University Teaching Excellence Award Nomination Survey

Recognise Teaching Excellence with a Comprehensive Nomination Survey

Outstanding teaching transforms student experiences and shapes future success. This University Teaching Excellence Award Nomination Survey template helps institutions systematically capture nominations for educators who demonstrate exceptional commitment to student learning, innovative pedagogy, and meaningful mentorship.

Built for Higher Education Recognition Programs

Whether you're running annual teaching awards, departmental recognition schemes, or student-led appreciation initiatives, this template provides a structured framework to evaluate nominees across the dimensions that matter most: innovative teaching methods, student engagement strategies, mentorship quality, curriculum development contributions, and measurable impact on learning outcomes.

The survey guides nominators through a thoughtful assessment process, capturing both quantitative ratings and qualitative examples that bring nominations to life. This balanced approach ensures selection committees receive rich, actionable insights rather than surface-level praise.

Streamline Your Awards Process with Paperform

Built on Paperform's intuitive platform, this template delivers a professional submission experience that reflects the prestige of your teaching awards program. The doc-style editor makes it simple to customise questions, add your institution's branding, and adjust evaluation criteria to match your specific award requirements.

Use conditional logic to show different question sets based on nominator type (student, colleague, or administrator), ensuring everyone provides the most relevant insights. Set up automated confirmation emails to acknowledge submissions, and route responses directly to your awards committee through integrations with Google Sheets, Airtable, or your preferred workflow tools.

For institutions managing multiple award categories, Paperform's flexible design lets you duplicate and adapt this template across different recognition programs while maintaining consistent evaluation standards. And with Stepper (stepper.io), you can automate the entire post-submission workflow—from notifying committee members to scheduling review meetings and tracking nomination status.

Purpose-Built for Academic Excellence

This template serves universities, colleges, teaching centers, student associations, and academic departments seeking to:

• Capture comprehensive nominations that go beyond generic praise to highlight specific teaching innovations and measurable impact
• Standardise evaluation criteria across departments, ensuring fair and consistent assessment of teaching excellence
• Engage the campus community in recognising exceptional educators through an accessible, user-friendly nomination process
• Build a portfolio of evidence for promotion, tenure, and professional development conversations

The result is a nomination process that honours the complexity and importance of great teaching while making it genuinely easy for students, colleagues, and administrators to participate in celebrating academic excellence.