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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">2024-2025
<span style="color:black;background:white">Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators </span>Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Due Date for Submission:
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">September 27, 2023</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:76.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">TO: Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Department Head, Faculty, Staff, and Students
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:76.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">FROM: CATE Review and Selection Committee Members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Dr. Dean Culpepper, Provost Fellow, Department Head, and Associate Professor. Health and Human Performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Brian Zator, Provost Fellow and Professor, Music
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Dr. Flavia Belpoliti, Provost Fellow and Associate Professor, Literature and Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Dr. Sharhonda Pruitt, Junior Provost Fellow and Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">RE: Call for Nominations for
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">2024-2025
<span style="color:black;background:white">Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators</span><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Colleges, departments, program directors, committees, faculty, staff, and students are invited to submit nominations for the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">2024-2025
<span style="color:black;background:white">Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators (CATE) </span>Award.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Self-nominations will not be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Nominations must be submitted to the selection committee via email to
<b><span style="color:#215F9A"><a href="mailto:ProvostFellows@tamuc.edu"><span style="color:#215F9A">ProvostFellows@tamuc.edu</span></a>
</span></b>to no later than <b><u><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Friday, September 27, 2024</span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> .
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">The purpose of this award is to recognize both individuals and teams who are making contributions to the quality, innovation, and continuous improvement
in teacher preparation.<span style="color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">The nominations can be for an individual or a team</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
The team can consist of up to five individuals.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"> The team should consist primarily of faculty, although may include an administrator or staff member if they played
a essential and engaged role as a team member. Nominations <span style="color:#333333">
of exceptional distinguished </span>faculty <span style="color:#333333">(regardless of specialty or rank) or team is encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.tamus.edu/academic/awards-recognition/cate-award/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators
(CATE) Award</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<span style="color:black">provides all information needed to complete the nomination and submission process.
</span>Det<span style="color:black">ailed information </span>regarding the following
<span style="color:black">can be found on the website:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Nomination Process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Selection Criteria and Submission Process<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Award Selection Process<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">The committee cannot accept nominations after the
<b>September 27</b> deadline. Incomplete nominations will not be considered. For more information regarding this year’s
<span style="color:#333333">nominations</span>, please refer to the attached guidelines.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none">We are looking forward to receiving this year’s nominations.
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