MINORITY PEACE CORPS
ASSOCIATION
MPCA COMMUNITY TEACHER'S AWARD
Thursday, May 23, 2004
Nomination Criteria
If you fit any of the criteria below you may
print this form, complete the questions and nominate yourself or someone else who
is currently serving in the Peace Corps as an Educational Volunteer and working
on a secondary Project. Stateside
nominee are conducted through participating schools. You must submit this no later than May 7,
2003 to:
Minority Peace Corps Association
Community Teacher’s Award Nomination
Village Station
You can also email your nomination to cta-nomination@minoritypca.org
The Minority Peace Corps Association (MPCA)
Community Teacher's Award celebrates the efforts of teachers, particularly
minority educators, in the face of the many challenges to education today. Teachers worldwide are at the forefront of
the effort to reach Education for All (EFA), the global initiative striving for
universal basic education by 2015. EFA
strives to reach children, youth and adults globally, especially those in
disadvantaged or marginalized settings.
EFA encourages school, local and national action to meet the diverse
needs of students in school and reaching the close to 125 million school-going
age children who are out of school.
Specifically, MPCA hopes this recognition will:
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contribute to Peace Corps’ third goal and promote the
MPCA mission,
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promote
Education for All, especially education in minority communities and abroad,
§
build
awareness about, and support the need for, more minority educators within Peace
Corps and throughout the nation and
§
encourage
teachers to continue to inspire, motivate and facilitate discovery and learning
for children and young people in minority communities and settings.
This year two teachers will receive this award -
one based in the US; A teacher,
nominated by school committee made up of the PTA, students broad and school
administration, will have demonstrated leadership in their profession,
impacting their students learning and actions, as well as affecting their
school and the larger community. The
other recipient; an (African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-America or
Native American) Peace Corps educational Volunteers based in one of the over 60
countries where Peace Corps serving abroad working on an educational project
which makes a significant impact in their community of service.
The following are nomination criteria (with
weight per category) and guiding questions.
1)
Overall
Scope of Educator’s Work (30%)
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Highlights
of current work
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Clarity
and creativity of approach
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Effectiveness
and innovative use of learning/teaching materials
§
Replicabilty
of work
§
Professional
development
Guiding Questions:
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Why
do you consider the nominee to be an outstanding educator?
Briefly describe the overall efforts of the nominee to promote education and a
broader perspective in their work with students. Including examples of the
nominee's work is appropriate.
§
Is
the nominee's work easily adaptable for use by others? Why or why not?
Describe efforts to share the work in the classroom for use beyond the
teacher’s classroom.
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What
efforts (education, training, other activities) has the nominee undertaken to
prepare himself/herself beyond what is expected?
Describe efforts to participates in or present at seminars, membership in
professional associations, contributions to minority and cultural aspects of
curriculum development, accessible materials, etc.
2)
Educator's
Impact on Students (35%)
§
Student
action that demonstrates teacher’s efforts to raise consciousness and knowledge
of new perspectives
§
Future
plans by teacher or students to remain engaged in activities related to
minority issues
Guiding Questions:
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What
difference has the nominee's work made in the lives of their students?
Please be as specific as possible on how he or she has reached and positively
affected audiences in and out of the classroom.
3)
Educator’s
contributions to the community (35%)
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Sharing
education resources with new communities of learners
§
Encouraging
parental/community involvement in activities related to minority issues
§
Promoting
Education and Education for All
§
Use
of external resources (e.g. members of community, local or organizations)
Guiding Questions:
§
What
difference has the nominee's work made in the life of the schools and the
community at large?
Please be as specific as possible on how he or she has reached and positively
affected audiences in and out of the classroom. Describe any examples of how
the nominee has served as a role model in the community.
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