Instructional Systems Faculty Member Wins Highest University Teaching Award Robert Reiser This past April, Dr. Bob Reiser, a long-time faculty member in the Instructional Systems program, won the highest teaching award given at Florida State University, the University Distinguished Teacher Award. Each year this award is given to one faculty member at Florida State who has, over his or her career, demonstrated a record of sustained teaching excellence. In order to be eligible for the Distinguished Teacher Award, a faculty member must have previously won an FSU University Teaching Award, which is given to approximately two dozen faculty each year. Reiser received a University Teaching Award in 1986. Dr. Reiser is the nineteenth professor to have won the Florida State University Distinguished Teacher Award, and he is the first professor from the College of Education at FSU to have done so. Candidates for the University Distinguished Teacher Award are nominated by students and must submit a variety of data in support of their nomination. Each nominee must prepare a binder that contains a statement of their teaching philosophy, the syllabi of all the courses they have taught for the past six years, and the grades they awarded and the students ratings they received in each course. The administration also randomly selects 30 students who took courses from the nominee, and whose grades represent the range of grades he or she gave out, and asks those students to fill out a form evaluating the teaching skills of the nominee. The nominee's binders and student evaluation forms are judged using a variety of criteria. These include evidence that the nominee: uses innovative instructional techniques, organizes and presents subject matter in an interesting and stimulating manner, challenges students' thinking, helps students grow intellectually, inspires students to work hard, imparts a respect for learning, and helps students attain important educational goals. Reiser will be the featured speaker at this year's Homecoming Lecture, Thursday, Oct. 12, at 10 a.m. in the Opperman Music Hall in the Kuersteiner Building. His presentation will be entitled "Effective Teaching: One Professor's Point of View". He will discuss some of the criteria that are used for judging teaching effectiveness and then share some of his techniques for planning instructional activities, presenting classroom instruction, and providing out-of-class instructional support. A reception precedes the lecture at 9:30 a.m.; the lecture and breakfast are free. Dr. Reiser came to Florida State in January of 1976 as an Assistant Professor. He served as Department Chair for the Educational Research Department for nine years from July, 1987 through October, 1996. Reiser became a full Professor in May of 1985 and has served as Program Leader prior to becoming Department Chair. The students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Instructional Systems program and the Educational Research Department join together in saying, "Congratulations"!

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