The Gladys Prior Awards for Career Teaching Excellence

HOW DO YOU NOMINATE A TEACHER?
Write a letter that clearly describes the teacher’s excellent teaching. Give specific, detailed examples of how the teacher inspires students to learn. What makes this teacher stand out from other excellent teachers? Tell the teacher’s story. Four teachers will be awarded $15,000 each.

WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA? 

• Evidence of sustained inspiration to students.
• Evidence of sustained teaching excellence.
• 10 or more years of classroom teaching and currently teaching in a public or private school in Duval County.
• Academic coaches, media specialists, and guidance counselors are not eligible.
• Teachers may not nominate themselves but anyone else can such as parents, students, teachers, administrators, and community members.
• Organized campaigns may disqualify a nominee at Mr. Berg’s request.
• No more than 5 letters will be considered. One richly detailed letter is enough.

DEADLINE 

Nomination letters are due Friday, March 8, 2013 by 5:00 p.m.

You may e-mail letters to GladysPriorAward.coehs@unf.edu or FAX (904) 620-2522,

Or send via US Mail:

Gladys Prior Selection Committee
College of Education and Human Services
University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224

CONTACT 

For further information, contact Lynn Weatherford at l.weatherford@unf.edu.

View list of past award recipients.