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Global Teacher Prize

Final 3 weeks to nominate teachers for the $1M Global Teacher Prize 2021

April 8, 2021 by The Varkey Foundation

Dear friends,

We hope you are doing well.

There is now less than one month to go until appli­ca­tions and nom­i­na­tions close for the Glob­al Teacher Prize, and we want­ed to ask you to help us spread the word.

We are now start­ing the sev­enth cycle of this prize, which con­tin­ues to high­light the impor­tant work of extra­or­di­nary teach­ers around the world. Now more than ever, it is impor­tant they are recog­nised for their con­tri­bu­tion and have a seat at the table when deci­sions are made on edu­ca­tion. [Read more…] about Final 3 weeks to nom­i­nate teach­ers for the $1M Glob­al Teacher Prize 2021

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Global Teacher Prize, Lifelong-learning, teacher, teachers, Varkey Foundation

Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale wins annual $1M Global Teacher Prize; shares half with 9 finalists

December 3, 2020 by SharpBrains

Top teacher wins $1m and gives half away (BBC News):

Mr Disale, who teach­es in the Zil­la Parishad Pri­ma­ry School, in the drought-prone vil­lage of Parite­wa­di, in the west­ern Indi­an state of Maha­rash­tra, was named the world’s most excep­tion­al teacher, ahead of 12,000 oth­er nom­i­na­tions … He also pro­vides online sci­ence lessons for pupils in 83 coun­tries and runs an inter­na­tion­al project build­ing con­nec­tions between young peo­ple in con­flict zones.

[Read more…] about Indi­an teacher Ran­jitsinh Disale wins annu­al $1M Glob­al Teacher Prize; shares half with 9 finalists

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Global Teacher Prize, Learning, Ranjitsinh Disale, teacher

Meet the Top 50 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2020!

March 23, 2020 by The Varkey Foundation

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Dear friends of the Glob­al Teacher Prize,

We hope you, and your fam­i­ly, are well and keep­ing safe dur­ing these strange times.

We have just announced the Glob­al Teacher Prize Top 50 Final­ists for 2020. As we live through this pan­dem­ic and glob­al edu­ca­tion sys­tems adapt to a new and unfa­mil­iar ter­rain, the one voice that should nev­er be drowned out is that of the teacher.  Now, more than ever, we must shine a light on the world’s teach­ers. Over the last few weeks, in a world turned upside down, we’ve been dai­ly remind­ed how much we rely on them. [Read more…] about Meet the Top 50 final­ists for the Glob­al Teacher Prize 2020!

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Global Teacher Prize, Global Teacher Prize 2020, GTP, teachers, Varkey Foundation

Enhancing brains the tried-and-true way: 50 Finalists shortlisted for the $1M Global Teacher Prize

December 13, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

Con­grat­u­la­tions to the Top 50 2018 Final­ists!

Now in its fourth year, the US $1 mil­lion Glob­al Teacher Prize award is the largest prize of its kind, and was set up to rec­og­nize one excep­tion­al teacher who has made an out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tion to the pro­fes­sion as well as to shine a spot­light on the impor­tant role teach­ers play in soci­ety. [Read more…] about Enhanc­ing brains the tried-and-true way: 50 Final­ists short­list­ed for the $1M Glob­al Teacher Prize

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: brain, brains, educators, Global Teacher Prize, Learning, neuroplasticity, teachers

Final 10 days to submit nominations for the Global Teacher Prize 2018

September 27, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Please join us in cel­e­brat­ing teach­ers and the amaz­ing things they do to devel­op and refine our brains. Rec­og­nize the teach­ers who have changed your life, and the lives of oth­ers around you, by nom­i­nat­ing them for a Glob­al Teacher Prize HERE before Octo­ber 8th, 2017.

Descrip­tion: The Glob­al Teacher Prize is a US $1 mil­lion award pre­sent­ed annu­al­ly to an excep­tion­al teacher who has made an out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tion to their pro­fes­sion.  [Read more…] about Final 10 days to sub­mit nom­i­na­tions for the Glob­al Teacher Prize 2018

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Just in: Call for nominations and applications @ Global Teacher Prize 2018

June 30, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

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Please join me and the Glob­al Teacher Prize in cel­e­brat­ing teach­ers and the amaz­ing things they do. Rec­og­nize the teach­ers who have changed your life, and/ or the lives of oth­ers around you, by nom­i­nat­ing them for a Glob­al Teacher Prize HERE before Octo­ber 8th, 2017.

Descrip­tion: The Glob­al Teacher Prize is a US $1 mil­lion award pre­sent­ed annu­al­ly to an excep­tion­al teacher who has made an out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tion to their pro­fes­sion.  [Read more…] about Just in: Call for nom­i­na­tions and appli­ca­tions @ Glob­al Teacher Prize 2018

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