NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
For the third year, our Distinguished Educator of the Year Award recognizes the influential role our educators play in shaping future leaders. This award honors and celebrates educators in Woodland Hills School District for their outstanding accomplishments and commitment to education.
The Distinguished Educator of the Year Honoree should be a Woodland Hills staff member who consistently engages and inspires their students in new and exciting ways, seeks resources and opportunities beyond the classroom to enrich the current curriculum, demonstrates strong leadership within their department, makes significant contributions to the profession, and demonstrates excellence in teaching.
When nominating an educator, you should consider nominees on the following criteria:
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Exhibiting excellence in teaching and consistently engaging and inspiring their students in new and innovative ways
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Seeking resources and opportunities above and beyond the core curriculum (i.e. community involvement, design competitions, etc..)
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Exhibiting strong leadership within their department
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Making significant contributions to the profession
The honoree will be asked to attend the 2025 Starry Night Gala at Edgewood Country Club at 6 PM on Saturday, March 8, 2025. There, the awardee will be celebrated for their achievements with the opportunity to address Gala guests.
Once nominations are closed, a committee consisting of our Host Committee (community members representing the District, parents, business owners, Rotary clubs, etc.) as well as Woodland Hills Foundation board members, will choose the 2025 Educator of the Year, using a predefined rubric. The committee will choose the winner based on a rubric to award points to the top educator nominee based on, but not limited to the following:
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The nominee has displayed exemplary achievement in the classroom
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The nominee has received recognition, honors, and/or awards on the local, regional, national or international level
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The nominee was nominated by another teacher, student in the Woodland Hills School District
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The nominee has demonstrated service to the community in which they live or have lived
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The nominee has been actively involved in the Woodland Hills Foundation or has provided support for the Foundation (either through applying for mini-grants or dream book items, through other classroom collaborations, volunteerism, financial support, in-kind support or other acts of charity or guidance).
Before beginning, please review the nomination form in FULL. You will NOT be able to save your work and if you lose your internet connection or something else goes wrong, you will not be able to start again. We recommend downloading all questions to a word document and saving your work to your computer. Then, once you are ready, return to fill out the below form, using answers from your Word document.
Please note: the nomination form is best viewed on a PC.
If you made a nomination in 2024 and would like to use the same nomination for this year, please email Jennifer.whfoundation@gmail.com and we will use your 2024 nomination form.