Call for Nominations

Ernest R. Caverly Awards for 2010

The Brookline Public Schools

Deadline: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Via email to skye_kramer@brookline.k12.ma.us

or Brookline Education Foundation

40 Webster Place, Brookline, MA 02445

 

Since 1984, the Ernest R. Caverly Award has been presented to Brookline educators in recognition of professional achievements and contributions to the Brookline Public Schools. Two awards are given annually, one each to a high school and an elementary school educator. Funded by the Brookline Education Foundation, each award consists of a $2,500 stipend and a gift. The educators receiving the awards are designated as Ernest R. Caverly Associates in recognition of their dedication to the ideals of Dr. Ernest R. Caverly, a distinguished public school leader, educator, and Brookline Schools Superintendent from 1931 to 1964.

 

Previous Caverly Award winners include Amy Neale and Ricardo Calleja (2009), Alicia Hsu and Ellen Lewis (2008), Marilyn Chetwynd and Eleanor Demont (2007), Ellen Goldberg and Patricia Herrington (2006), Margaret Metzger and Mary Sodano (2005), Stephen Lantos and Jay Sugarman (2004), Mary Burchenal and Sheila Leach (2003), and Toni Cradle and Barbara Scotto (2002). For a complete list of Caverly Award winners, please visit www.brooklineeducation.org.

 

v Nominees should exhibit exceptional achievement and contributions to the Public Schools of Brookline. In particular, Caverly Award winners exemplify the core values of the Brookline Public Schools:

            ¥ High achievement for all      

            ¥ Excellence in teaching

            ¥ Collaboration

            ¥ Respect for human differences

            ¥ Educational equity

 

v In addition to classroom teachers, nominees may include specialists, guidance counselors, and librarians.

¥ Each nominee must have at least seven (7) years of service in the Brookline Public Schools (BPS) to be eligible. Part-time personnel will be considered.

            ¥ While the Caverly Award is not intended as a special recognition for a retiring educator, retiring

            personnel will be considered.

                  ¥ Nominations are submitted by colleagues in the form of a written letter.

            ¥ This letter should be no more than 2000 words and include information about the nomineeÕs

            background, history in BPS, professional development activities, skills and achievements, and       

            contributions to BPS and beyond. The nomination letter should integrate testimony and anecdotes from various sources.

            ¥ Up to but no more than five (5) supporting letters from colleagues, principal, outside experts,

            parents, or students may be attached to the nomination letter.

 

v One high school and one preschool to grade 8 educator will be chosen to receive the award by a committee consisting of recent Caverly Award winners and members of the Board of Directors of the Brookline Education Foundation.

 

v Nominations must be sent to the Ernest R. Caverly Awards Committee, BEF, 40 Webster Place, Brookline, MA 02445, or via email to skye_kramer@brookline.k12.ma.us on or before Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The 2010 Caverly Award Honorees will be announced at the Brookline Education FoundationÕs Annual Meeting and Celebrating Teachers event on May 18, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. at Newbury College.