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2010 Arts Teacher of the Year Nomination Information


Five Characteristics of a Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year:
Vision, Optimism, Compassion, Creative Nurturer, and CourageApple - Arts Teacher of the Year. 

The Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year Award is a very successful program in its 24th year. Created by the Broward County Cultural Division in 1985, it annually recognizes the most outstanding arts teacher in Broward County schools. It is the County’s unique way of honoring a very special person, in a very significant role in the community. The Arts Teacher of the Year Award is the only program of its kind in the United States.

“This award and the Arts Education program that facilitates it, is important for Broward County as it salutes an important fabric of the community,” says Mary A. Becht, director Cultural Division. “It gives credence to arts in education and acknowledges some of the many unsung heroes in the school system.”
 
  Application Process

Signing Forms -Application for ATOY


Application: 
Click here for an easy-to-use online application

Who is eligible?
NOTE:  Only arts teachers in Broward County Public and Charter Schools are eligible to apply.  Teachers whose primary assignment is an arts discipline (including drama, music, visual arts, media arts), and who have professional certification in that area.

Benefits:

  • Public Recognition for having a positive and life changing impact on some of the children of Broward County
  • Gala Awards Ceremony at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
  • $10,000 Scholarship to Nova Southeastern University
  • $2,500 Cash Award
  • Crystal Apple by Tiffany & Co.
  • Gifts from cultural organizations and businesses
  • Inscribed brick on Riverwalk
  • Honored with a County Proclamation with a day named after the recipient


Requirements:

  • Letter from principal nominating the teacher
  • Completed application submitted by 5:00 PM, February 19, 2010
  • Teaching schedule for January-March 2009 for classroom observation by the judges
  • Application to include (in essay format)
  • Views on education
  • Commitment to teaching as a position
  • Connecting the classroom to the ‘real world’
  • Support materials (up to five photographs/digital images); one cassette or video 3 – 5 minutes; programs, press clippings etc.)
     
  Application for Arts Teacher of the Year 2010

All applicants are required to apply through our online application system.
NOTE:  Only arts teachers in Broward County Public and Charter Schools are eligible to apply.


• Click here for: FY2011 Online Application Instructions


• Click here to create a New Account


• Click here to access the Online Application


• Click here to return to an in-progress Online Application
 

  Application Deadline

Date:  Feb 19, 2010  5:00 PM

Attn:  Grace Kewl
Broward Cultural Division
100 S. Andrews Avenue, 6th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-357-7463,   954-357-5769 Fax
gkewl@broward.org

 

 

 

 

 



Crystal Apple by Tiffany & Co.
  Application Workshop

Date:  Jan 20, 2010

Location:  To be announced

 
 
   
Broward County Cultural Division
Broward County Board of Commissioners - Community Services Department
Broward County Cultural Division
100 S. Andrews Ave, 6th Floor - Fort Lauderdale, FL  33301
Phone: 954-357-7457 Fax: 954-357-5769
email:  culturaldiv@broward.org