The CTL Presents: 2014 Innovation Nominations

March 17, 2014

Eligibility:

  • The purpose of the Innovation of the Year Awards is to recognize College employees who have designed and implemented a significant innovation that positively impacts the learning of students in the College.
  • Employees from all employee groups (full and part-time faculty, administrators and support staff) are eligible for nomination.

Criteria:
The major criterion for nomination is that the innovation has: A Positive Impact On Students’ Learning.

Additional criteria to be used for judging the merit of an innovation and its impact on students’ learning are:

CREATIVITY:  The selected innovation will be as original as possible or be a unique adaptation of an existing program,

process or concept.

EFFECTIVENESS:  There is evidence that the innovation leads to a better process for accomplishing a task(s).

REPLICATION:  The significant components of the innovation selected can be replicated in other institutions with a minimum
of difficulty. The description of the program will include any conditions necessary for replication.

TIMELINES:  Innovation will not be more than five years old in the institution, but it must have been in existence long
enough to have been tested.

CURRENCY:  There is evidence that the innovation is current in content and adaptive to technological applications as
appropriate.

COLLABORATION: The innovation may demonstrate that a considerable collaboration effort has occurred between school/or
college teams.

QUALITY:  Students and/or staff agree that the innovation increases quality in the course program, office or institution. 
Evidence of quality may include student ratings or letters of support for colleagues.

NOMINATIONS:
nomination forms must be signed by two members of the College community and accompanied by:

  1. A two hundred word description of the innovation.
  2. Rationale for nominating the innovation.
  3. Objective/purpose of the innovation.
  4. Impact of the innovation.
  5. The role/contribution of the innovation to Humber and other community colleges.
  6. Endorsement by division director/dean, associate dean/manage.

Click here for the nomination form.