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VICTORIA – Nominations are now open for the first annual Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
“We want to recognize and celebrate the innovative work done by B.C. teachers,” said Campbell. “This special honour will showcase the individual efforts of teachers to help students achieve up to their highest potential.”
The Province will recognize up to 20 outstanding B.C. teachers who have made exceptional contributions to benefit their school community and improve student achievement.
“B.C. has one of the best education systems in the world,” said Education Minister Shirley Bond. “We want to give our teachers special recognition for their commitment and dedication to student success.”
An awards selection committee chaired by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and made up of members of the education community will choose the finalists and an awards event will be held in spring 2008.
Nominees must be currently teaching within B.C.’s K-12 public, independent or band school systems, must work directly with students, and must have taught courses of study during the 2006-07 school year.
Categories include: literacy, distributed learning, Aboriginal learning, environmental awareness, healthy living/physical education/coaching, school leadership, community engagement, skills training/career preparation, lifetime achievement (20+ years), and beginning teacher (0-5 years).
Nominations can be made by students, parents, teachers, administrators, trustees, and community organizations. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 14, 2007.
More information on the Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence, including nomination forms can be found online at www.bced.gov.bc.ca/teacherawards/
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