Advisor, Faculty Mentor, Teacher and Advanced, Teacher of the Year Awards
Nomination Guidelines & Applications
The attached nomination form must be completed by those person(s) nominating candidates for Advisor/Faculty Mentor/Teacher and Advanced Teacher of the Year.
Florida A&M University
Advisor of the Year
Faculty Mentor of the Year
Teacher of the Year
Advanced Teacher of the Year
2025 Process and Timeline Information for ALL Awards
The nomination and award process and deadlines are the same for all awards, although the qualifications and evaluation criteria is award specific (see award description and qualifications document).
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- • There is a nomination period for all awards. Early nominations are encouraged.
- • Nominations are reviewed by the Teacher of the Year (T.O.Y.) Award Committee.
- • Qualifying applicants are contacted and invited to apply for the award they were nominated for.
- • The T.O.Y. Committee reviews and evaluates all qualifying applications.
- • Finalists for each award are identified.
- • All finalists are interviewed by the T.O.Y. Committee.
- • Recommendations for each award are made by the T.O.Y. Committee to the Faculty Senate via the Faculty Senate President.
- Nominations Open: March 31, 2025
- Nomination Close: Friday, May 2, 2025
- Qualifying Nominees contacted by: Friday, May 16, 2025
- Applications submitted (by nominees) Wednesday, October 1, 2025
- Evaluations of Award Applications conducted by (meeting): Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, 1:30pm
- Finalists interviewed November 3-7, 2025
- Award Recipients Notified November 18, 2025
- T.O.Y. Committee submits their recommendations of all award recipients to the Faculty Senate by: Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Recipients will be recognized at the Faculty Senate Meeting in November 2025.
Note: All dates, other than application deadlines, are contingent upon the number of applicants received by the close of the nomination and application periods. Temporary employees such as OPS personnel, visiting professors, adjunct professors, and others are ineligible for these awards.
Access The '2024 Adviser of the Year' Application
Qualifications
Qualifying candidates include any full-time staff member (with at least three [3] years of experience at FAMU) whose primary responsibility/role at FAMU is advising students, have demonstrated exceptional service to and support of students, are knowledgeable of academic requirements and university policies impacting students, demonstrated a commitment to student support programs and student services within the University, and have not received the award in seven years.
No person can receive two awards (teacher and/or advisor) in the same year.
Nomination
Students, faculty, administrators, and alumni may nominate advisement staff members for the award on the nomination form. Given that the award is associated with advising, nominations from students are encouraged.
Criteria
Staff members considered for nomination should demonstrate several attributes and characteristics associated with quality advising, including (but not limited to):
✔️ Demonstrates a commitment to engage and help advisees in a caring manner that reinforces
principles of excellence in education and authentic support for personal, academic,
and professional development.
✔️ Maintains a thorough knowledge/mastery of the academic requirements/program(s)
they are assigned to and all institutional policies, procedures, regulations, and
supports relevant to students. This includes a knowledge base and collaborative relationships
with other appropriate resources that students can be referred to for additional assistance.
✔️ Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in and knowledge
of students’ characteristics, culture, background, goals, and expectations.
✔️ Demonstrates availability and responsiveness to advisees, faculty and/or staff
in their role as advisor.
✔️ Continuously monitors student progress toward academic and career goals and itemizes
student successes.
✔️ Continues to engage in professional development and seeks to improve teaching and
advisement skills.
Access The '2024 Faculty Mentor of the Year' Application
Qualifications
Qualifying candidates include any full-time faculty (with at least three [3] years
of experience at FAMU — of at least one year on campus) whose primary responsibility is teaching (with a minimum
of two undergraduate/graduate courses per semester or have at least 50% of their time
assigned to teaching), have assigned mentees (with a portion of their time allotted
to advisement), are knowledgeable of academic requirements and university policies
impacting students, and have not previously received this award.
No person can receive two awards (teacher and/or advisor) in the same year.
Nomination
Students, faculty, administrators and alumni may nominate faculty for the award using the applicable nomination form. Given that the award is associated with mentoring, nominations from students are encouraged.
Criteria
Faculty members considered for nomination should demonstrate several attributes and characteristics associated with quality teaching and mentoring, including (but not limited to):
✔️ Demonstrates a commitment to engage and help students and mentors in a caring manner
that reinforces principles of excellence in education and authentic support for personal,
academic, and professional development.
✔️ Maintains a thorough knowledge/mastery of the academic requirements/program(s)
they are assigned to and all institutional policies, procedures, regulations, and
supports relevant to students. This includes a knowledge base and collaborative relationships
with other appropriate resources that students can be referred to for additional assistance.
✔️ Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in and knowledge
of students’/advisees’/mentees’ characteristics, culture, background, goals, and expectations.
✔️ Demonstrates an interested in—and uses innovative efforts focused on— motivating/stimulating
students’ interest to learn.
✔️ Demonstrates a mastery of teaching content, strategies and implementation.
✔️ Demonstrates availability and responsiveness to students/advisees/mentors, faculty
and/or staff in their role as teacher and mentor.
✔️ Continuously monitors student progress toward academic and career goals and is
able to itemize student successes.
✔️ Continues to engage in professional development and seeks to improve teaching and
mentoring skills.
Access The '2024 Teacher of The Year' Application
Qualifications
Qualifying candidates include any full-time faculty (with at least three [3] years of experience at FAMU — of at least one year on campus) whose primary responsibility is teaching (with a minimum of two undergraduate courses per semester or have at least 50% of their time assigned to teaching), have assigned advisees (with a portion of their time allotted to advisement), are knowledgeable of academic requirements and university policies impacting students, and have not received the award in seven years.
No person can receive two awards (teacher and/or advisor) in the same year.
Nomination
Students, faculty, administrators, and alumni may nominate faculty for the award using the applicable nomination form. Given that the award is associated with mentoring, nominations from students are encouraged.
Criteria
Faculty members considered for nomination should demonstrate several attributes and characteristics associated with quality teaching and advising, including (but not limited to):
✔️ Demonstrates a commitment to engage and help students and advisees in a caring manner that reinforces principles of excellence in education and authentic support for personal, academic, and professional development.
✔️ Maintains a thorough knowledge/mastery of the academic requirements/program(s) they are assigned to and all institutional policies, procedures, regulations, and supports relevant to students. This includes a knowledge base and collaborative relationships with other appropriate resources that students can be referred to for additional assistance.
✔️ Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in and knowledge of students’/advisees’ characteristics, culture, background, goals, and expectations. Demonstrates an interest in and uses innovative efforts focused on motivating/stimulating students’ interest to learn.
✔️ Demonstrates a mastery of teaching content, strategies, and implementation.
✔️ Demonstrates availability and responsiveness to students/advisees, faculty, and/or staff in their role as teacher and mentor.
✔️ Continuously monitors student progress toward academic and career goals and itemizes student successes.
✔️ Continues professional development and seeks to improve teaching and mentoring skills.
Access The '2024 Advanced Teacher of the Year' Application
Qualifications
Faculty members who have received the “Teacher of the Year” award but who have not won an “Advanced Teacher of the Year” award within the last seven [7] years are eligible.
✔️ All full-time faculty members (at least five years at the University) who teach a minimum of two undergraduate/graduate courses per semester, have assigned mentees, and have not been recognized with the award in seven years qualify.
✔️ Faculty members who have received the “Teacher of the Year” award but who have not won an “Advanced Teacher of the Year” award are likely nominees.
✔️ No person may receive two awards in the same year.
✔️ Prospective awardees must supply data evidence in support of successful teaching, mentoring, research, and public service.
Nomination
Students, faculty, administrators, and alumni may nominate faculty members who exemplify the highest quality in teaching, research and public service.
Criteria
✔️ Demonstrates a commitment to engage and help students in a caring manner that reinforces principles of excellence in education and authentic support for personal, academic, and professional development.
✔️ Maintains a thorough knowledge/mastery of the academic requirements/program(s) they are assigned to and all institutional policies, procedures, regulations, and supports relevant to students. This includes a knowledge base and collaborative relationships with other appropriate resources that students can be referred to for additional assistance.
✔️ Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and a genuine interest in and knowledge of students’ characteristics, culture, background, goals, and expectations. Demonstrates an interest in and uses innovative efforts focused on motivating/stimulating students’ interest to learn.
✔️ Demonstrates a mastery of teaching content, strategies and implementation.
✔️ Demonstrates availability and responsiveness to students/advisees, faculty and/or staff in their role as teacher.
✔️ Continuously monitors student progress toward academic and career goals and itemizes student successes.
✔️ Continues to engage in professional development and seeks to improve teaching skills.
