Colin Woolf Excellence in Program Development and Coordination

Award Criteria

Demonstrated excellence in program/conference development (including evidence of effective needs assessment)
Demonstrated excellence in learner engagement and active learning
Demonstrated fulfillment of program objectives
Equity, diversity and inclusion are addressed in one or more of the following: needs assessments, course objectives, subject/content, intended audience
Evidence of effective evaluation strategy and outcomes measures
Demonstrated impact of program

Either an individual or a committee/group can be nominated for this award. Groups/committees wishing to be nominated will need to recognize a representative (eg. Conference Chair or Program Director) although all names of the nominated group should be included
Nominated programs or conferences must have been accredited through UofT CPD
These awards are selected annually for programs that took place in the previous academic year. For example, the nomination process held in November 2022 will recognize programs or conferences that took place from July 1 2021 to June 30 2022
Please refer to Terms of Reference for further details

When completing the online form you will be asked for the following:

Short statements on how the nominee meets each criterion (around 300 words per statement)
Confirmation that the department chair/vice chair of education supports this nomination, on the basis that the nominee’s accomplishments align with the award criteria
Upload program/conference information dossier that includes:
- Copy of or live link to the program/conference agenda
- Needs assessment process and data on which the program/conference was developed
- Documentation of planning committee members
- Statement of program objectives
- Statement of learning outcomes if relevant (may be addressed in objectives)
- Data on learning outcomes (eg., data demonstrating changes in knowledge, behaviours, attitudes; feedback data stating proposed changes to practice by participants)
- Evaluation/outcome data
- Participant comments

Links to descriptions of previous programs MAY be submitted to show evolution of the program/conference if it has gone through major development over time (no more than two years)
Curriculum Vitae (for background reference only)