Forms

• Letter of Support Form
• Curriculum Vitae Form

Letter of Support 

A successful letter of support must speak to the following criteria outlined for respective awards.

Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Student performance and course improvement based on assessment of learning outcomes.
• Analysis of student evaluations that demonstrates teaching excellence.
• Teaching methods and evaluation of student performance that challenge students and contribute to student interest, enthusiasm and achievement.
• Evidence of currency in the discipline as reflected in course content.
• Active involvement with students in educational and scholarly activities such as competitions, conferences, symposia, site visits, posters and publications outside the class.
• Availability to students in the office and via phone, email or online.
• Sustained and significant professional development as it relates to teaching.
• Dissemination of information on the scholarship of teaching through publications, presentations, electronic media and workshops. Evidence of treating students with respect, being sensitive to cultural diversity and being supportive of university educational equity goals.

Provost's Award for Excellence in Service

• Exemplary contributions to shared governance at any level (department, college and/or university).
• Valued activities that improve and/or benefit the university.
• Significant service outside the classroom benefiting students, colleagues and/or the university.
• Noteworthy and widely recognized contributions to the larger professional community, including specific professional societies.
• Significant service as a representative of the university that improves and/or benefits the community at large.

Provost's Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities

• Research, scholarly and/or creative accomplishments, which may include:
  • Peer-reviewed publications  juried presentations or performances in refereed media.
  • Other publications (books, chapters, articles), presentations or performances in peer-recognized forums.
  • Published teaching cases and/or instructional materials.
  • Software developed for pedagogic or applied purposes.
  • Patents.
• Overall impact/usefulness of the research, scholarly or creative activity, which may include:
  • Helping to improve the human condition and quality of life.
  • Sustained and/or significant contributions to knowledge, practice or pedagogy.
  • Wide peer recognition (national and/or international) of the work as substantial, seminal and scholarly.
  • Demonstrated innovation.
• Importance to Cal Poly Pomona, which may include:
  • Enhanced status of Cal Poly Pomona or its academic units.
  • Significant grants and/or contracts, and/or fellowships received.
  • Mentoring and facilitating the research, scholarly and/or creative activities of other faculty, staff and/or students.
  • Curriculum development and innovation in ways that are important to the discipline, industry and/or practice.

Curriculum Vitae Form

• CV form for Teaching
• CV form for Service
• CV form for Scholarly and Creative Activities Award

Download the curriculum vitae form, add your CV following the formats and instructions listed below, upload all documents to InfoReady Review Process.

NOTE: The curriculum vitae may not exceed two pages. Follow the formats and instructions below.

1. Appointments, including department, university and dates of tenure and promotion (in reverse chronological order).
2. Honors (only if relevant to the award).
3. Refereed publications (only if relevant to the award).
4. Presentations/conference proceedings (only if relevant to the award). For unpublished manuscripts, list whether these are in preparation, under review or accepted/in press/forthcoming (wording appropriate to your discipline).
5. Research and/or scholarly activities (only if relevant to the award).
6. Current and previous external funding. (List externally funded projects only if relevant to the award. For each project, please include the title, funding source, project period, total amount of funding and one sentence that briefly describes the goal.)