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Nomination Process

Denver Teachers’ Awards is now accepting nominations for the 2007-2008 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 $1,000 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 late April.

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.  A one-page nomination letter should be sent on or before Tuesday, February 5, 2008to Carl Cerveny, 3425 Moore Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033.   These awards will also be presented during the April banquet. The honored individual volunteer will receive a $1,000 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 welcome center at the Denver Public Schools Administration Building by Tuesday, February 5, 2008.

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 or Ms. Sharon Tave at 303-399-3975