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ABTA - Master Point Press
Teacher of the Year
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program announcement...
Eligibility:
- Bridge teacher for at least 5 years
- A member of the ACBL OR ABA
- A member of ABTA or prepared to join the ABTA if
nominated
- Must teach at least 75 hours a year (e.g. 2
hours a week for 38 weeks or 3 hours a week for 25 weeks) etc.
Criteria for Nomination
Teachers will be considered with a focus on the
following:
a)
Teaching excellence
b)
Service to bridge includes marketing
c)
Service to the community
d)
Innovation
A Teaching excellence (approx 40%)
- student response or recommendations,
- percentage of students who join organized bridge
games
- quality of material used in courses especially
personally developed material
- recommendation of other teachers or bridge
professionals
- rationale provided by nominator(s)
- original written material used in teaching
students
B Service To Bridge (30%)
This will be based on evidence such as:
- roles in bridge organizations past and present (ABTA,
ACBL, ABA or other)
- promotion of bridge and their own services
through newsletters, websites, columns in print media, TV, or web etc.
- 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 mentor students or other
teachers or directors
- any and all efforts which will help to promote
the game of bridge and/or the services of the teacher
The nominator & the nominee are asked to provide
some of this information.
C. Service To The Community (20%)
- 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 association 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
D. Innovation (10%)
- 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
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