi that reflect teaching philosophy in action;

4. sample feedback materials (peer reviews, student evaluations, or other documentation) on teaching commitment and effectiveness;

5. examples of innovation in the classroom;

6. a list of activities demonstrating Society involvement (e.g., past conference attendee or presenter, published author in the Journal of Management Education, committee volunteer, etc.)

7. a writing sample, such as an article or chapter on aspects of pedagogy, is desirable but optional, as is involvement in other professional or service activities that focus on teaching.

 

Deadlines associated with the NEA: Electronically submitted nominations are due to Melissa J. Knott (mknott@wne.edu), Chair of the NEA Selection Committee by January 31, 2014, The nominee's application package is due (also to Melissa J. Knott, mknott@wne.edu) by February 7, 2014. The deadlines are set up such that the winner may have ample time to prepare to attend OBTC 2014 at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN from June 11-14, 2014 (www.obts.org). As Chair, I will be glad to discuss with anyone a potential nominee or answer any questions you may have about this award.

 

Reviewers on the Selection Committee for the OBTS New Educator Award seek to receive from the nominee a focused, succinct presentation of self-as-educator.  Reviewers do not seek volumes of material; rather, the file should speak to the candidate's merits and teaching strengths in a focused manner. Finalists may be requested to submit a more complete teaching portfolio as needed.

 

The Society: The OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators is the oldest international professional organization dedicated to teaching and learning excellence in the organizational and management sciences. Society members are faculty at universities and colleges throughout the world, as well as business educators and management consultants. Through our annual teaching conference, regional professional development activities, strategic alliances, and publications (including the peer-reviewed Journal of Management Education), OBTS continuously strives to be a premiere provider of critical resources that impact the quality and future of management education.

 

Best regards,

Melissa Knott

College of Business

Western New England University

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