Purpose

The Minority Peace Corps Association (MPCA) Community Teacher's Award celebrates the efforts of teachers in the face of the many challenges to education today. MPCA joins Education for All initiative through its Community Teacher’s Awards. 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:

§ contribute to Peace Corps’ third goal and promote the MPCA mission,

§ promote Education for All, especially education in diverse communities and abroad,

§ build awareness about, and support the need for, more diversity among 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.

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 28, 2003 to:

Minority Peace Corps Association

Community Teacher’s Award Nomination

Village Station

P.O. Box 244

New York, NY 10014

You can also email your nomination to cta-nomination@minoritypca.org

Nomination Form

Nominee: _____________________________________________

Discipline: _____________________________________________

Years of Teaching: _______________________________________

Daytime Phone: _________________________________________

E-mail Address: _________________________________________

Nominated by: __________________________________________

Please answer the questions below and submit with above information.

MPCA Community Teacher's Award Nomination Criteria

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%)

§ Highlights of current work

§ Clarity and creativity of approach

§ Effectiveness and innovative use of learning/teaching materials

§ Replicabilty of work

§ Professional development

Guiding Questions:

§ 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.

§ 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 diverse issues

Guiding Questions:

§ 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%)

§ 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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