[Iefac.list] IISE Lean Division’s Teaching Award

[Farnaz Ghazi Nezami]

*Call for Nominations for the IISE Lean Division’s Teaching Award*

IISE’s Lean Division offers a number of awards to recognize the
contribution of individuals to advancing the knowledge and practice of lean
concepts. The Lean Division’s Teaching Award is given out annually to honor
the services of a person/group of people who have developed curriculum and
disseminated courses in the subject area. The Lean Division now invites
nominations for the 10th Lean Teaching Award. The award will be presented
at the Honors and Awards Banquet at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May
18-21, 2019, in Orlando, Florida.



*Eligibility Criteria:*

·         The candidate must be a member of IISE.

·         The course for which they are being recognized must be a lean
course within an industrial engineering department or a closely related
program (examples of closely related programs include systems engineering
and engineering management, examples of course titles might be lean
manufacturing systems, lean system modeling and simulation, lean logistics,
lean supply networks, lean practice and management, just-in-time production
system, lean Six Sigma, etc.).

·         Course materials for which they are being recognized must have
been developed and taught by the candidate for at least two times or more.

·         The awardees for the past five years are not eligible to apply
for this award.




*Evaluation Criteria:*

The following criteria will be used by the judges in evaluating the
applications submitted. Applicants are encouraged to provide supporting
documentation to demonstrate their contributions in these areas.

·         Leadership: demonstration of creating or fostering leadership and
excellence in the teaching of lean techniques and tools

·         Design and Content Quality: the appropriateness/relevance of the
course content to educating the target audience

·         Applied Learning: the development and use of materials to empower
students to apply and implement lean techniques through the use of games,
hands-on simulations and assignments/projects, etc.

·         Innovation: use of innovative approaches to teach the principles
and practices of lean systems

·         Student Satisfaction: evidence that teaching of lean concepts are
of value to department, student and community as shown in the course
evaluations and statements from students.



Nominations may be made by a faculty colleague or a student who has taken
the course from the candidate. The nomination package must consist of the
following:



·         Letters of support from the nominator and two other individuals;
at least one of the three letters must be from a faculty member in the same
department and one from a student who enrolled and completed the course

·         Course syllabus and supporting items such as samples of different
instructional materials used

·         Summary copies of teaching evaluations

·         Curriculum vitae of the candidate

·         A one-page reflective statement by the individual being nominated



All supporting documents in the nomination package should be submitted in *pdf
format only*. For large documentations, the submission can be made on a CD
or via other means such as FTP access or www.yousendit.com.



Deadline for nominations is *February 16, 2019*. Please e-mail the entire
package to Farnaz Ghazi Nezami ( fghazinezami at kettering.edu ), Assistant
Professor of Industrial Engineering, Kettering University.



More information can be found at:
http://www.iise.org/Details.aspx?id=17204#teaching



Regards,
*Farnaz Ghazi-Nezami, PhD, CSSGB*
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
Phone: (810) 762-7974
Fax: (810) 762-9924
1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504
*Kettering University*
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