Nominate a Great Teacher For National Disney Teacher Awards

 Isn't it time to give the country's best teachers the celebrity recognition they deserve? How about a black-tie gala in their honor, a week of celebration at Disneyland, monetary awards, and an opportunity to share their talents with other teachers?

These rewards will go to the country's most extraordinary, creative teachers as part of the 2007 Disney Teacher Awards – but first they need to be nominated. The Walt Disney Company is currently accepting nominations for America’s most creative teachers.

Any K-12 public school teacher is eligible to be nominated. A teacher is identified through a public nomination process. Nominees who complete the application are then eligible for selection as a Disneyland Teacher Awards Honoree.

The Disney Teacher Awards recognize teachers who construct learning environments where students and teachers alike explore, imagine, and engage in a variety of stimulating ideas and experiences. Specifically, the program honors those teachers whose approaches exemplify creativity in teaching and who inspire a joy of learning in their students.

Honorees will be celebrated at a red-carpet Awards Gala in July 2006, where four Honorees will be awarded as Outstanding Teachers and one will be named the 2006 Disney Teacher of the Year. In addition, the Honorees each receive $10,000, $5,000 for their schools, and a six-day professional development institute with their principals at Disney World. At the institute, teachers share ideas to refine their innovative teaching approaches and learn how to engage other teachers to build an effective collaborative teaching culture at their schools.

Celebrate a real hero. Nominate an outstanding teacher today. For more information, see http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/.

This year's deadline is October 15, 2006.

The Disney Teacher Awards is part of the Disneyland worldwide outreach for the Walt Disney Company. For more information, see http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/index.html.