Varkey Foundation calls for applications and nominations for the "Global Teacher Prize 2021". The prize is open to teachers in every kind of school and, subject to local laws, in every country in the world.
Applications are requested to be submitted online before 30th April 2021. The applications submitted via post or email will not be accepted by the committee.
You can apply online or you can nominate an incredible teacher. The online application can be accessed via the link below:
The information package for Online submission can be downloaded from the link below:
Global Teachers Prize-2021 Information on Online form.pdf
The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession. The Global Teacher Prize serves to underline the importance of educators and the fact that, throughout the world, their efforts deserve to be recognized and celebrated. It seeks to acknowledge the impacts of the very best teachers – not only on their students but on the communities around them. Last year, The prize was bagged by an Indian village teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, who transformed the life chances of young girls at the Zilla Parishad Primary School, Paritewadi, Solapur, Maharastra, India.
Since 2014, the Global Teacher Prize has gone from strength to strength, with the 2020 Prize bringing in over 12,000 applications and nominations. The Prize has inspired over 40 national teacher prizes to recognize and celebrate teachers at the country level. Binod Shahi, a teacher from upper Dolpa in Nepal was listed among the top 50 in 2018. Similarly, Shumsher Bahadur Thapa, who has founded two schools in Dolpa made it to the list in 2019.
Application Deadline: 30th April 2021.
Eligibility
The Prize is open to currently working teachers who teach children that are in compulsory schooling or are between the ages of five and eighteen. Teachers who teach children age 4+ in an Early Years government-recognized curriculum are also eligible, as are teachers who teach on a part-time basis, and teachers of online courses. Teachers must spend at least 10 hours per week teaching children face-to-face, and plan to remain in the teaching profession for the next 5 years. The Prize is open to teachers in every kind of school and, subject to local laws, in every country in the world.
Criteria
Applicants for the Global Teacher Prize will be judged on a rigorous set of criteria to identify an extraordinary teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. The Academy will look for evidence of a combination of:
1. Employing effective instructional practices that are replicable and scalable to influence the quality of education globally.
2. Employing innovative instructional practices that address the particular challenges of the school, community or country and which have shown sufficient evidence to suggest they could be effective in addressing such challenges in a new way.
3. Achieving demonstrable student learning outcomes in the classroom.
4. Impact in the community beyond the classroom that provide unique and distinguished models of excellence for the teaching profession and others.
5. Helping children become global citizens through providing them with a values-based education that equips them for a world where they will potentially live, work and socialise with people from many different nationalities, cultures and religions.
6. Improving the teaching profession through helping to raise the bar of teaching, sharing best practices, and helping colleagues overcome any challenges they face in their school.
7. Teacher recognition from governments, national teaching organizations, head-teachers, colleagues, members of the wider community or pupils.
The Judging Academy
The winner is chosen by the prominent global teacher prize academy made up of head-teachers, educational experts, commentators, journalists, public officials, tech entrepreneurs, company directors, and scientists from around the world.
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Also, do not forget to nominate an incredible student for the Varkey Foundation's 'Global Student Prize 2021'. The applications for the pize is also currently ongoing. To know more about the award, follow this link: Global Student Prize 2021