The Academy of Distinguished Teachers and the UCR Office of Undergraduate Education are soliciting nominations for the 2023 Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching (JET) Award. The JET award recognizes superior teaching at the Assistant Professor level. All ladder-rank Senate faculty members who are pre-tenure at the time of nomination are eligible (this includes Assistant Professors of Teaching/Lecturers with Potential for Security of Employment).

The JET award honors junior faculty members whose early career record demonstrates the commitment and determination of an outstanding teacher while pursuing research excellence. Hallmarks of the successful nominees are vibrancy, passion, and devotion to the teaching mission, as well as the efficacy of results.

Winners will receive the title UC Riverside Junior Faculty Distinguished Teaching Professor, in addition to a one-time monetary award of $1,000. The Awardee(s) will be honored at a campus-wide Symposium on Teaching Excellence and Innovation, followed by a Celebration of Teaching reception, in the Spring of 2023. The awardee will be selected by members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. The deadline for receipt of application materials is March 31, 2023, and awardees will be announced in the Spring 2023 quarter.

Instructions for assembly and submission of the nomination:

1. One faculty member (or Department Chair), serving as the lead nominator, should assemble all documents into a single PDF file. The file is to be forwarded to the UCR Academy of Distinguished Teachers, c/o Bree Lang by March 31, 2023.
2. The subject line of an electronic submission should read, for example: "Nomination of Dr. (name) for the 2023 JET Award."
3. Nominations should include the following in a single PDF file in this specific order:
   1. A nomination letter from a faculty member who is taking the lead in assembling the nomination package. Self-nominations will also be considered and should be used as the nomination letter itself.
   2. A Department Chair's letter endorsing the nomination and addressing teaching load/difficulty. A department chair can also serve as a primary nominator.
   3. The nominee's teaching statement, not to exceed two pages, which describes the individual's teaching philosophy, teaching load, and teaching accomplishments as a junior faculty member at UCR.
   4. Up to five letters of support from faculty, students, or individuals who are able to provide additional evidence of excellence in campus and/or non-university teaching venues.
   5. Representative student numerical and narrative evaluations for courses taught at UCR.

For any questions about the award and/or nominations, please contact Chair of the ADT
Awards Committee Bree Lang.