2011 OAH TACHAU TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Applications must be received by December 1, 2010.

Please note that it is the policy of the OAH to honor those applicants who have submitted their applications on or before the stated deadline date. Applications which are not received by close of business on the deadline date will not be considered.

The award will be presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the OAH in Houston, Texas, March 17-20.

AWARD: The successful candidate will receive a one-year OAH membership, a one-year subscription to the OAH Magazine of History, and a complimentary registration for the annual meeting. If the winner is an OAH member, the award will include a one-year renewal of membership in the awardee's usual membership category. The winner's school will receive a certificate.

ELIGIBILITY: Precollegiate teachers engaged at least half time in history teaching, whether in history or social studies, are eligible. 

CRITERIA: Successful candidates shall demonstrate exceptional ability in one or more of the following kinds of activities: 

• Initiating or participating in projects which involve students in historical research, writing, or other means of representing their knowledge of history.
• Initiating or participating in school, district, regional, state, or national projects which enhance the professional development of history teachers. 
• Initiating or participating in projects to build bridges between precollegiate and collegiate history or social studies teachers. 
• Working with museums, historical preservation societies or other public history associations to enhance the place of public history in precollegiate schools.
• Developing innovative history criteria which foster a spirit of inquiry and emphasize critical skills. 
• Publishing or otherwise publicly presenting scholarship that advances history education or historical knowledge. 

1. A cover letter written by a colleague indicating why the teacher merits the award (no more than two pages).
2. Two letters written by former or present students (no more than two pages each).
3. Curriculum vitae (no more than three pages).
4. Samples of written work.  These submissions should include article reprints, reports by classroom observers, course outlines, research proposals, and/or other evidence of excellence in some or all of the areas mentioned in the "Criteria" section (no more than fifteen pages).
5. A narrative describing the goals and effects of his/her work in the classroom and elsewhere for history education (no more than three pages).
6. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three professional references, including the writer of the cover letter, at least one of whom must be a colleague or supervisor (one page).
   

The winner receives $1,000, a one-year OAH membership, a one-year subscription to the OAH Magazine of History, and a complimentary registration for the annual meeting. If the winner is an OAH member, the award will include a one-year renewal of membership in the awardee's usual membership category. The winner's school will receive a certificate.

One copy of each entry, clearly labeled "2011 Tachau Teacher of the Year Award Entry," must be mailed directly to each of the three committee members listed below and received by December 1, 2010:

Frederick W. Jordan (Chair May 2010-May 2011)
Woodberry Forest School
437 Woodberry Station
Woodberry Forest, VA 22989

Michael Flamm
Department of History
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015

Geneva Lindner
Affiliation: Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)
[Address forthcoming]

List of Past Winners

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