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Gilder Lehrman
History Teacher of the Year Award
Past Winners
2006
Gloria McElroy Fulton High School
Knoxville, TN
2007
Kyla Krengel Bass Middle School
Nashville, TN
2008
Henry Camp Sequatchie County High School
Dunlap, TN
2009
Tamra Lanning Benton Elementary School
Benton, TN
2010 Award Guidelines
TNCHE invites middle and high school teachers to apply for this year’s Gilder Lehrman
Institute Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award.
The History Teacher of the Year Award, established by Preserve
America, recognizes outstanding American history teachers and the
crucial importance of American history education. State
winners become finalists for the National History Teacher of the
Year Award. Each state winner receives $1,000 and an archive
of books and educational resources for his or her school's library.
Qualifying
Criteria
• At least three years of classroom experience in
teaching American history.
• A deep career commitment to teaching
American history, which includes local and state history.
• Evidence of creativity and imagination
in the classroom that address literacy and content beyond state
standards.
• Close attention to primary documents,
artifacts, historic sites, and other primary materials of history,
including oral history.
• Evidence of thoughtful
assessment of student achievement.
Eligibility
• Any full-time middle or high school
teacher may be nominated who teaches
American history
(including local and state history) via his/her social studies
class.
First Round: Nominations
Submit the following to Becky Verner, the state coordinator
for Tennessee:
• The nominee’s resume.
• A letter of nomination that addresses the award criteria and
includes quantitative measures of
student achievement. Nominations can
be made by a department or division head, a school director, social
studies director, principal or superintendent.
• A letter of support from a colleague, immediate supervisor, or
education professional familiar with
the nominee’s work.
Second Round: Additional Materials
for Consideration
From this pool of first round nominations, the state
coordinators will select up to five finalists who will be asked to
submit additional materials. These include:
• A one-page statement of the nominee’s philosophy of
teaching American history.
• A sample lesson plan, no longer than 3 pages. Primary document
attachments are not included in the
page limitation.
• A sample extended student project, demonstrating use of primary
documents, artifacts, historic sites, etc.
Nominees can include up to ten
pages of student work in this category.
• An 8-10 minute video, which is not a class session, but a segment
during which the nominee demonstrates projects, and discusses his or
her most effective and engaging teaching practices, and how student achievement
is assessed. Students are not present in the video.
Please submit an original and three
copies of all written materials.
Deadlines
First round deadline: April 1, 2010
Second round deadline: June 1, 2010
Becky Verner
Social Studies Dept.
2601 Bransford Ave.
Nashville, TN 37204 |
