Teacher of the Year

Joyce Ward Teacher of the Year

(Grades K-12)

Nominations for 2014

Deadline: 1 May 2014

Nominee information:

Name:

Address:

Language(s) Taught:

School Name and Location:

Nominator information:

Name:

Address:

Telephone:

Signature:

Please complete this form and send to:

Fräncille Bergquist, 9114 Sawyer Brown Road, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37221

Or email to

Send this nomination form and a letter of recommendation to the above address by 1 May 2014:

Nomination Criteria: (Teacher of the Year committee will verify all criteria.)

·  Nominees must be members in good standing of TFLTA for three of the past four years.

·  Nominees must currently teach a foreign language in grades K-12.

·  Previous recipients are ineligible to receive the award again.

The following supporting data will be required of finalists by September 1. The nominator may be asked to help collect this data.

Required Optional ideas

Curriculum Vitae 1 - 3 letters from relevant organizations

Letter from Principal or Supervisor 1 - 3 newspaper clippings

1 - 3 letters from former students 1 publication

1 - 3 letters from colleagues

·  Completed nominations will remain active for 3 years.

·  Candidates may be nominated more than once.

TFLTA TEACHER OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS

2013 STEPHANIE CLARK French Karns High School Knoxville

2012 LISA STONE Spanish Sevier County High School Sevierville

2011 PING WHITTAKER Chinese M.L. King Magnet Nashville

2010 PATT WEBB French/Spanish Sevier County High School Sevierville

2009 DOUG BRIGHT Latin Webb School of Knoxville Knoxville

2008 BETSY MARCUM French Maryville HS Maryville

2007 JOAN MacDONALD German M.L. King Magnet Nashville

2006 SUSAN NEESE Spanish Henry County HS Paris

2005 TOM DUNNE German Bearden High School Knoxville

2004 ALICE SPRINGER Spanish Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville

2003 SARALEE PECCOLO-TAYLOR French Powell High School Knoxville

2002 PATSY LANIGAN Spanish Hume-Fogg Academic HS Nashville

2001 DEBORAH LAMINE Spanish Maryville HS Maryville

2000 DEBRA HOFFMAN French Henry County HS Paris

1999 ALICE SANFORD Latin Hume-Fogg Academic HS Nashville

1998 JOYCE WARD Latin Harpeth Hall School Nashville

1997 JUDY HAYNES Spanish/Latin Hume-Fogg Academic HS Nashville

1996 ALIENE CLICK Spanish Cookeville Junior HS Cookeville

1995 DOROTHY WINKLES Spanish Maryville HS Maryville

1994 JANET COLBERT Latin The Webb School Knoxville

1993 CINDY RIDGWAY Spanish White Station HS Memphis

1992 ILZA WOOD Spanish The Webb School Knoxville

1991 SYLVIA COUNTESS French Oak Ridge HS Oak Ridge

1990 DAWN LAFON Latin White Station HS Memphis

1989 BARBARA CARDEN French St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Sewanee

1988 BECKIE GIBSON Spanish Hume-Fogg Academic HS Nashville

1987 OLGA SABATER Spanish Girls’ Preparatory School Chattanooga

1986 MARILYN CARICO German Farragut HS Knoxville

1985 THELMA GAINES Latin Sullivan East HS Bluff City

1984 SHIRLEY BRIGGS German The Webb School Knoxville

1983 G. EDWARD GAFFNEY Latin Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville

1982 EMILY HABEL French Tullahoma HS Tullahoma

1981 ANGELA ELLIS German Hume-Fogg Academic HS Nashville

1980 OMA STRICKLAND Spanish Ridgeway HS Memphis

1979 JUANITA WARD Latin John Overton HS Nashville

1978 SUE LOCKETT German Science Hill HS Johnson City