V茅ronic Bezaire (Department of Chemistry) has received the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award for her leadership and commitment to teaching and learning. She has also been designated as a 杏吧原创 University teaching fellow and will receive $2,500.

Scott Bucking (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Kasia Muldner (Institute of Cognitive Science) and Sangeeta Murugkar (Department of Physics) have been awarded this year鈥檚 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, each receiving $500.

The Excellence in Learning Support Award goes to Natalie Allan (Residence Life Services) for her outstanding contribution to the student learning experience. She will receive $750.

This year, no candidates were selected for the Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners!

Learn more about the teaching awards available to 杏吧原创 faculty, instructors and support staff.

Whether it鈥檚 building up leaders to support other students, or developing new programs to encourage student learning, Rachelle Thibodeau is part of it all.

鈥淜nowing how learning works is such a transferrable knowledge base that you can take with you into every situation,鈥� she says.

The Coordinator of Academic Support Programs in the Centre for Initiatives in Education (CIE), Thibodeau is the inaugural winner of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Excellence in Learning Support Award. The new award recognizes educational support staff members who positively impact student learning. Thibodeau, who has worked at 杏吧原创 since the late 1990鈥檚, shows how deep that impact can go.

Students and colleagues developed a nomination package that highlighted her professionalism, leadership and creativity, expressing that CIE鈥檚 programs wouldn鈥檛 be the same without her contributions and infectious enthusiasm.

Thibodeau recruits, hires and trains workshop facilitators to support students in the Enriched Support Program (ESP) and the Aboriginal Enriched Support Program (AESP). She says it鈥檚 about much more than helping struggling students.

鈥淚 do my best to hire people who are really going to see this as a learning experience, and really be open to developing their skills,鈥� she says.

Thibodeau聽says she loves teaching facilitators about the process of learning because self-reflection makes them better teachers and stronger students.

鈥淚 think that鈥檚 something really important that facilitators can take with them into whatever field that they eventually end up working in,鈥� she says.

Thibodeau also developed Peer-Assisted Study Sessions (PASS), a program open to all students for learning support. The program grew and evolved to become part of the broader student support system.

Now, Thibodeau says she鈥檚 excited to be working on a new project that involves a partnership with scholars in the U.S. to pilot new methods of support that have their origins in social work.

Collaboration is a key element to her work, and聽Thibodeau says she always shares her ideas with anyone who would find them useful.

鈥淲e鈥檙e all working towards the same goal, which is helping to support students. So if I have an idea 鈥� I鈥檓 going to share it with somebody else who will probably take it in a better direction that I could learn from.鈥�

The award recognizes 杏吧原创鈥檚 educational support staff members who contribute to the student learning experience in labs, classrooms and many other diverse learning environments across campus.

Rachelle, a coordinator of academic support programs with the Centre for Initiatives in Education (CIE), displays impressive effort, innovation and dedication to student learning. Students and colleagues developed a nomination package that highlighted her professionalism, leadership and creativity, expressing that CIE鈥檚 programs wouldn鈥檛 be the same without her contributions and infectious enthusiasm.

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The Excellence in Learning Support Award recognizes the many educational support staff members who contribute to the student learning experience at 杏吧原创. While they don鈥檛 hold faculty, instructor, or TA positions, these individuals positively impact student learning through their tireless work and support in labs, classrooms and many other learning environments across campus.

One award of $750 will be presented annually. .

If you鈥檙e interested in pursuing an award or if you know an outstanding support staff member who deserves recognition, then be sure to get your nomination in before the deadline on June 5. Nomination packages must be submitted in electronic form to oavptl@carleton.ca.

If you have any questions about the award or the nomination process, please contact Teaching and Learning Services at 613-520-2344.