Nomination Details

The Innovative Teaching Showcase spotlights WWU instructors' best practices in teaching and learning. For more information about the Showcase, see About or the Showcase home page.

Each year, the Faculty Advisory Board strives to showcase faculty from diverse disciplines who:

• Exemplify this year's theme;
• Apply an innovative and robust approach to this year's theme;
• Share practices that are somewhat generalizable to other kinds of classes or disciplines; and
• Employ student-centered strategies for engaged, motivated, and equitable learning experiences.

Who can nominate and what is involved?

• Nominate a Professor
  • Anyone in the University community can nominate a current faculty member who they think is a great fit for the Showcase theme.
  • The CII will reach out to nominees to ensure they wish to participate, have the time to contribute to the process, and ask if they would prefer a feature or a profile. If interested, they will have the opportunity to provide a fuller picture of their innovation and include relevant syllabi.
• Self-Nominate to Be Featured
  • Any current faculty member is eligible.
  • To be considered, instructors can submit their own teaching strategy/strategies and how they relate to the Showcase theme, including the following by the due date:
    • A complete description (300-500 words) of your innovative approach and how it relates to the Showcase theme.
    • A relevant syllabus
  • If selected, the instructor would have the opportunity to expand on their approach in further detail and refine/add to their materials. Selected "Showcasees" will:
  • Write a detailed "Portfolio" of what it is they do and how they do it;
  • Share syllabi and other documents that would help others emulate the strategies;
  • Share a photo for use on the site; and
  • Participate in an audio-only recorded interview (like a podcast).
  • All those who self-nominate to be featured but are not selected will be considered for a Profile.
• Contribute a Profile
  • Instructors can alternatively submit a shorter contribution to be included in the Profiles section of the Showcase.
  • Profiles must be short (approx. 150-300 words) but can include a link to additional materials.
  • A photo will be requested for use on the site.
  • Contributions that support the theme will appear in the Profiles section of the Innovative Teaching Showcase.

In addition, note the following:

• Previously featured instructors may be considered for repeat inclusion if the instructional methods being highlighted are clearly not related to those that were previously featured.
• Those candidates who are not selected for the current year's showcase can be considered for future showcases.
• Featured instructors may be tenure track or non-tenure track/adjunct.

Commitment

The CII director meets with the selected instructors to discuss an approach for featuring the innovation via both recorded interview and written documentation, and to arrange for additional artifacts and example work. The instructor is responsible for writing the "portfolio" component of the Showcase, and contributing relevant supporting documents. In addition, a conversational audio-only interview will be arranged to capture the bigger picture of the innovation. Note that past Showcases involved a video interview.

Once the write-up, supporting documents, and interview are complete, the CII team works to edit, finesse, and feature the work in the new issue of the Innovative Teaching Showcase.