Congratulations Master Teacher nominees!
Fifteen LLCC faculty members have been nominated for the 2008 Drs. Raymond and Ann Pearson Master Teacher Award. Congratulations to all.
Candidates are judged based on their commitment to teaching excellence, classroom effectiveness and professionalism with primary consideration given to a professor who has had a significant impact on LLCC students because of his/her commitment to students and learning.
Recipients receive a $5,000 award which can be used to purchase equipment or to enhance classroom teaching abilities. The 2008 Pearson Master Teacher will be named May 9.
Past Award Recipients
1998 - Dr. John Roberts, Professor of History
1999 - Denis Beveridge, Professor of Math
2000 - Mary Jean McHugh, Professor of French/Italian
2001 - Dr. Chris McDonald, Professor of Political Science
2002 - Dr. John Squibb, Professor of History
2003 - Don Ecklund, Professor of Sociology
2004 - Dave Sykes, Professor of Physics
2005 – Alicia Craigmiles, Professor of Reading
2006 – Jennifer Ramm, Professor of Chemistry
2007 - Dr. Claire Gordon, Professor of Speech
Master Teacher Selection Process
Students, alumni, department chairs, faculty members, retirees, colleagues and staff members are all eligible to place a name into nomination.
Any LLCC full-time faculty member can be nominated. After the nomination deadline, all nominees are notified by the Foundation office and asked to complete a nominee application.
A committee of LLCC students, Foundation board members, LLCC alumni, donors and community leaders will review the candidates’ applications, select five finalists to be interviewed and make the final selection. LLCC faculty and staff will not serve on the committee.
The award recipient is announced at the college’s annual faculty and staff recognition awards ceremony in May.
All purchases from the award are properties of the LLCC Foundation.
Guidelines
· Only current full-time Lincoln Land Community College faculty members are eligible for nomination.
· Students, alumni, faculty and staff, retirees and colleagues are eligible to submit a nomination.
· Faculty members may be nominated numerous times; however, a faculty member may receive the award one time only.
· All nominees will be judged on their proven positive impact on continuously improving and enhancing student learning at LLCC.
· The selection committee will include LLCC students, Foundation board members, community leaders and educators.
· Nomination forms will be available at the main campus in the Foundation, Student Life and on campus bulletin boards. In addition, forms will be available at regional education centers and via this web site.
· Although the selection committee will consider the quality of materials submitted, community involvement and experience, primary consideration will be given to a professor who has had a significant impact on LLCC students because of his/her commitment to students and learning.
· The nominee selected will receive a $5,000 award to be used to enhance teaching/learning. Equipment and other purchases become the property of the college.
· All materials submitted are the property of LLCC and may be used for promotional purposes.
Claire Gordon, Ph.D., is the 2007 Drs. Raymond and Ann Pearson Master Teacher Award recipient. Dr. Gordon received the award at the college's annual faculty and staff recognition ceremony May 11, 2007.
Other finalists for the award included Dave Cox, Professor of Biology, Leslie Dickson, Professor of Nursing, Don Jones, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, and Gerald Schaeffer, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology.
The Pearson Master Teacher Award was made possible through the generosity of Drs. Raymond and Ann Pearson, longtime Springfield physicians.
