Richard Little
ASSINIBOINE BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR RECEIVES 2022 ACBSP TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
Richard Little, has been named a regional recipient of the 2022 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award. The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) recognizes individuals each year who exemplify teaching excellence in the classroom. “I have worked with Richard for roughly ten years and feel he is worthy “It is more important than ever for business programs to produce of this award. Rich came from industry and with that background has graduates who are ready to enter the global marketplace,” said Jeffrey brought a lot of real-life cases and expectations to his classes. He is a firm Alderman, ACBSP President and CEO. “ACBSP has a mission to develop, believer in experiential learning and has incorporated that philosophy in promote and recognize best practices that contribute to continuous all his classes. Students aren't sitting around listening to him talk, they're improvement of business education. Recognition of teaching excellence up moving around, working in groups, taking part in engaging activities, is one way we achieve this goal.” and ultimately having fun," said Geoff Milne, Chairperson School of Business at Assiniboine. The ACBSP Associate Degree Commission established the International Teaching Excellence Award in 1995 to recognize outstanding classroom “Having fun doesn’t mean sacrificing academic rigor, but it does mean teachers. In 2002, the Baccalaureate Degree Commission created a that students will have more engaging and fulfilling experiences,” said similar award to recognize excellence in teaching at the baccalaureate/ Little. “To me, excellence is a process requiring as much failure as it does graduate degree level. ACBSP is the only specialized body for business success. Finding joy in the daily grind of what we do; developing courses, schools that presents an award recognizing excellence in teaching, open creating learning activities, giving feedback—that’s teaching excellence” to application by the entire membership. Little will be honored, along with other regional recipients, at the ACBSP “The quest to find different ways to reach learners, or delivering a new Conference 2022, June 17-20 in Washington, D.C. He will receive a crystal learning activity, knowing it just might fail, that’s teaching excellence. medallion and a $500 cheque. Two International Teaching Excellence When students use what they’ve learned to help make some sense out Award recipients will be announced at the ACBSP Accreditation and of their complex lives, or tell you how much they enjoyed your course, Awards Gala, one from a baccalaureate/graduate degree-granting that’s teaching excellence. Excellence in teaching is all those things and institution and one from an associate degree-granting institution. As a more, but it’s not a destination, it’s a process,” said Little. regional recipient, Little is now a candidate for the international award. 22
