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NEiTA (National Excellence in Teaching Awards) and the Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) are proud to announce the 550 finalists for the NEiTA 2010 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards.
Amid the global celebration of International Literacy Day, UNESCO describes education and literacy as tools for social and human progress. With complementing values, the current theme for NEiTA is Great Teachers Lead the Way, under which Australian communities have come together to acknowledge and celebrate their great teachers. This has culminated in 1147 teacher nominations.
NEiTA’s Chairman, Mr Terry O’Connell, said great teachers play a leading role in shaping the future and ensuring the best possible learning outcomes for students and their communities.
“They help give students the knowledge, attitudes, and values that help them understand the world and become future agents of change,” Mr O’Connell said.
In a recent Grattan Institute report based on OECD data, it was revealed that a critical element in greater professional efficacy in teachers is public recognition and feedback from their principals and colleagues. In acknowledging the need for recognition of teachers, NEiTA was established in 1994 with the prime purpose of recognising and celebrating the achievements of inspirational and excellent teachers.
“One of the goals of the NEiTA program is to encourage community understanding that teachers have an important and direct impact on our entire education system,” said Mr O’Connell.
“NEiTA has long acknowledged the need for recognition of inspirational teachers. Just like most other people, they not only deserve, but also appreciate, recognition for their work.
“It is with great pleasure that I congratulate the finalists for the NEiTA 2010 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards, as well as the families, school and early childhood communities who nominated their inspirational teachers,” said Mr O’Connell.
NEiTA 2010 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards Facts:
* NEiTA received 1147 nominations for the NEiTA 2010 ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards
* 550 finalist teachers from school communities and early childhood centres
* Australian Capital Territory – 11 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* New South Wales – 122 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* Northern Territory – seven teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* Queensland – 177 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* South Australia – 68 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* Tasmania – 12 teachers from schools and two early childhood centres
* Victoria – 72 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
* Western Australia – 81 teachers from schools and early childhood centres
These teacher finalists will progress through to the next phase of the awards, the NEiTA 2010 ASG State and Territory Inspirational Teaching Awards, where 60 award recipients will be selected and announced in November following World Teachers’ Day. In early 2011, 10 of these 60 award recipients will be further selected as the NEiTA 2010 ASG National Teaching Award recipients.
Award recipients at the national level will receive national awards commemorated with a specially crafted NEiTA crystal apple award and a professional or project grant of $5,000. One national award recipient will be selected as Australia’s Inspirational Teacher to participate in the International Space Camp for Educators held in Alabama, USA, in July 2011.
Now in its 17th year, the NEiTA program continues to offer communities an opportunity to celebrate the work of great teachers who inspire their students and their communities. ASG has supported the NEiTA ASG Inspirational Teaching Awards since 1994, and together ASG and NEiTA have helped pioneer the recognition of the important contribution teachers make to our community.
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