Bart Cardon Early Career Faculty Teaching Award

What is the Award?

The College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences (CALES) Bart Cardon Early Career Faculty Teaching Award was created to recognize and honor unusual dedication and outstanding performance by a member of the CALES teaching faculty | who has been teaching 0 to 5 years at the University of Arizona. Recipients will be honored at the ALVSCE Awards Celebration, receiving a plaque and a check for $1,000. The award is open annually for nominations that may lead to the selection of one or more awardees, but awards may not be made in all years.

Who can be Nominated?

Nominations are welcomed for any faculty member with a primary appointment in CALES (career-track or tenure track, regardless of degree or area of focus) who meets the following eligibility requirements:

• The nominee must be a member of the teaching faculty in CALES who teaches formal courses, or who has done so until the semester in which the packet is submitted. (Formal courses need to include a hyperlink to the definition and examples)
• The nominee must have taught formal courses for a maximum of five (5) consecutive years in CALES.
• The nominee should demonstrate experience in counseling or advising, or mentoring either graduate or undergraduate students, individually or through involvement in clubs or other extracurricular activities.
• The nominee should demonstrate a commitment to the scholarship of teaching and learning, along with active engagement in continuous professional development.
• The nominee cannot have won this award previously.
   

Who can Nominate?

Nominations are open to any unit head, faculty, staff, student, or student organization within the College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences. Each department/unit is welcome to submit multiple nominations. We also welcome and encourage self-nominations. We strongly encourage nominations and self-nominations for faculty on career- and tenure-track appointments across all areas of focus, regardless of degree, if they meet the eligibility requirements. Additionally, we value and support nominations of diverse teaching faculty and those engaged in a wide range of instructional activities. CALES is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and respectful community. 

Selection Procedure

The Bart Cardon Academy for Teaching Excellence will review all nominations and select recipients based on the submitted materials. To ensure full consideration, nomination packets must be submitted by the deadline (see below). Required information can be found in the Nomination Form, and submissions will be evaluated using the relevant Teaching Award Rubric.

Nomination Form: 

Rubric: 

Cardon Early Career Faculty Teaching Award Nomination Form