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Submit your nomination along with supporting documents by February 2, 2010.
> Click here for a PDF of the Nomination Form
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Denver Teachers’ Awards is now accepting nominations for the 2009-2010 Distinguished
Teacher Awards. This is an opportunity to recognize and award an outstanding teacher in
your school. The teachers chosen will receive the Distinguished Teacher Award at our annual
banquet in April. This recognition includes a cash award of $800 for the teacher and $650
for the school of each Distinguished Teacher Award Recipient with the Recipient Teacher
designating the program to receive the monetary gift. The awards are presented at a banquet
in May.
Denver Teachers’ Awards will also be presenting two Helen Phelps Awards honoring an
individual and a company for their outstanding volunteer contributions to the Denver
Public Schools. Submit your nomination along with supporting documents by February 2,
2010 to David Wise, Helen Phelps Award, 1110 East 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80218.
These awards will also be presented during the May banquet. The honored individual
volunteer will receive a $800 check from the Denver Teachers’ Awards.
To be considered for the Distinguished Teacher Award, a teacher must be nominated on the
official nomination form. This form and information on the nomination process is available
on the Denver Teachers’ Awards web site. Staff members, or parents, students, and
community members may nominate teachers. The nomination form is to be accompanied by
letters and documents that are supportive of teaching excellence. They should be put together
in a nomination book which will be given to each nominated teacher. The book should
contain the original letters presented in the nomination packet plus other items (pictures,
stories, etc.) to be determined by the nominators. The completed nomination materials and
the book should be delivered to the Board of Education Office, Room 110 by February 2, 2010.
A nominee must have taught five years or more in the District prior to this year and must not
have won this award before. This year we are accepting only one nominee from each school.
Schools that are operating as K-8 schools may submit a nomination for a teacher at the K-5
level and another nomination for a teacher at the 6-8 levels. The nominations are judged and
scored by a committee of college professors. Final selections are based on the results of the
committee’s scores. The Denver Teachers’ Awards Board of Directors does not participate
in the judging. We do, however, try to ensure that elementary, middle school and high school
teachers are all represented in the final selection. The quality of the content of the nomination
is the basis for scoring.
The Denver Teachers’ Awards program of recognizing outstanding teachers and volunteers
offers a way to honor tremendous contributions to excellence in education. This program is a
way to show support and admiration for our public school teachers. For additional
information, please contact Mrs. Norma Wick at 303-759-1377, Mrs. Dorolyn Griebenaw at
303-477-4125 or
Cindy Daisley at 303-433-2427.
Submit your nomination along with supporting documents by February 2, 2010.
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