The Teaching Innovation Award and Fellowship was created by Dean Teresa Conner-Kerr in 2015 to support the recognition of excellence in teaching and to encourage novel approaches to best teaching practices. Dr. Conner-Kerr appointed a task force responsible for developing the award criteria and selecting the recipient of this honor; current members include: Chair Kimberly Massey, Dr. Susan Hurley, Kathryn Parrish, Don Walsh, 2017 Teaching Fellow Hannah Cilli, 2018 Teaching Fellow Clay Rowell, and 2019 Teaching Fellow Kim Castle.
This annual award recognizes innovation and creativity in best teaching practices by a CHSP faculty member. Innovative teaching recognizes novel approaches to new teaching methods which engage students in the learning process. It may also involve use of a new instruction technology or the use of traditional technology in new and creative ways. This award is also designed to encourage the dissemination of these approaches to colleagues across disciplines. Each winner will become the CHSP Teaching Fellow for the following year and will receive a monetary award of $1,000 for professional development.
Dr. Kim Castle, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
Enjoy a Summary of Dr. Kim Castle's Winning Research:Dr. Kim Castle had the original idea of developing a virtual model to represent the homunculus - the topographic "little man" used by Physical Therapy faculty to describe the motor and sensory pathways on the cortex of the brain. Together with Dr. Andy Robinson, Dr. Stan Solnik and Dr. Dre Przybyla, Dr. Castle organized Neuroscience and Adult Neuro faculty to combine the homunculus with images of the arterial blood supply, to better explain “vascular syndromes” that occur when a blood vessel is damaged, as in stroke.
The team first met in December to identify what was existed, what they would like the model to do, and what potential there could be for future images and educational training once this project is designed. We believe this has tremendous opportunity for classroom teaching, as well as beyond our students here at UNG as simpler models could help the public or earlier education understand the consequences of motor learning, stroke, and other forms of disease.
The annual awardee meets or exceeds the following criteria:
All applications should include:
The recipient of the CHSP Teaching Innovation Award will have the distinct privilege of serving as the CHSP Teaching Fellow for one year and will assume the following responsibilities: