Nominate an outstanding teacher for Post's Agnes Meyer award
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is accepting nominations for the Washington Post's 2009 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. The annual award honors exemplary teachers who demonstrate excellence in teaching, encourage creative and quality instruction and contribute in a substantive way to the improvement of education.
Nominees must be full-time teachers in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 and have a minimum of five years teaching experience. Three of those years must have been with Charles County Public Schools. Teachers, students, former students, administrators or community members may submit nominations. Teachers may not nominate themselves.
Nomination materials must include a minimum of four statements of support, one of which must be from a professional educator; a career summary; and a description of contributions in each of the nomination criteria categories.
Nominees must be teachers who:
- instill a desire in students to learn and achieve;
- understand the individual needs of students, encourage their talents and foster their self esteem;
- demonstrate a thorough knowledge of subject matter and the ability to share it effectively with students;
- foster cooperative relationships with their colleagues and the community;
- demonstrate outstanding leadership; and
- maintain their teaching position throughout the 2009-10 school year.
Nominations are due Friday, Dec. 12. Materials should be sent to Barbara Palko, staff development resource teacher for Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, Md., 20646. Award recipients will be recognized and awarded $3,000 at a ceremony in May.
The Post established the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Awards in honor of Agnes Meyer, a supporter of public education who was the wife of Eugene Meyer, who purchased the Post in 1933.
