Teacher Development of Sripatum University : Outstanding Teachers’ Award in Teaching

Abstract

Teacher  development  was  to  enhance  the  quality  of  teachers  in  higher  education  institutions  in  order  to  be  a  morale  teacher. One  method  to  encourage  and  promote teachers  was  to  constantly  improve  themselves.  The  objectives  of  study  were  :  1)  To  recruit  and  select  qualified  teachers  for  outstanding  teachers  in  teaching  2)  give  awards  and  honor  for  outstanding  teachers  in  teaching.  Target  group  was  a  full  time  professor  at  Sripatum  University,  and  has  criteria  from  11  faculties,  totaling  8  awards.  The  selection  process  by  the  teaching  award  committee  has  two  steps.  The  instrument  used  was  an  evaluation  form  based  on  the  Outstanding Teacher  Award  criteria.  The  research  analyze  were  used  content  analysis.

The  results  of  the  study  found  that  :  1)  The  result of  recruiting  and  selecting  qualified  teachers  who  was  an  outstanding  teacher  in  teaching, there  are   2  steps  as  follows  :  The  first  step,  the  results  of  selection  were  considered  9  teachers  who  passed  to consider  outstanding  award, include  4  outstanding  senior  teacher  awards, 5  New  Generation Teachers.  The  second  step, the  results  of selection  of  4  teachers  who  passed  to teaching  demonstration, includes  2  Senior Teacher  Award, which  were  in  Science  and Technology, Social  Sciences.  And  2  New Generation  Teacher  Award, which  were  in  Social  Sciences, and  Humanities.  2)  Awarding and  honoring  outstanding  teachers  in  teaching  was  set  during  the  staff  meeting  at  Sripatum  University.  In  this  meeting  there  was  an  award  ceremony, giving  trophies  and  rewards  to  outstanding  teachers, which  was  a  good  practice  for  others.  In  addition, there  was   acknowledgement  of  the  continuous  development   which  contributed  to  other  teachers’  development  as  well.