Apply for the status of an excellent teaching practitioner

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Information, application criteria and attachments for those who wish to apply for status as an excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

Norwegian version: Søke om status som merittert underviser

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It is possible to apply for status as an excellent teaching practitioner from March 2023. Submission application

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Who can apply for status as an excellent teaching practitioner?

Employees who meet the formal requirements can apply for the status of an excellent teaching practitioner.

Permanent academic staff in all job categories with teaching duties can apply, except for PhD students, postdocs and residents (spesialistkandidater).
At least 5 years’ experience of teaching in higher education.
Applicants must document educational competence at a level that is significantly higher than expected basic competence (s.t. requirement for 200 hours of university pedagogical education).

Applicants who do not meet formal requirements will be rejected without further peer review.

Main criteria for evaluating applications

Four main criteria provide the basis for evaluating applications for award of the status of an excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

1. Focus on student learning

This implies that the applicant

has worked systematically over time to develop teaching that improves students’ learning outcomes from the perspective of both the course and the programme, and the applicant reflects on this development
works systematically with and applies feedback from students and colleagues to develop teaching and the learning environment in courses and study programmes

2. Professional development as a teaching practitioner

This implies that the applicant

has tested and developed teaching methods and forms of assessment, and applies systematic and continuous development of quality to reflect on content and learning in their own teaching
can refer to specific plans for development work and further development of their own teaching qualifications and practice

3. An enquiry-based approach to teaching

This implies that the applicant

gives reasons for the association between learning outcome descriptions and the choice of teaching methods and forms of assessment from the perspective of both the course and the study programme
reflects on their own teaching activities, from planning and testing, to analysis of students’ learning, with support in relevant research and theory about teaching, learning and assessment.

4. A collegial attitude and practice

This implies that the applicant

has worked together over time and regularly with students, colleagues, management and others on pedagogical development to improve the quality of studies in courses and study programmes.
has taken the initiative to share their experience and develop knowledge within and across the academic environment.

Supplementary information can be found in the application guide (PDF)

Application

The application must show a coordinated presentation of your own competence and development as an educator, focusing on development work and leadership of education. In a reflection note, you provide reasons explaining how your work in teaching, learning and education qualifies you for the status of an excellent teaching practitioner.

In the application, you reflect on the criteria for pedagogical merit and present arguments to support your fulfilment of the criteria. Applicants should read the application guide for supplementary information.

Formal requirements for applications

Read the application guide for supplementary information about formal requirements for applications.

Applications that do not meet formal requirements will be rejected without further peer review.

Attachments

Mandatory attachments: The application must have 2 mandatory attachments. For the mandatory attachments, templates are available for the applicant to use.

Pedagogical CV:

CVs must include education and educational competence, teaching experience, development projects and educational cooperation, sharing of experience and possibly educational leadership. Maximum 4 pages.

Download template for Pedagogical CV (DOCKX) | PDF-version

Letter of support from the Head of Department:

The letter of support from the head of department shall contain a concrete and binding plan for how the department will use the merited teacher's competence.

Download the template for Letter of support from the Head of the Department (DOCKX) | PDF-version

Other appendices

The attachments must contain documentation suitable for the peer review. This means that if you plan to include student evaluations as an attachment, it is more relevant to include attachments that also describe your reflections after examples of feedback from students. Your reflections may be related to any measures that were implemented to address the feedback and the results that they led to in the next evaluation. It is important to highlight and explain how the content of the attachments is relevant to the application and is worthy of merit.