Teacher of the Year Application
The Xavier University Teacher of the Year Award will be given in two categories:
- Tenured faculty
- Senior teaching professors
Awardees will be recognized at Commencement. One of the awardees will be invited to speak at Honors Celebration.
Nominations for the award have been solicited from the entire campus community: students, faculty, and staff.
Nominees are invited to submit a reflection on how they meet the criteria of the award, the five principles of Ignatian Pedagogy (see below). Applications will also include a letter of support from the nominee’s department chair or program director.
Nominees: please complete the form below. Applications are due Thursday, February 15th.
Ignatian Pedagogy
The five principles of Ignatian Pedagogy* are:
- Context: Instructors value the relevance of contemporary circumstances, including socio-geo-political context, for students’ learning.
- Experience: Instructors invite students’ lived experience, their diverse backgrounds and prior learning, in order to engage students’ whole selves in transformative education.
- Action: Instructors encourage students to apply their learning to meaningful action that benefits their communities and society.
- Reflection: Instructors intentionally reflect on their teaching practices and provide opportunities for students to develop reflection and discernment skills that deepen their learning.
- Evaluation: Instructors work toward magis by being attentive to feedback and engage in opportunities for professional development to enhance their teaching.
*Adapted from What is Ignatian Pedagogy, Loyola University Chicago