2025 Nomination Packet (includes nomination form and dossier instructions-downloadable)

Eligibility

The nominee(s)’s major activity a (minimum of three-fifths) must be secondary school classroom teaching (grades 7 – 12), and must have at least five years of continuous service in the nominating school or school district.  Two teacher co-teaching teams are also welcome to be nominated. 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): 

_____  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 the teacher has taught within the past five years( 2020-2024)

_____  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):

_____ 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 (2019-2023)

_____ 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.