Stella Clark Teachers' Award
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 2 Mar, 2009
CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (CHED)
STELLA CLARK TEACHERS’ AWARD*
Do you know of an excellent secondary school teacher?
If so read further …
UCT students and staff are invited to nominate a secondary school teacher, who in your opinion
deserves recognition for years of dedicated teaching to students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds
v The successful teacher will receive a monetary award of R5000, and will be
expected to give a talk at an award ceremony
v The school will receive R1000 towards educational resources
v The UCT staff member or student who nominates the successful teacher will receive
an ipod or R1500 cash equivalent
Each nomination should include:
· Your name and contact details
· Teacher’s name and contact details
· Name and address of school
· The name and contact details of at least one UCT student who has been taught (whilst at school)
by the teacher being nominated
· a detailed motivation providing reasons why in your opinion you believe that the teacher
you are nominating has acted as a role model in encouraging students from educationally
disadvantaged backgrounds to register at UCT.
The motivation should also answer (as far as possible) the following questions:
Can you provide any information on your teacher's results, especially at grade 12 level? eg.
pass rates or distinctions achieved by students
Can you think of any specific classroom teaching method/ form of testing that really helped you
and others to understand and/or enjoy the subject?
§ Can you think of any specific efforts that your teacher made outside of school hours
that helped you and your fellow students?
Can you provide any information about how long your teacher has been teaching his/her subject and at what levels?
§ Can you recall anything that your teacher said or did that motivated you to further your studies?
CLOSING DATE: 31 MARCH 2009
Submit nominations to :
Kathy Erasmus, CHED, Hlanganani Building, kathy.erasmus@.uct.ac.za
* Stella Clark was a language development lecturer in the Academic Development Programme in CHED from 1996 until her death in March 2005. Her family and friends have established the Stella Clark Teachers Award to honour her many years of dedicated service to teaching students from educationally disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape and at UCT.
STELLA CLARK TEACHERS’ AWARD*
Do you know of an excellent secondary school teacher?
If so read further …
UCT students and staff are invited to nominate a secondary school teacher, who in your opinion
deserves recognition for years of dedicated teaching to students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds
v The successful teacher will receive a monetary award of R5000, and will be
expected to give a talk at an award ceremony
v The school will receive R1000 towards educational resources
v The UCT staff member or student who nominates the successful teacher will receive
an ipod or R1500 cash equivalent
Each nomination should include:
· Your name and contact details
· Teacher’s name and contact details
· Name and address of school
· The name and contact details of at least one UCT student who has been taught (whilst at school)
by the teacher being nominated
· a detailed motivation providing reasons why in your opinion you believe that the teacher
you are nominating has acted as a role model in encouraging students from educationally
disadvantaged backgrounds to register at UCT.
The motivation should also answer (as far as possible) the following questions:
Can you provide any information on your teacher's results, especially at grade 12 level? eg.
pass rates or distinctions achieved by students
Can you think of any specific classroom teaching method/ form of testing that really helped you
and others to understand and/or enjoy the subject?
§ Can you think of any specific efforts that your teacher made outside of school hours
that helped you and your fellow students?
Can you provide any information about how long your teacher has been teaching his/her subject and at what levels?
§ Can you recall anything that your teacher said or did that motivated you to further your studies?
CLOSING DATE: 31 MARCH 2009
Submit nominations to :
Kathy Erasmus, CHED, Hlanganani Building, kathy.erasmus@.uct.ac.za
* Stella Clark was a language development lecturer in the Academic Development Programme in CHED from 1996 until her death in March 2005. Her family and friends have established the Stella Clark Teachers Award to honour her many years of dedicated service to teaching students from educationally disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape and at UCT.