Colorado Teacher of the Year Award Competition

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CCFLT is participating in an initiative by the new Visions in Action Task Force on Teacher Recruitment and Retention.  This annual award process is conducted at the regional level, with regional winners competing at the national level to be named by ACTFL as the National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year.    The proposal to establish a national award for Foreign Language Teacher of the Year is intended to elevate the status of our profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities for recognizing the most accomplished members of our profession.  First and foremost, this proposal is designed to involve all of our state, regional, and national organizations in promoting our profession.  Second, it is intended to create as many media opportunities as possible to increase the visibility of the importance of learning languages and cultures to the general public.

Because the documentation required to compete at the regional level is so extensive, CCFLT has decided to determine our Colorado nominee for Regional Teacher of the Year in the following way: 

1.  Potential candidates review the information online from SWCOLT and ACTFL outlining the requirements.

2.  Candidates complete the following and send it to the CCFLT Grants & Awards committee no later than November 15:   Colorado Teacher of the Year application form, Letter of Recommendation from professional colleague,  Letter of Recommendation from a supervisor, Letter of Recommendation from a parent or student, and a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae of no more than five pages.  All these materials will be part of the candidate’s application package to the regional competition.

3. The CCFLT Grants & Awards committee will review applicants and make their selection, based on which candidate they believe would be most competitive at the next level.  The Colorado Teacher of the Year will be notified by December 5.

4. The candidate will complete the application materials/portfolio/support documents required by SWCOLT. CCFLT will nominate the candidate by January 10, 2005. 

5. The Colorado Teacher of the Year will be formally announced and recognized at the CCFLT Spring Conference in Denver on February 24, 2005.

6. The Colorado Candidate will attend the SWCOLT regional conference in Irving, Texas on April 7-9, 2005 to compete at the regional level.

Foreign Language Teacher of the Year - Revised Procedures 

The following documents and procedures were developed with the input of Teacher of the Year candidates, their nominators, the evaluation panel, state foreign language leaders, and the Board of Directors of the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching.

Instructions to the Candidate

As your state's nominee for the regional Teacher of the Year Award, you are participating in a project designed by the new Visions in Action Task Force on Teacher Recruitment and Retention.  This annual award process is conducted at the regional level, with regional winners competing at the national level to be named by ACTFL as the National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year.  The following is a statement by the New Visions in Action Task Force on Teacher Recruitment and Retention which defines the goals of the Teacher of the Year Project:

National Foreign Language Teacher of the Year:  The proposal to establish a national award for Foreign Language Teacher of the Year is intended to elevate the status of our profession at the state, regional, and national levels by creating opportunities for recognizing the most accomplished members of our profession. 

The following links provide you with all the information and forms you are to submit to your regional Teacher of the Year committee:

Selection Criteria in MS-Word            Selection Criteria in pdf format, page 2

Submission Checklist in MS-Word         Submission Checklist in pdf format

Nomination Cover Page in Word.doc          Nomination Cover Page in pdf format

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR REGIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR COMMITTEE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 10.