Teaching Tolerance to Honor Educators Who Excel at Teaching Diverse Students
The 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance program is seeking nominations for a new award that will honor educators who excel at teaching students from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
The 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Teaching Tolerance program is seeking nominations for a new award that will honor educators who excel at teaching students from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
The Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Culturally Responsive Teaching has been created both to recognize these teachers and to promote their practices in the nation鈥檚 schools. Five winners will be selected to receive $1,000 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., in December. They also will be videotaped in their classrooms to allow educators across the nation to learn from their teaching. 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽
鈥淨uite simply, it鈥檚 easier to understand how to do something when you can see it being done by others,鈥� said Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello. 鈥淭his award not only will recognize the talented teachers who are reaching students from diverse backgrounds, it will provide many other teachers with the tools to enhance their expertise.鈥�
The award is supported by a generous grant from at Walden University. The Riley College, the leading provider of quality online education degrees, prepares educators as scholar-practitioners who can inspire and impact their diverse learning communities.
鈥淥ur college is committed to increasing educator effectiveness and student achievement, and we are proud to sponsor this award recognizing teachers making an important difference in the lives of their students from diverse backgrounds,鈥� said Dr. Kate Steffens, dean of Walden鈥檚 Riley College of Education and Leadership.
An expert panel of scholars and National Board Certified teachers will pick the winners. The 蜜桃传媒 is administering the contest in collaboration with professional organizations, including the National Education Association. The Education Week Teacher channel on is providing media support. The award is part of Teaching Tolerance鈥檚 professional development initiative, which aims to help teachers become more effective.
Teachers are invited to apply for the award at . The deadline for applications is June 1. All teachers are eligible to apply and need not make use of teaching resources developed by the 蜜桃传媒 to be eligible for the competition.
