Kids & Family
How to Nominate Your Favorite Teacher For a Golden Apple Award
It can happen here -- Joliet West High School Band Director Kevin Carroll won a Golden Apple this year.
Do you know a teacher who goes above and beyond what's required of them in the classroom?
If so, you should nominate that stellar educator for a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Parents, students, administrators and other teachers can all nominate individuals for this prestigious award.
Kevin Carroll, band director for Joliet West High School, was one of the 10 winners in 2013.
Currently open are nominations for fourth through eighth grade teachers who teach full-time at a school in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will county. Teachers can come from public or private schools.
The prestigious award comes with induction into the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, recognition on an hour-long WTTW program, a paid spring quarter sabbatical at Northwestern University in Evanston where recipients may take as many courses as they wish in any subjects they choose and a $3,000 cash award.
Nominating a teacher is easy, just fill out the online application.
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