Call for Nominations
For the 2010 MAA JAMES P. CRAWFORD Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section Award For Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
Nominations for the 2010 James P. Crawford Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics are now being accepted. The EPADEL Section Selection Committee will determine the recipient of the award from those nominated. The awardee will also be the official Section nominee for the MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.
Anyone may make a nomination, but nominations from chairs or MAA liaisons in departments of mathematical sciences are especially solicited. For this reason, this call for nominations is sent to both department chairs and MAA liaisons so that the responsibility for nominations can be shared between them.
No matter who you are, we urge you to submit a nomination for the Crawford Award if you have someone eligible and qualified in your department. The first stage of the nomination process is a simple one page form. Self-nomination is not permitted.
Eligibility
Eligibility requirements are based on national criteria. The award is open to College or university teachers who:
- currently teach a mathematical science at least halftime during the academic year in a public or private college or university (from two-year college teaching through teaching at the Ph.D. level) in the United States or Canada. Those on approved leave (sabbatical or other) during the academic year in which they are nominated qualify if they fulfilled the requirements in the previous year.
- have more than 7 years experience in teaching mathematical sciences.
- are currently members in the Mathematical Association of America.
Guidelines for Nomination
Nominees should
- Be widely recognized as extraordinarily successful in their teaching*
- Have teaching effectiveness that can be documented
- Have had influence in their teaching beyond their own institution**
- Foster curiosity and generate excitement about mathematics in their students.
* "teaching" is to be interpreted in its broadest sense, not necessarily limited to classroom teaching. It may include activities such as preparing students for mathematical competitions at the college level such as the Putnam Prize Competition or the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, attracting students to become majors in a mathematical science or to become Ph.D. candidates, working with pre-service or inservice teachers, etc.
** "influence beyond..." can take many forms, including demonstrated lasting impact on alumni, influence on the profession through curricular revisions in college mathematics teaching with wide-ranging impact, influential publications or innovative books concerned with the teaching of college mathematics, etc.
Procedure for Nomination
Nominations must be submitted using the enclosed Cover Sheet. Please complete the one page form and send six copies of each nomination to the EPADEL Section Secretary
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Kate McGivney
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Department of Mathematics
Shippensburg, PA 17257-9749
(717) 477-1490
kgmcgi@ship.edu
The Selection Committee will screen the nominations, and around January 1 will invite some of the nominators to submit full nomination packets. The full packets should be completed with the help of the nominee's department chair.
The award winner will be announced at the spring EPaDel meeting.