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Touching
the Heart Award
Celebrating & Capturing the Spirit of Education
Presented by
Bright Start Educational Consultants & The Remedial
Reading & Learning Center
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Touching
the Heart Awards recognizes and spotlights teachers who are
making a difference in today's community. They have the SPIRIT
and passion of what teaching is all about!! Nominations are
now being accepted for:
Teacher
- A teacher that is Touching the Heart of students, school
community and/or families. A teacher that inspires or leads
by example. A teacher that has the passion and spirit of
education and teaches from their heart.
Application
Form:
Anyone
can fill out an application and nominate a teacher. Part of
the application form will be to write a 1,500 words-or-less
essay about the person nominated. Entries will be
broken into four (4) categories - teachers in Elementary,
Middle School and High School and a category for Teachers
Teaching Teachers, and Retired Teachers.
Deadline:
Deadline: Received by May 1, 2004 by 5:00 p.m. either by mail
or email. Finalists will be notified by June 1, 2004.
Judging:
Pre-judging of submissions will be done through a grading process
for a selection of semi-finalists. Based on the grading process,
judges will select the three (3) finalists in each school category.
We will notify the finalists by June 1, 2004. We also have four
special awards - to the teacher selected through submissions
by current or former students (2 finalists), Legacy Award, Teachers
Teaching Teachers and Teachers who are Retired (if you submit
for this category – you must know how to contact the retired
teacher).
The Awards Show will be held at the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles
on July 17, 2004.
Judging Criteria:
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All entries submitted must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May
1, 2004.
• Anyone can submit a nomination and enter as many
nominations as they wish.
• The entry form must be complete.
• The entry must include a 1,500 words-or-less essay
on the nominee.
In
addition to the 1,500 words-or-less essay, briefly provide
answers to the following - answer to these three questions
can be incorporated into one answer.
1.
Why do you think this person deserves recognition? How have
they been 'touching the heart' with their students or community?
2. What challenges did they have to overcome either personally
or within the work that they were doing?
3. What do you want the judges to pay careful attention
to in considering this submission?
SUBMISSION
RULES:
• Each entry must include a completed entry form, a
story or essay of 1,500 words (more or less), and answer the
3 questions above.
• You may enter as many nominees as you wish, but each
nominee must be submitted separately. Nominations will be
accepted if all the pages are stapled together or are contained
within a folder.
• Entries should be sent to: Touching the Heart Teacher
Awards, c/o WOW! Productions, 686 S. Arroyo Parkway, #221,
Pasadena, CA 91105. Questions: contact Wendy Anderson at wowproductions2@earthlink.net
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