Endowed Teaching Chair Award
Current Awards: Spring 2026
- Boren Endowed Teaching Chair Award consisting of two residential faculty awards of $10,000 each, distributed over a two-year period
- MCC Endowed Teaching Chair Award consisting of one residential faculty awards of $10,000 each, distributed over a two-year period
- MCC Adjunct and Short-Term Faculty Endowed Teaching Chair Award, consisting of one award for OYO/OSO/Adjunct Faculty at $2,000, distributed over a two-year period
*Actual award amounts are contingent upon fund availability.
Residential Faculty Award
Timeline
Deadline is 11:59 pm on stated date:
- Application Deadline: Sunday, April 6, 2026
- Screening Committee Reviews: Meet Week of March 22, 2021
- Notify the Semi-finalists: Week of April 13, 2026
- Presentation to Awarding Committee: Week of April 27, 2026
- Award Presentation: Week of May 4, 2026
- Award Announcement: Week of April 19, 2021
Application (Residential Faculty only)
2026 Residential Application
Residential faculty are invited to submit an application to the Center for Teaching and Learning. The CTL will then transmit the applications in an anonymous format to the chair of the selection committee to promote impartiality.
Applications must include and will be assessed on some of the following criteria:
- Teaching strategies
- Evidence of student learning
- Changes based on data
- Student engagement
- Contribution to the teaching community
- Curriculum Vitae
- Additional resources may be included, such as student support, references, etc.
Incomplete applications will be disqualified. To the extent possible, all applications will remain anonymous to members of the screening committee.
Finalists will be selected by a screening committee and invited to give a 15-minute presentation or micro-teaching demonstration to the Awarding Committee. The presentation should demonstrate how the faculty member exemplifies excellence in teaching and learning, quality instruction, and innovative and effective teaching practices. The presentation will be followed by a 5-minute question-and-answer period.
Eligibility
The MCC Endowed Teaching Chair Award process is time intensive. To qualify for participation, nominated faculty must:
- Be residential, full time teaching faculty at MCC
- Be performing his/her normal college job during the application and selection process and
- Complete the entire application process
Adjunct Faculty, OYO, OSO Award
2026 OYO/OSO/Adjunct Faculty Application
Applications must include and will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Teaching Philosophy
- Examples of how you engage in innovative and effective teaching methods and describe how they contribute to your students’ success
- Example(s) of a change in practice as a result of student feedback (standard course student survey, etc.)
- Description of the professional development you have undergone in the past couple of years and how it has impacted your teaching
- Curriculum Vita
Incomplete applications will be disqualified.
Eligibility
The MCC Endowed Teaching Chair Award faculty applicants must:
- Be an adjunct, OYO, or OSO faculty member who has taught for MCC a minimum of two consecutive years (fall/spring semesters)
- Be performing his/her normal college job during the application and selection process and
- Complete the entire application process
Timeline
Deadline is 11:59 PM on stated date:
- Adjunct/OSO/OYO Application Deadline: April 6,2026
- Awardee notification: Week of April 13, 2026
- Announce winner: Week of May 4, 2026