To the world, you may just be a teacher, but to your students, you are a HERO! ~ Mark Twain

 

Teachers strive every day to make the world better, one student at a time. They are the game changers in students’ lives.

The Star Educator Awards is our humble effort to commemorate one of the oldest and most virtuous professions – teaching.

The Star Educator Award by Learning Matters is our endeavour to acknowledge and honour exemplary educators who have gone above and beyond in the noble cause of teaching. The awards aim to recognise individuals who have displayed distinction in teaching various academic subjects, have used innovative teaching methods to unleash the true potential of students including students with diverse and special needs, have nurtured and fostered students’ interests, abilities, and talents in physical education, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, have shown inclusive leadership, and are great role models to their students and staff.

StarEducator Award Categories

Excellence in Creative Teaching

This award recognises the imaginative and unique efforts taken by a teacher who goes the extra mile to make learning interesting, fun, and long lasting. Whether it be inventive use of props or resourceful materials to get students engaged, this teacher is always full of original and new ideas!

Excellence in Digital Innovation

This award recognises a teacher who brings technology to the forefront by promoting meaningful, resourceful and safe use of technology among students. From teaching students how to safely use the internet to making use of apps, tech tools, and resources – this teacher is excited about using technology in any form or shape to make learning interesting.

Excellence in teaching Mathematics

This award recognises a teacher’s who makes mathematics magical for students. This teacher demystifies math by helping students gain a deeper understanding of the relationships between number, structures, and quantities. This teacher makes math come alive in everyday life.

Excellence in teaching Science

This award recognises a teacher who strives to help students understand the underlying significance of science in our lives. This teacher inspires students to observe, hypothesise, experiment, document, study and marvel at the physical and natural world around us.

Excellence in teaching Social Studies/Humanities

This award recognises a teacher who strives to find ways to make the study of people and the world interesting and engaging. From hands-on activities to innovative methods of teaching, this teacher truly brings the world to the classroom!

Excellence in teaching Languages

The award recognises a teacher who has made use of various unique teaching methods to teach language like making use of multimedia, teaching culture of it aong with the language and coverig the nuances of language through creative means.

Excellence in teaching Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities

The award recognises exceptional contribution to of a teacher any co-curricular activity like dance, music and other art forms.This could be a teacher who provide outstanding teaching performance and has an exceptional ability to motivate students to participate in any co-curricular activity and has trained the students to excel in it.

Excellence in teaching Sports/Physical Education

The award is aimed to recognise a teacher who has dedicated their services to provide exceptional learning experiences for students and aid them to excel at any sport.

Excellence in Inclusive Leadership by a Principal

The Principal head’s a huge role in creating a positive school culture and running a successful school. Being a Principal isn’t just about being a leader of an entire community within a school but someone who stands out to be a role model for the whole community as well! This award is aimed to recognise such a principal who is doing an exceptional job of being a role model to the community.

Excellence in teaching Children with Special Needs

Teaching is a challenging job and teaching special kids is uniquely difficult job! This is the job which is beyond the curriculum that touches upon lives and leaves an impact. This award aims to recognise the teacher who have made a commitment to educate and been an advocate for children with disabilities and their families.

Who Can Apply?

Do you know a passionate teacher with a strong work ethic? A teacher who goes that extra mile for their students. A teacher who never fails to do their best for their students. A teacher who is always there for their students. Or, maybe you are such a teacher yourself.

If you know someone like this or that someone is you, nominate yourself or such an individual for the Star Educator Awards 2020.

The Star Educator Awards will be presented across ten different categories. So don’t forget to nominate an educator in all the categories.

Award selection is based on identified parameters within each category. A team of industry-esteemed jurors will rate nominees on these parameters.

Guildlines:

  • Nominations are open to educators and principals who are currently working in or have retired from pre-primary, K12, and/or higher education institutions

  • Nominations are open to educators and principals who are currently working in or have retired from private or government educational institutions

  • The nominee should have a minimum of 2 years of working experience in an educational setting/institution

  • The nominee’s scope of work can be international but a minimum of 2 years of work in India is mandatory

  • Self nominations are allowed

  • Nominations can be made by students, parents of students, colleagues or friends of the nominee(s). The better you know the nominee(s), the stronger the nomination(s) will be

  • There is no limit to the number of nominations an individual can make

  • Nominations will be considered valid only when submitted through the nomination form and only when all mandatory fields on the form have been filled

  • Nominations are absolutely free of cost

  • Nominations will close on Monday, August 24

  • Jury’s decisions are final and binding

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