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Eligibility and Selection
Student Requirements
To nominate a teacher, students must meet the following requirements:
You must have your teacher’s permission for nomination
Only individual teachers are eligible for nomination
Nominations must be submitted by a single person, additional students may sign on to the nomination form as “supporting nominators”
No previous winner is eligible for a second award, but previous nominees may be nominated again, in future years
The nominated teacher must meet all eligibility criteria (below)
Maximum 8 nomination forms per teacher
Teacher Eligibility
In order to be considered for the Teacher of the Year award, each nominee must:
Have been a bridge teacher for at least 5 years
Be a member of ACBL and ABTA
Be a member of ABTA or prepared to join the ABTA if nominated
Teach a minimum of 75 hours per year (e.g. 2 hours a week for 38 weeks or 3 hours a week for 25 weeks) etc.
Teachers will be considered with a focus on the following qualities (detailed description below)
Teaching excellence 55%
Innovation 25%
Service to bridge 15%
Service to the community 5%
A. Teaching excellence (55%)
student response or recommendations
percentage of students who join organized bridge games
quality of material used in courses especially personally developed material
use of bridge material and reference material from published bridge authorities
recommendation of other teachers or bridge professionals
rationale provided by nominator(s)
original written material used in teaching students
B. Innovation (25%) Demonstration of innovation associated with bridge teaching or bridge promotion including but not limited to:
Bridge teaching methods
Reaching out to youth
Teaching seniors
Teaching material
Course content and approach
Promotion of bridge
Promotion of teacher
Use of the Internet
C. Service to Bridge (15%) This will be based on evidence such as:
promotion of bridge and their own services through newsletters, websites, columns in print media, TV, or internet
role in organizing events for students but also for all players such as tournaments
establishing or participating in programs to teach bridge to young people
all attempts to build the bridge community, encourage participation in bridge games,
tournaments, online and in person, membership in the ACBL or ABA
mentoring including mentoring students or other teachers or directors
building local bridge clubs and bridge games
encouraging students to participate in bridge tournaments
any and all efforts which will help to promote the game of bridge and/or the services of the teacher
D. Service to the Community (5%)
All volunteer activities but especially those related to bridge. This could include donating services in teaching or running games.
Organizing and participating in charitable events with a focus on those associated with bridge but other charity activities will be considered.
All efforts associated with raising money for bridge (e.g. money for youth, international teams, promotion of bridge) etc.
Any other demonstrable activities which help the community in which that person resides whether bridge related or not and whether paid or not.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 1, 2021
Need more information or have questions, contact the Committee Chairman
Richard Braunstein at
toy@abtahome.com
Nomination Forms