I stage of the “Leading Teacher- Leading University” Project targeted to improve the professionalism of Azerbaijan State University of Economics’ (UNEC) academic staff and to increase their interest in scientific research, personal development, social activity and business relations has already completed.
Evaluating online applications, the commission determined the teachers gained the right to join the contest. The majority of the teachers applied for the project chose the nomination “Leading Teacher- Innovative University”. Note that the teacher won on this criterion will be sent to Paris Sorbonne University- Abu Dhabi for 7 years.
The assessment on “Leader teacher- Innovative teacher” and “Leader teacher- Enthusiastic teacher” will be defined by the commission consisting of 5 people. They will carry out assessment of the instructor who participates on criteria of the contest, attending at his/her 4 lessons (2 lectures and 2 seminars) without prior notice. In case when the teachers’ scores showed the best result will be the same, the “Student Satisfaction Survey” in Differential Salary System will be based on.
The assessment criteria of the “Leader teacher- Innovative teacher” will be conducted within the 10-point system for the level of usage of innovative teaching methods, benefitting of the Electronic University Model and teaching resources. The criterion of “Leader teacher- Enthusiastic teacher” will be evaluated for the number of initiatives made by the instructor for the improvement of teaching process, development of business and public relations, as well as the sport and social projects.
The other 5 criteria will be carried out on the basis of the results of the relevant sections of Differential Salary System which performs the academic staff’s performance related assessment.