Department of Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award

When funding is available, this award will be granted to one or more Graduate Teaching Assistants in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese who meet the following criteria: * A TA in their second semester of teaching or later * A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA * Demonstrated good citizenship in the department (including subbing for other instructors and sharing materials with fellow TAs) * An Instructor Effectiveness score of 4.5 or higher on their most recent course evaluations * A majority of scores of 1-3 and very limited scores of 4 on their most recent class observation * Consistently submits their exam-writing assignments on-time, complete, and well-written The recipient(s) and amount of the award(s) will be selected by faculty committee in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese; there is no student application required.