Faculty Teaching Awards:Newbrey & Wescott Scholars
Premise
The training of future veterinarians is one of the primary missions of
the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. In order to more effectively promote
veterinary student teaching, the college needs to do a better job of
recognizing faculty that pursue and achieve excellence in this area. The
current system by which a few outstanding teachers are recognized each year
does not do justice to the many others who also excel.
Proposal
The associate Dean of Academic Affairs working in conjunction with the
Curriculum Committee shall designate on an annual basis a group of Newbrey
and Wescott Teaching Scholars who have demonstrated excellence in
pre-clinical (years 1-3) and clinical (year 4) teaching, respectfully. This
designation shall carry no direct monetary award but will be used by the
college to recognize faculty achievement in teaching. The scholars will be
designated according to the following criteria:
Jerry Newbrey Teaching Scholars
- The designation of “Newbrey Teaching Scholar” is awarded to
faculty for excellence in teaching during the first 3 years of the
veterinary curriculum
- It is awarded to faculty who, according to the CVM’s
standardized student evaluations, score in the top 20 percentile of
the college on the query “Rate the Instructor.”
- For consideration as a Newbrey Teaching Scholar, a faculty
member must:
{a} teach at least 10% of a course in the core curriculum, (or have
at least 6 contact hours), and
{b} receive standardized evaluations from at least 50% of the
veterinary students enrolled in the course.
- The Newbrey Scholars are recognized each spring for achievement
in the previous calendar year. It is the duty of the Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs working with the Curriculum Committee to
identify and approve the Newbrey Scholars.
{a} To identify the Newbrey Teaching Scholars, the evaluations for
each calendar
year should be arranged to identify instructors who meet the
criteria
outlined in part [3] and who are evaluated among the top 20
percentile.
{b} Instructors who are ranked among the top 20 percentile in
multiple courses
will only be recognized once. However, the number of instructors
recognized will not be extended beyond the top 20 percentile even
when
the instructors who are ranked multiple times are eliminated from
the
analysis.
Richard Wescott Clinical Teaching Scholars
- The designation of “Wescott Clinical Teaching Scholar” is awarded to
faculty for excellence in teaching during the final (fourth) year of the
veterinary curriculum.
- Wescott Scholars are elected by a poll of the graduating senior
students each spring just before graduation.
The poll will be conducted by the Office of Student Services under the
direction
of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs as follows:
{a} Each graduating senior will be given a ballot which they are
required to
complete and submit to the Office of Student Services.
{b} The ballot will contain a list of all faculty teaching in the senior
year which is
divided into 3 categories: (Small Animal medicine and surgery, Large
Animal
medicine and surgery, and Diagnostics/Services. The latter group should
include faculty teaching seniors in Radiology, Clinical Pathology,
Anesthesiology, the Field Disease Investigation Unit, Pathology,
Toxicology
and Diagnostic Parasitology, Bacteriology and Virology/Serology).
{c} Prior to distribution of the ballot, it should be reviewed and
approved by all
department chairs to ensure that no faculty have been omitted. All
faculty on
the ballot must be tenure track or instructor level.
{d} Seniors are instructed to vote for FIVE faculty members, including
at least
one in each of the three categories. The remaining two votes can come
from
any category (so there could be as many as 3 selected in one category.
- The Office of Student Services will tabulate the votes. The top SIX
vote getters, including the top vote getter in each category will be
designated “Wescott Clinical Teaching Scholars” for the academic year
ending with graduation.
Submitted November 1, 1994 Amended December 7, 1994
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Last Edited: Jun 05, 2008 7:44 AM
