{"id":109,"date":"2023-08-14T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:21:22","slug":"professional-achievement-awards-for-faculty-teaching-stream","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/internal-awards\/achievement-awards\/professional-achievement-awards-for-faculty-teaching-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Achievement Award for Faculty, Teaching Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Professional Achievement Award for Faculty, Teaching Stream\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#purpose\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Purpose\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#funding-options\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Funding Options\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        3.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#eligibility\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Eligibility\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        4.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#application-process\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Application Process\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        5.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#what-to-include-in-your-application\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        What to Include in Your Application&nbsp;\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        6.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#selection-process\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Selection Process\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        7.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#more-information\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        More Information\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        8.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#submission\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Submission\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"purpose\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purpose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This award recognizes outstanding performance by a Faculty Member, Teaching Stream, in meeting the responsibilities as defined in the Collective Agreement, and in the individual job descriptions referred to by the Collective Agreement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"funding-options\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Five $10,000 awards are available. Recipients can choose to accept this award:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">As a $5,000 bonus, less deductions required by law, and a $5,000 allocation to be used for professional expenses, or&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">As a $10,000 bonus, less deductions required by law.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"eligibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This award is available to all Faculty Members, Teaching Stream.&nbsp; Award recipients will be eligible to apply for the same award in the Fall term of the seventh year following the year in which the previous award was received. <strong>For example, if you received an award on May 1, 2018 or earlier, you will be eligible to apply for another Professional Achievement Award in the fall of 2025<\/strong>.<br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Employees shall only be eligible to receive both a Professional Achievement Award and a Teaching Award where the basis cited for each award is separate and distinct.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"application-process\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Candidates may be either nominated by a colleague or apply directly for an award. Whether by peer of self-nomination, the submission package should contain all evidence listed below.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Candidates must\u202fsubmit their <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/internal-awards\/achievement-awards\/professional-achievement-awards-for-faculty-teaching-stream\/application-form-for-faculty-teaching-stream\/\">application<\/a> online by <strong>December 20 at midnight<\/strong>. Applications cannot exceed <strong>10 pages<\/strong> (excluding the online application form). <strong>Please note that you are not required to have a project to apply for an award.<\/strong><\/span><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications from Faculty Members who are cross-appointed in two faculties (with more than 0% appointment) shall designate the faculty through which their application is adjudicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-to-include-in-your-application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Include in Your Application<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">A short paragraph describing your interests and\/or your project (as applicable), which will be used in promotional material if you receive the award (75-word limit).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evidence of Teaching Excellence\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Statement of teaching philosophy. (20 points)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Student ratings of teaching (if possible, three years of data in summary form in the context of comparisons with academic unit and faculty averages). (30 points)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brief summary of student comments from previous evaluations. (30 points)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:150}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Other evidence to support your application, which may include information about previous teaching awards, past teaching innovations, publications related to teaching, unsolicited student feedback, etc. You may include up to three letters of support. (20 points)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"selection-process\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selection Process<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recipients are selected by a committee composed of two CUASA appointees and two university appointees, including a representative from the Teaching and Learning Services, who acts as the Chair.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deans will be an information resource for the committee but will not participate in any other way in its deliberations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Recommendations will be made to the President and Vice-Chancellor by January 20. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Award funding will be transferred on May 1 of the following year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"more-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This award is governed by the\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Collective Agreement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fbetween Carleton University and CUASA, Article on Professional Achievement Awards.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you have any questions, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:teachingawards@cunet.carleton.ca\">teachingawards@cunet.carleton.ca<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"submission\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/teachingawards\/internal-awards\/achievement-awards\/professional-achievement-awards-for-faculty-teaching-stream\/application-form-for-faculty-teaching-stream\/\">SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose This award recognizes outstanding performance by a Faculty Member, Teaching Stream, in meeting the responsibilities as defined in the Collective Agreement, and in the individual job descriptions referred to by the Collective Agreement.&nbsp; Funding Options Five $10,000 awards are available. 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