2024 Teachers Award Information pages

Teacher Awards
 
 
 

 

WHAT IS ROTARY AND THE TEACHER AWARDS?

 
The Rotary Club of Unley is just one of many clubs who belong to the Global Organization of Rotary International.
 
Founded as a networking organization, Rotary emphasizes the importance of bringing together a diverse range of people for the purpose of exchanging ideas, developing relationships, and improving communities.
 
Through Projects, Activities and Fundraising events, Club members volunteer their time and skills to support and improve the lives of those within local and international communities under the Rotary banner of “Service Above Self”.
 
Such Service is in many different areas of which prime examples are Youth, Community and Vocation.
 
Important programs of Rotary and the Unley Rotary Club include:
 
  • SA Police Officer of the Year with SAPOL (Vocation)
  • Best Business and Best Employees on Unley Road with the Unley Road Business Group (Vocation)
  • Youth Music Awards (Youth)
  • Science, Leadership Forums – Rotary programs (Youth)
  • Unley “Fish Tank” for young entrepreneurs with the Unley Council (Youth)
 
Our TEACHERS AWARD program falls under the banner of VOCATION and aims to recognize dedicated and distinguished service to the community through the education of our children.
 
 

OBJECTIVE OF THE AWARDS

They key objectives of the Awards Program are:
  • Provide a platform which enhances the opportunity to identify and recognize great teachers.
  • Recognize and honour the outstanding performance of experienced individuals.
  • Provide encouragement to early career stage teachers.
  • Recognise and reward the valuable collaborative work of teams of teachers.
  • Encourage sharing between schools to enhance best practices.
 
The Awards are not a competitive program between schools or individuals.
More than one Teacher and/or Team may receive an Award.
The Club acknowledges all those who are nominated.

NOMINATING

  • We invite all local school organisations to promote the nomination of worthy recipients amongst their administrators, fellow teachers, students and parents.
  • We would suggest promotion through the schools’ networks such as newsletter, email distribution and the pinning up and distribution of our POSTER. (Click to view)
  • Nominations can be made for the three categories of:
  • Encouragement Award: for early career stage teachers.
  • Achievement Award: for more experienced teachers.
  • Team Award: where a group of teachers have collaborated effectively to address an important challenge or new development for a school.
  • A Nomination should include details of background, roles, achievements and impact on education within a school and/or the wider community. For the Team Award the nomination should also show how the team effectively collaborated to address an important challenge or new development for the school
  • Nominations are free and always highly appreciated.
  • Nominations can be made by School administration, other teachers, parents, and students.
  • Previous years’ Nominees, who did not receive an Award, are most welcome to be re-nominated.

NOMINATING PROCESS

Nominations can be produced using one of these three suggestions: (Click to choose)
 
 
Please Note:
There may be some difficulty in using the forms if you have accessed this webpage on a smart phone via the QR code on the POSTER. If so, login to the website instead, using a laptop, at www.unleyrotary.org.au and select “Teacher of the Year”. This same page will appear.
 
On completion, please return the nomination form with any supporting documentation either by
Post to: Rotary Club of Unley, PO Box 18, Unley SA, 5061
 
 
 
NOTE:  Nominations close on the 13th of September 2025

ADJUDICATION 

  • Awardees will be determined by a select and experienced group of members of the Rotary Club of Unley.
  • To ensure the authenticity and propriety of nominees, we will ask the relevant school principal(s) to verify such nominees.
  • Awardees will receive a congratulatory certificate and plaque honouring their achievement and a suitable prize.
  • All Nominees will receive a certificate in acknowledgment for being favourably considered by the community to be a worthy nomination for the awards.

PRESENTATION

The Rotary Club of Unley will arrange an evening Presentation Ceremony to honour the winning nominations.
The event is to be held on Tuesday evening, 21nd October 2025.  (early in the 4th School Term)
The Venue is yet to be determined.
Invitations will be provided in advance.
 
 

KEY DATES FOR 2025

Start of Nominations:                               16th June 2025
 
Close Of Nominations:                              12th September 2025
 
Presentation Ceremony:                          21st October 2025
 
 

CONTACTS

 
If there are any questions, contact:
 
Kate Porter: 0493070768
Chris Davis: 0421690859
Email: teacher@unleyrotary.org.au