Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Nominations

 

The National Center for Family Literacy and Toyota are accepting
applications for the 2008 Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year. 

The winner will receive $5,000 for his or her family literacy program as
well as a free trip to the 2008 National Conference on Family Literacy. 

For the first time, the application process is online at
www.famlit.org/ToyotaTeacher

 

The deadline to submit the nomination is Dec. 5. 

This is the 12th year that Toyota has sponsored the Toyota Family
Literacy Teacher of the Year award in conjunction with NCFL. The winner
will be chosen by a panel of family literacy specialists at NCFL, who
will review nominations for high-performing teachers from across the
United States. The selected educator will be honored at the National
Conference on Family Literacy's opening general session on March 30th,
2008, in Louisville. 
 
In addition, several finalists will be selected who will receive a $500
scholarship. 

2008 
Here are the guidelines: 

* The online nomination form should be completed by the program director
or coordinator; 

* It must include a statement of support for the nominated educator
written by a parent/adult student; 

* Programs may nominate up to two educators;

* The nominated educator cannot have been a finalist in the past three
years, and

 

* Programs and nominated educators do not have to be associated with
Toyota-funded programs.

For additional guidelines, go to http://famlit.org/ToyotaTeacher.

 

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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