Nomination Dossier Requirements and Checklist
Eligibility
The nominee’s major activity a (minimum of three-fifths) must be secondary school classroom teaching (grades 7 – 12), and that person must have at least five years of continuous service in the nominating school or school district. The Committee will look, first and foremost, for concrete examples of the effect of the nominee’s teaching on his/her students, and will also look for specific instances of the nominee’s contributions to the school and the community, as well as consider how the nominee’s achievements reflect his/her philosophy of education.
Required materials:
_____ Nomination Form signed by the superintendent, principal, or head of school and emailed as a PDF.
_____ Nomination Dossier (please include the following in one PDF, not multiple files):
_____ Letter of support written by the nominator or designee.
_____ Nominee’s resume of no more than two pages.
_____ Letter of support from one other colleague of the nominee.
_____ Letters of support from two students.
_____ Nominee’s personal statement.
_____ Nominee’s complete teaching schedule.
For nominations of two teachers in a co-teaching team, please submit these materials
_____ Nomination Form signed by the superintendent, principal, or head of school and emailed as a PDF.
_____ Nomination Dossier (please include the following in one PDF, not multiple files):
_____ A letter of support written by the nominator or by a designee on behalf of the two teachers;
_____ A copy of each teacher’s resume;
_____ A letter of support from one other colleague of the teachers;
_____ Letters of support from two students whom the teachers have co-taught within the past five years (2016-2021);
_____ One co-written personal statement of no more than two pages from the teachers that will provide the selection committee a sense of the teachers’ perspective on their work;
_____ The teachers’ complete teaching schedules.