Download Helen Phelps Award Nomination Form
Download Distinguished Teacher Award Nomination Form

Nominations for this year's Distinguished Teacher Awards and Helen Phelps Awards are due on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at the DPS Administration Building, 900 Grant Street.  The Denver Teachers' Awards Nomination Packet will be available September 28, 2011.

Watch this web site for detailed information about the nomination process for 2011-2012.   We accept one nomination from each school for the Distinguished Teacher Award.   We give a Helen Phelps Award each year to an outstanding individual volunteer and a Helen Phelps Award to a business that has demonstrated outstanding support for a DPS school.

DTA was started in 1957 by visionary Denver businessman, Charles W. Lerch.  He was dedicated to strengthening our foundation of freedom and believed that the most efficient way to do this was by encouraging quality education in the Denver Public Schools.  The tradition has been continued by DTA board members who raise funds each year to support the organization and its work.  See "What You Can DO" to assist with this effort.