Did you have a teacher who inspired you? One who changed your life? Is there a teacher you credit with helping you become the person you are today? Do you remember a specific interaction with your teacher that proved to be a moment of inspiration and transformation? Share your story.
The Kennedy Center seeks nominations for Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards. Awards of $10,000 will be presented to K-12 teachers and college or university instructors in the U.S. in recognition of their outstanding impact on the lives of students.
The awards are presented each year on Sondheim’s birthday, March 22, to a handful of teachers, kindergarten through college, who are nominated via the Kennedy Center website. To be eligible, nominees must be legal residents of the U.S. Nomination must be based on experience as a full-time classroom teacher in a K-12 school in the U.S. or as a college or university instructor in the U.S. In addition, nominators must be at least 18 years of age and have been a student of the nominee. Nominations for teachers by peers, parents, relatives or other individuals based on non-teacher-student interactions will not be reviewed.
Complete program information and the online nomination form are available at the Kennedy Center website. The deadline to apply is December 15, 2013.
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/awards/sondheim/
