Winslow Coyne Reitnouer Excellence in Education Award Nomination Form

Please complete the following information to the best of your knowledge.

In the essays of support, provide sincere, insightful examples and reflect on how the nominee has transformed their classroom, school, or district into a culture that recognizes that the nurturing of literacy skills should encompass multiple facets that impact learning:

• reading skills and strategies vital to learning to read

• a student’s own cognitive variables for learning

• environments, including home and school, where children develop.

See more information about the transformative approach of addressing the whole child with best practices in literacy instruction.

Consider encouraging your nominee to respond with more supportive documentation, such as resumes, videos, or photos. They will receive an email inviting them to take this opportunity to showcase their work to our selection committee.

About the nominee

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Nominee's school information

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About the nominator

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Essays of support

Essays of support will be reviewed and considered based on the following criteria:

Impact on Students	Advocacy for students with disabilities	Professional learning to support students with disabilities	Impact on surrounding educators and schools	Classroom environment

Impact on Students
Advocacy for students with disabilities
Professional learning to support students with disabilities
Impact on surrounding educators and schools
Classroom environment

* What is the administrator's impact on student success, including their ability to instill a love of learning, emotionally connect, and willingness to support students' individual learning styles?

* What is the teacher's impact on student success, including their ability to instill a love of learning, emotionally connect, and willingness to support students' individual learning styles?

10000 character limit

* How does the administrator empower students to advocate for themselves and take control of their learning?

* How does the teacher empower students to advocate for themselves and take control of their learning?

10000 character limit

* What professional learning and personal growth has the administrator been involved in to more fully live out unlocking potential for students?

* What professional learning and personal growth has the teacher been involved in to more fully live out unlocking potential for students?

10000 character limit

* How has the administrator involved colleagues, or other districts and schools to support students with reading and learning gaps?

* How have they used community resources to support students who are struggling readers?

* How has the teacher involved colleagues, or other districts and schools to support students with reading and learning gaps?

10000 character limit

* How is the administrator's learning environment and literacy culture conducive to support students with reading and literacy gaps? (Discuss how the administrator is attending to meeting the needs of students with word decoding instruction, language comprehension, attending to cognitive variables such as executive functioning skills, and connecting to the environmental variables such as school to home)

* How is the generalist's learning environment and literacy culture conducive to support students with reading and literacy gaps? (Discuss how the administrator is attending to meeting the needs of students with word decoding instruction, language comprehension, attending to cognitive variables such as executive functioning skills, and connecting to the environmental variables such as school to home)

* How is the specialist's learning environment and literacy culture conducive to support students with reading and literacy gaps? (Discuss how the administrator is attending to meeting the needs of students with word decoding instruction, language comprehension, attending to cognitive variables such as executive functioning skills, and connecting to the environmental variables such as school to home)

10000 character limit

Videos, photos, resume, and other supporting documentation is greatly appreciated by the selection committee. If you have additional supporting examples or stories, please email them to iFlores@LearningAlly.org. Your nominee can also email more information. If you have a video of support, please enter a link to the video below.

Video of support

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