German Teacher Award
Please note that the deadline for nominations for the German Teacher Award 2012 has now passed. The winners will be announced shortly
Does your school have a truly outstanding German teacher? Dedication and excellence deserve recognition!
The purpose of the Award is
- to recognise outstanding achievement by individual teachers of German in the UK
- to highlight and pay tribute to the work of German teachers in the UK
- to encourage the commitment of the winners' schools to modern language teaching.
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is pleased to invite nominations for the annual German Teacher Award, now in its ninth year. The winners will receive a personal prize of £750 and a certificate. The prizes will be presented at a special ceremony at the 'Sommerfest der Deutschen Sprache' on 28 June 2012 at the German Ambassador's Residence in London. At this occasion the Goethe-Institut’s Peter Boaks Prize will also be awarded.
Selection criteria
Teachers will be selected who have made an outstanding and dedicated contribution to German teaching within the curriculum and beyond, e.g. through
- a record of successful teaching at a school, including innovative language teaching
- successful introduction of German teaching at a school
- established and successful link activities with Germany, e.g. projects and exchanges, bilingual projects, curriculum projects
- use of German language in subjects other than German
- local or regional outreach activities